Sinaai - 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.

 

Wednesday 31 August 2022 a total of 6 stumbling stones were placed in Sint Niklaas.

 

List of Stolpersteine in the city of Sinaai

Kernemelkstraat 92: GREGOOR DE PLUKKER


Kernemelkstraat 92

hier woonde

GREGOOR DE PLUKKER

geb. 1928

verplicht tewerkgesteld

vermoord 8-4-1945

Klausen-Leopoldsdorf

Kernemelkstraat 92

here lived

GREGOOR DE PLUKKER

born 1928

forced labourer

murdered 8-4-1945

Klausen-Leopoldsdorf

Forced to serve in Austria and died in March 1945 during the final offensive of the Russians.