Stumbling Stone Kokswijk 45

This small, brass memorial plaque (stolperstein, struikelsteen, or stumbling stone) commemorates:

* Karst Roede, born 1921, arrested 19 July 1944, murdered 6 February 1945, Versen.

Little information was found about Karst Roede, who was born in Zevenhuizen. One source said he may have been in hiding in/at Kokswijk (the name of this street and the name of an area directly east of Zevenhuizen and considered part of Zevenhuizen). Karst Roede was arrested in July 1944, detained in Amersfoort until he was deported to Neuengamme, arriving there on 14 October. At some point he was sent to a camp at Meppen-Versen where his life was taken in February 1945. Unreliable death records included names of illnesses when the underlying cause of death was maltreatment including starvation. Karst Roede was 24.

"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. This happened on 29 November 2007.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar.com
• Photos: Suzanne Matrosov-Vruggink (1), Suzanne Matrosov-Vruggink (2)
• Groninger Archieven: Karst Roede
• Neuengamme Digital Monument: Karst Roede
• Stolpersteine.eu