Stumbling Stones Lichtenvoordsestraatweg 17

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on dd-mm-jjjj, commemorate:
* PHILIP VAN GELDER (born 1865, deported 1943 from Westerbork, killed 23-4-1943, Sobibor)
* ELISE VAN GELDER-COHEN (born 1876, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 23-4-1943, Sobibor)
* JOZEF BACKS (born 1919, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 30-9-1942, Auschwitz)

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims, persecuted, deported and/or murdered in World War II.


"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 sidewalk in front of the last voluntary residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the victim’s, date of birth, and fate. 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.”

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• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Arjan Hell
• Lichtenvoordsestraatweg 17, Aalten | Joodsmonument.nl