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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 Kristus-Koning

Karel de Stoutelaan 70: NORBERT VANBEVEREN

The Vanbeveren family lived at Karel De Stoutelaan 70, Bruges. Norbert was born on February 14, 1925, as the youngest son of Alfons Vanbeveren and Leontine Nollet. He still lived at home during the war. Norbert was the youngest of the family of six, and was an apprentice passer at the railways. His father Alfons also worked for the railways.  Father Alfons was the son of Icelandic sailor Joannes Petrus Vanbeveren. Alfons died on April 27, 1944 during an Allied bombing of Bruges station. He was also active in the resistance. Working on the railways is a dangerous job during the war, because trains and railway installations often come into the sights of the Allies. And at the same time it is a crucial sector for the German occupier, which leads many railway workers to resistance actions, sabotage and espionage.

Norbert Vanbeveren was arrested at home on September 15. A Gestapo officer overpowered Norbert and put a revolver in his pocket to accuse him of carrying weapons. He was sentenced to death at a trial in Donauwörth in August 1944. In September 1944 he was taken to Dachau, where he was executed by beheading on October 27, 1944, together with his friend and fellow resistance member Noël Boydens.

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