Leerdam - 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 town of Leerdam

Dr. A. Kuijperstraat 19: JANSJE BLOK-MEIJER

Oranje Nassaulaan 16: REBECCA BLOK


Dr. A. Kuijperstraat 19

hier woonde

JANSJE BLOK-

MEIJER

geb. 1881

gedeporteerd 1942

uit Westerbork

vermoord 27.11.1942

Auschwitz

Dr. A. Kuijperstraat 19

here lived

JANSJE BLOK-

MEIJER

born 1881

deported 1942

from Westerbork

murdered 27.11.1942

Auschwitz

Jansje Blok-Meijer was born in Gorinchem on the 9 February 1881, died in Auschwitz, 27 November 1942.  She reached the age of 61 years. Jansje is a daughter of Meijer Meijer and Elizabeth Ossendrijver. She married Lion Blok, son of Philippus Hijman Blok and Doortje Elkus, on August 27, 1919


Oranje Nassaulaan 16

hier woonde

REBECCA BLOK

geb. 1876

gedeporteerd 1942

uit Westerbork

vermoord 27.11.1942

Auschwitz

Oranje Nassaulaan 16

here lived

REBECCA BLOK

born 1876

deported 1942

from Westerbork

murdered 27.11.1942

Auschwitz

Rebecca Blok was one of the ten children of Philippus Hijman Blok and Doortje Elkus. Rebecca Blok was born in Meerkerk on 4 September 1876, died in Auschwitz, 27 November 1942. She reached the age of 66 years.