Stumbling Stone Brink 31

This small, brass, memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone) commemorates:

* Anne Marten Smallenbroek, born 1919, resistance fighter, arrested 9 January 1945, Assen prison, shot 10 April 1945 Assen.

Anne Marten Smallenbroek was the son of Jan Smallenbroek (1881- 18apr1944assen) and Jacoba de Boer (?-?) geni.com He was a cabinet maker who joined the resistance. His activities included a regional edition of an illegal newspaper, TROUW.

He became the head of the Drenthe Netherlands Secret Service (Geheime Dienst Nederland), which was the intelligence service of the Ordedienst. While in his house meeting with seven others about TROUW on 9 January 1945, all eight were arrested and detained. Anne Marten Smallenbroek was executed by a firing squad on 10 April 1945 near the sport park Stadsbroek in Assen. He was buried in the Assen cemetery.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small, 10x10cm 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."

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

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries & Anne Palmer
• Photos: Suzanne Matrosov-Vruggink (1), Suzanne Matrosov-Vruggink (2)
• Wikipedia: Anne Marten Smallenbroek
• Grafmonumenten Assen
• Stolpersteine.eu