Stumbling Stone Folkingestraat 17

These small, brass memorial plaques (stolpersteine, struikelstenen, or stumbling stones) commemorate a family of three who lived here:

Meijer (Max) de Wilde, born in 1908
deported from Westerbork in 1943
murdered in Sobibor on 9-7-1943

Barend (Bobby) de Wilde, born in 1940
deported from Westerbork in 1943
murdered in Sobibor on 9-7-1943

Rachel (Sjennie) de Wilde - van Straten, born in 1910
deported from Westerbork in 1943
murdered in Sobibor on 9-7-1943

Meijer de Wilde (called Max), a barber, and Rachel van Straten (called Sjennie), both born in Amsterdam, married. Their son Barend, named after his grandfather and called Bobby, was born in April 1940 in Groningen. All three were deported from Westerbork and murdered on 9 July 1943 in Sobibor. Max de Wilde was 34, Sjienne was 32, and Bobby was only 3 years old. A photo of the parents and their son can be seen in Joods Monument.

Max’s mother died before the war; his father, diamond cutter Barend de Wilde was murdered in Auschwitz in November 1942. Rachel’s father and mother – Maurits and Judith van Staten -- were both murdered in Sobibor on 28 May 1943.

"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."

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Source

• Text: Bert Deelman & Anne Palmer
• Photos: Bert Deelman
• Joods Monument
• Geni.com
• Stolpersteine.eu