Pellenberg - 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 city of Pellenberg

Steenrotsstraat: RAYMOND CAROLUS VRANCKEN


Steenrotsstraat 32  

hier woonde

RAYMOND CAROLUS

VRANCKEN

geb. 1907

gijzelaar

verraden

gearresteerd 27-1-1944

Pellenberg

geïnterneerd 8-5-1944

Buchenwald

vermoord 17-1-1945

Steenrotsstraat 32  

here lived

RAYMOND CAROLUS

VRANCKEN

born 1907

hostage

betrayed

arrested 27-1-1944

Pellenberg

interned 8-5-1944

Buchenwald

murdered 17-1-1945

From May 1943, Raymond became active in the resistance group Independence Front. He was arrested on 27 Jan 1944 and deported to Buchenwald and Dora. Raymond died on January 10, 1945 due to hardship. at the age of 36.