Stumbling Stones Hendrik Westerstraat 63

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Jeizel Kosses (born 1892, murdered in Auschwitz on 19-2-1943)
Auguste Kosses-van der Zijl (born 1903, murdered in Auschwitz on 19-2-1943)
Betsie Amalia Kosses (born 1929, murdered in Auschwitz on 19-2-1943)
Amalie Kosses (born 1932, murdered in Auschwitz on 19-2-1943)

The small copper plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

For more information and pictures, please visit Stolpersteine Pekela (in Dutch).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Nico Nienhuis