Woubrechtegem - 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.

 

Saturday 6th May 2023 a total of 8 stumbling stones were placed in and around Herzele.

 

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List of Stolpersteine in the town of Woubrechtegem

Neerwegstraat 4: ALBERT DE VADDER

Sleistraat 8: URBAIN VAN DEN DRIESSCHE


Neerwegstraat 4

hier woonde

ALBERT DE VADDER

geb. 1916

verzetsstrijder

‘Nat. Koninkl. Beweging’

gearresteerd 12.2.1944

gedeporteerd 1944

Buchenwald

bezweken 21.4.1945

Ellrich-Juliushütte

Neerwegstraat 4

here lived

ALBERT DE VADDER

born 1916

resistance fighter

‘Nat. Koninkl. Beweging’

arrested 12.2.1944

deported 1944

Buchenwald

perished 21.4.1945

Ellrich-Juliushütte


Sleistraat 8

hier woonde

URBAIN

VAN DEN DRIESSCHE

geb. 1922

verzetsstrijder

‘geheim leger’

gearresteerd 12.8.1944

gedeporteerd 1944

Neuengamme

vermoord 6.1.1945

Neuengamme

Sleistraat 8

here lived

URBAIN

VAN DEN DRIESSCHE

born 1922

resistance fighter

‘secret army’

arrested 12.8.1944

deported 1944

Neuengamme

murdered 6.1.1945

Neuengamme