Stumbling Stones Breed 10

These memorial stones (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:

* Louisa Trompetter-Bremer, born 1881; deported 1943 from Westerbork; murdered 4 August 1943 Sobibor.
* David Gerrit Trompetter, born 1883; deported 1943 from Westerbork; murdered 4 June 1943 Sobibor.

David Trompetter was a dealer in wool and leather; Louisa Bremer was his second wife. There was no indication that they had any children.

No record was seen indicating that David had any siblings. Of Louisa’s 11 siblings, three died in 1941 or earlier, one died in Hoorn in 1943 and the other seven were murdered in Auschwitz or Sobibor.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of the last voluntary residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim’s name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death. By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He cites the Talmud: "A human being is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten."

Borne was the first town in the Netherlands in which Stolpersteine were placed -- on 29 November 2007.

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