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Stumbling Stones Stationsstraat 24

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 13-02-2015, commemorate:
* ABRAHAM VAN GELDER (born 1878, deported 1944 from Westerbork, murdered 6-9-1944, Auschwitz)
* REINTJEN VAN GELDER-DE JONG (born 1881, deported 1944 from Westerbork, murdered 6-9-1944, 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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