Stumbling Stones Kruisstraat 27a

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Phillipp Andriesse (born 1882, murdered in Sobibor on 16-4-1943)
Berta Andriesse-Franken (born 1872, murdered in Sobibor on 16-4-1943)
Josef Andriesse (born 1911, murdered in Auschwitz on 28-2-1943)
Rachel Andriesse-Zilverberg (born 1917, murdered in Auschwitz on 15-10-1942)

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 Eindhoven (in Dutch).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Lennard Bolijn