Stumbling Stones Peperstraat 5

Stolpersteine / stumbling stones remember:

* Nico den Hartog, born 1897, deported 16 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 19 March 1945, Buchenwald.
* Julia den Hartog-Zilverberg, born 1899, deported 16 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 19 October 1942, Auschwitz.
* Marcus Jacob den Hartog, born 1925, deported 16 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 29 April 1945, Dachau.
* Isaac den Hartog, born 1934, deported 16 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 19 October 1942, Auschwitz.
* Benno den Hartog, born 1936, deported 16 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 19 October 1942, Auschwitz.

Nico den Hartog, a factory superintendant [Opzichter in een fabriek] and his wife Julia had 3 children – Marcus, Isaac and Benno. All were murdered: mother Julia and their 2 youngest sons on the same day in 1942 in Auschwitz and father Nico and the oldest son 2½ years later in different camps.

Nico den Hartog’s mother, Mietje den Hartog-Stranders was killed in 1943 in Sobibor. Information on his father was not seen. Nico’s sister and brother were also killed: Stijntje Kooijman-den Hartog in Auschwitz, November 1942; and Simon den Hartog, his wife and 4 of their 5 children (ages 6 -17) were killed in Sobibor in 1943; their 21-year-old daughter was killed in Dorohucza in 1943.

Julia’s brothers, Nathan Zilverberg (Extern kommando Fürstengrube, 11 maart 1943) and Maurits Zilverberg, both merchants, were killed in 1943 – Nathan in Fürstengrube and Maurits in Auschwitz. Their stolpersteine are also in Oss -- at Heuvel 86 (now Hooghuisstraat 4).

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.
They remember the Holocaust in World War II.
A Stolperstein is a concrete stone of 10 x 10cm, with a brass plate on top, on which are engraved the name, date of birth, date and place of death.
Stolpersteine are placed in the pavement in front of the former house of the victim.
By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim.
His motto is: 'A HUMAN BEING IS FORGOTTEN ONLY WHEN HIS OR HER NAME IS FORGOTTEN'.

Borne was the first town in the Netherlands in which Stolpersteine were placed -- on 29 November 2007.

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Source

• Text: Anne Palmer
• Photos: Peter Mulder
• JoodsMonument.nl
• geni.com