Stumbling Stones Boterweg 28

STOLPERSTEINE / STUMBLING STONES

The German artist Gunter Demnig started placing the first Stolpersteine in 1997 in the Berlin's Kreuzberg district. Meanwhile there are Stolpersteine in many countries .
It reminds the Holocaust in World War II. A Stolperstein is a concrete stone of 10 x 10cm, with a brass plate on top, in which the name, date of birth and decease and also place of decease is punched into. The Stolperstein gets a place in the pavement in front of the former house of the victim. By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives a private memorial to each victim. His motto is: ' A HUMAN BEING IS FORGOTTEN ONLY WHEN HIS OR HER NAME IS FORGOTTEN'.

Text on the stones:

HIER WOONDE
SIMON ZILVERBERG
GEB. 1911
GEDEPORTEERD 1942
UIT WESTERBORK
VERMOORD 31.01.1943
AUSCHWITZ

HIER WOONDE
LENA ZILVERBERG - DE VRIES
GEB. 1912
GEDEPORTEERD 1942
UIT WESTERBORK
VERMOORD 12.10.1942
AUSCHWITZ

HIER WOONDE
HANS ZILVERBERG
GEB. 1940
GEDEPORTEERD 1942
UIT WESTERBORK
VERMOORD 8.10.1942
AUSCHWITZ

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar.com
• Photos: TracesOfWar.nl