Stumbling Stones Gedempte Singel 10

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Machiel van Oosten (murdered on 11-01-1943)
Johanna van Oosten - Jakobs (murdered on 24-09-1943)
Maurits van Oosten (murdered on 28-12-1943)
Jonas van Oosten (murdered on 16-01-1943)
Israël Berty van Oosten (murdered on 24-09-1943)
Maurits Henk van Oosten (murdered on 24-09-1943)

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 Assen (in Dutch).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Gerrit Hazenberg