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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.

On Saturday 6th May 2023 eight stumbling stones ware placed in memory of:

Roger Schollaert Steenhuizestraat 5 St.-Lievens-Esse         Mauthausen-Gusenen 01/02/45

Urbain Van den Driessche Sleistraat 8 Woubrechtegem    Neuengamme 06/01/45

Albert De Vadder Neerwegstraat 4 Woubrechtegem          Buchenwald-Elrich 21/04/45

Andreas De Ryck Peperstraat 37 Herzele                              Wöbbelin 04/05/45

Edmond De Naer Borsbekestraat 31 Ressegem                  Sandbostel 30/04/45

Stephanus Mertens Molendijk 20 Borsbeke                         Graslidz 14/12/43

Marcel Goossens Molendijk 30 Borsbeke                             Brandenburg-Görden 22/11/43

Georges De Vuyst Solleveld 20 Herzele                                 Hamburg 06/04/45