Deurne, Belgium - 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.

 

Sunday 26 September 2021, 20 stumbling stones were laid in Antwerp, district of Deurne, remembering the names of victims of Nazism. In the presence of family members of the victims.

 

09.00  – Te Couwelaarlei 31 for the Tertaas-Huysman family

09.50 – De Berlaimontstraat 14 for the Gulden-Bruches family

10.50 – Gallifortlei 146 commemoration of the deported victims

11.15 – Lundenstraat 64 in front of Alfons Schneider

12.15 - district house of Deurne for a break with sandwiches and a drink

14.00 – Oudedonklaan 97 for the Cohen-Aldewereld family

15.00 – Cruyslei 86 and 88 for the Hillesum-Trytel and Haber-Löw families