Stumbling Stone Burghseweg 84

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

* Irma Jacobs, born 1895, murdered 23 April 1943, Sobibor.

"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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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar.com
• Photos: Suzanne Matrosov-Vruggink (1), Suzanne Matrosov-Vruggink (2)