Stumbling Stones Kortfoorstraat 46

Stolpersteine / Stumbling Stones commemorate:
* Ernst Michael Steiner, born 1904, deported 31 August from Westerbork, murdered 11 March 1943 Fürstengrube, Pszcyna, Poland.
* Theresia Steiner-Gans, born 1907, deported 31 August from Westerbork, murdered 3 September 1942 Auschwitz.
* Egon Arthur Steiner, born 1937, deported 31 August from Westerbork, murdered 3 September 1942 Auschwitz.

Ernst Michael Steiner, a merchant, his wife Theresia Steiner née Gans and their five-year-old son, Egon were deported together from Westerbork Transit Camp. They and over 500 others had to walk from the Westerbork to the railway station where they were put on a passenger train. En route, all males ages 15-50 were ordered off the train in Cosel and sent to work as slave laborers. The train then continued, reaching Auschwitz the next day. Two days later, all the remaining passengers were murdered.

No other information about the Steiners or their families was found.

"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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