Stumbling Stones Kortfoortstraat 195 (now opp. Kortfoortstraat 124)

Stolpersteine / Stumbling Stones commemorate:

* David Izaac de Leeuw, born 1885, deported 19 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 22 October 1942 Auschwitz.
* Betje de Leeuw-Hamburger, born 1883, deported 19 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 22 October 1942 Auschwitz.
* Johanna de Leeuw, born 1921, deported 19 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 22 October 1942 Auschwitz.
* Rebecca Sara de Leeuw, born 1924, deported 19 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 22 October 1942 Auschwitz.

David Izaac de Leeuw married Betje Hamburger in 1918. They had two daughters – Johanna and Rebecca Sara. All were deported from Westerbork on the same day and murdered 3 days later in Auschwitz.

David’s father, Izaak David de Leeuw and brother, Joseph Isaac de Leeuw, were killed on different days in Auschwitz in 1942.

No information was found on Betje’s parents and possile siblings.

The transport that took the de Leeuw family and over 1300 others arrived in Auschwitz on 21 October. Except for 497 men selected for work, all other deportees were murdered.

"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 pavement in front of the last voluntary residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim’s name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death. 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."

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
• Joods Monument
• Yad Vashem: Transport Westerbork-Auschwitz 19.10.1942
• Geneanet: Betje Hamburger
• Stolpersteine.eu