Stumbling Stones Boterstraat 6

Stolpersteine / Stumbling Stones for:

* Eduard Beem, born 1882, deported 27 April 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 30 April 1943 Sobibor.
* Rosa Beem-Kohn, born 1882, deported 27 April 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 30 April 1943 Sobibor.

Eduard Beem, a merchant and his wife Rosa Beem née Kohn, were deported on the same day and were both killed 3 days later in Sobibor. Both were age 60. No mention was seen of any children from their marriage.

Eduard’s parents died in the 1920s. All three of his siblings who were alive at the beginning of the war were killed in Sobibor or Auschwitz. No other information was found about Rosa’s family.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small 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 installed -- 29 November 2007.

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