Stumbling Stones Adriaan Volkersingel 22

This small brass plaque (Stolpersteine or Stumbling Stones), which were laid on 06-02-2017 commemorate:

Salomon Kleinkramer, born 1896, arrested on 4-9-1942 and deported 11-9-1942 from Westerbork to Auschwitz. Murdered 31-3-1943 in Seibersdorf.
Sara Kleinkramer-den Hartog, born 1899, arrested on 4-9-1942 and deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz on 11-9-1942 and murdered there on 14-9-1942.
Simon Kleinkramer, born 1926, arrested on 4-9-1942 and deported 11-9-1942 from Westerbork to Auschwitz. Murdered 31-3-1943 in Seibersdorf.
Hartog Kleinkramer, born 1930, arrested on 4-9-1942 and deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz on 11-9-1942 and murdered there on 14-9-1942.
Siegfried Kleinkramer, born 1931, arrested on 4-9-1942 and deported on 11-9-1942 from Westerbork to Auschwitz and murdered there on 14-9-1942.
Mietje Kleinkramer, born 1933, arrested on 4-9-1942 and deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz on 11-9-1942 and murdered there on 14-9-1942.

The Kleinkramer family became homeless by the bombing of Rotterdam and then settled in Sliedrecht where family was already living. In 1942 they decided to go into hiding somewhere in the Biesbosch. Son Simon prepared the hiding on September 4, 1942, together with his uncle Jacques van Gelderen. This led to a major failure. Their boat sank and they were captured. Simon was released after a few days, but the entire family was placed under house arrest. They are rounded up immediately afterwards and deported via Westerbork to Auschwitz. There mother and the three youngest children were gassed on September 14, 1942. Of father Salomon, and son Simon who were taken off the train halfway to be put to work, the Red Cross keeps as their date of death March 31, 1943 in Seiberdorf.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project in 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 or sometimes the hiding address of (mostly Jewish) victims murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is stamped with the victim's name, date of birth, and place (often a Concentration Camp) and date of death. In this way, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He quotes the Talmud: "A person is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten."

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar.com
• Photos: Stichting Struikelstenen Sliedrecht (1), Fedor de Vries (2, 3), Peter Schipper (4)
• https://www.struikelstenensliedrecht.nl/familie-kleinkramer/