Stumbling Stones Voorstraat 18

These small, brass, memorial plaques (Stolpersteine, struikelstenen, or stumbling stones) commemorate the Leman family:

* Mozes Leman, born 1905, murdered 26 February 1943, Auschwitz.
* Ottilia Leman-Levie, born 1908, murdered 26 February 1943, Auschwitz.
* Sientje Leman, born 1933, murdered 26 February 1943, Auschwitz.
* Mathilde Leman, born 1934, murdered 26 February 1943, Auschwitz.
* Liepman Leman, born 1936, murdered 26 February 1943, Auschwitz.

Mozes Leman and Ottilia Levie married. They lived above his butcher shop at this location (the address at that time was A 122). Their three childrne were all born in Hardenberg – Sientje, Mathilde, and Liepman. The whole family was murdered in Auschwitz on the same day. The children were 9, 8, and 6 years old.

"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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