Marcinelle - Stolpersteine

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A Stolperstein literally "stumbling stone", metaphorically a "stumbling block" is a sett-size, 10 by 10 centimetres (3.9 in × 3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution.

 

The Stolpersteine project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, aims to commemorate individuals at exactly the last place of residency—or, sometimes, work—which was freely chosen by the person before he or she fell victim to Nazi terror, euthanasia, eugenics, was deported to a concentration or extermination camp, or escaped persecution by emigration or suicide. As of 29 March 2018, over 67,000 Stolpersteine have been laid in 22 countries, making the Stolpersteine project the world's largest decentralized memorial.

 

The majority of Stolpersteine commemorate Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Others have been placed for Sinti and Romani people (then also called "gypsies"), homosexuals, the physically or mentally disabled, Jehovah's Witnesses, black people, members of the Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party, and the anti-Nazi Resistance, the Christian opposition (both Protestants and Catholics), and Freemasons, along with International Brigade soldiers in the Spanish Civil War, military deserters, conscientious objectors, escape helpers, capitulators, "habitual criminals", looters, and others charged with treason, military disobedience, or undermining the Nazi military, as well as Allied soldiers.

 

List of Stolpersteine in the town of Marcinelle

Avenue de Philippeville 8: FELIX LUCKHAUS

Rue de Couillet 10: ROBERT DELAHAYE

Rue de l'Energie 64: FRYMETA GINSBERG

                                    MICHEL WISLITSKI

Rue Vital Françoisse 53: FERNAND BLAMPAIN


Avenue de Philippeville 8

ici habitait

FELIX LUCKHAUS

né 1889

resistant

arreté 23.12.1943

fusillé 16.2.1944

TIR National

Avenue de Philippeville 8

here lived

FELIX LUCKHAUS

born 1889

resistant

arrested 23.12.1943

shot 16.2.1944

TIR National

Félix Luckhaus was a house painter and member of a resistance movement. Arrested on December 23, 1943, he was executed at Tir de Marcinelle on February 16, 1944 in retaliation for the murder of Captain Schaffler.


Rue de Couillet 10

ici habitait

ROBERT DELAHAYE

né 1925

resistant

arreté 28.12.1943

fusillé 16.2.1944

TIR National

Rue de Couillet 10

here lived

ROBERT DELAHAYE

born 1925

resistant

arrested 28.12.1943

shot 16.2.1944

TIR National

Robert Delahaye was a servant. He was a member of the Belgian Partisan army, took part in sabotage actions in the Charleroi region and was arrested in Marchienne-au-Pont on 28 December 1943 during one of these actions. He was responsible for the shooting of Carolingian Joseph Pevenasse, member of Rex's staff, who took an active part in the Tuerie de Courcelles in August 1944. Robert Delahaye was executed in Tir de Marcinelle on February 16, 1944 in retaliation. for the murder of Captain Schaffler.


Rue de l'Energie 64

ici habitait  

MICHEL WISLITSKI

né 1898

travailleur force
détenu France  

déporté 31.10.1942

Auschwitz  

assassiné

Rue de l'Energie 64

here lived

MICHEL WISLITSKI

born 1898

hard worker

detained France

deported 31.10.1942

Auschwitz

murdered

Rue de l'Energie 64

ici habitait  

FRYMETA GINSBERG

née 1912

détenue 1943 Malines  

deportée 1944

Auschwitz  

assassinée

Rue de l'Energie 64

here lived

FRYMETA GINSBERG

born 1912

detained 1943 Mechelen

deported 1944

Auschwitz

murdered

Michel Wistliski and Frimeta Ginzberg his wife, born 05/01/1899 in Poland and deported by the XXIIIth convoy. She was assassinated at Auschwitz.

Her husband, Michel Wistliski born 03/15/1898 deported by the XXVI and last convoy and assassinated.


Rue Vital Françoisse 53

ici habitait  

FERNAND BLAMPAIN

né 1922

resistant

arrêté 22.12.1943

fusillé 16.2.1944

Tir National

Rue Vital Françoisse 53

here lived

FERNAND BLAMPAIN

born 1922

resistant

arrested 22.12.1943

shot 16.2.1944

Tir National

Fernand Blampain worked at ACEC, which led to his being deported to Germany for several months in 1943 for forced labor. Back in Belgium, he did not follow up with a new summons. He joined the Belgian Partisan army and distributed clandestine newspapers and leaflets. He also participates in various acts of sabotage and executions of traitors. While on a mission, Fernand Blampain was arrested on July 22, 1943 and executed at Marcinelle's TIR as a hostage on February 16, 1944, in retaliation for the murder of Captain Schaffler.