Charleroi - 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 Charleroi
Boulevard Paul Janson 6: HERSZEK ROJTMAN
Boulevard Paul Janson 34: EMILE DAUREL
Rue Chavannes 38: FELDON IZRAEL
Rue Chavannes 42: HERSZ DOBRZINSKI
Rue de la Cayauderie 188: VALENTIN WATHELET
Rue de la Régence 37: OSCAR PETIT
EGLANTINE PETIT-PIERRE
Rue de la Régence 65: JOSEK MACHNOWSKI
Boulevard Paul Janson 6
ici habitait
HERSZEK ROJTMAN
né 1907
arrêté 9.1942
détenu Prison Charleroi
Malines
déporté 15.1.1943
Auschwitz
assassiné
Boulevard Paul Janson 6
here lived
HERSZEK ROJTMAN
born 1907
arrested 9.1942
detained Charleroi Prison
Mechelen
deported 15.1.1943
Auschwitz
murdered
The first "pavement of memory" of Charleroi was for ROJTMAN, Herszek born in Stoczek in Poland on 22/05/1907 and deported by the eighteenth convoy to Auschwitz.
In September 1942 Charleroi was the victim of a raid; a convoy leaves for deportation ... 38% of the Jews registered in Charleroi are deported.
Boulevard Paul Janson 34
ici habitait
EMILE DAUREL
né 1913
resistant
arrêté 16.2.1944
pendu 25.2.1944
Tir National
Boulevard Paul Janson 34
here lived
EMILE DAUREL
born 1913
resistant
arrested 16.2.1944
hanged 25.2.1944
Tir National
Emile Daurel was a member of Group G, a non-commissioned officer of the Maquis de Senzeilles. He was arrested by the Wehrmacht on February 16, 1944 and sentenced to death by hanging and executed on February 25, 1944.
Rue Chavannes 38
ici habitait
Feldon IZRAEL
né 1889
arrêté 1.8.1942
détenu Malines
déporté 11.8.1942
Auschwitz
assassiné
Rue Chavannes 38
here lived
Feldon IZRAEL
born 1889
arrested 1.8.1942
detained Mechelen
deported 11.8.1942
Auschwitz
murdered
At 38 Rue Chavannes in Charleroi, lived Israël Feldon, born May 26, 1893 in Zgiersh (Poland) and who was a Shoemaker.
He was deported because he was Jewish by the 2nd convoy, on August 11, 1942, which left Mechelen for Auschwitz. And murdered.
Rue Chavannes 42
ici habitait
HERSZ DOBRZINSKI
né 1924 Pologne
resistant
arrêté 14.4.1943
Breendonk
fusillé 14.7.1943
Tir National
Rue Chavannes 42
here lived
HERSZ DOBRZINSKI
born 1924 Poland
resistant
arrested 14.4.1943
Breendonk
shot 14.7.1943
Tir National
Hersz Dobrzinski, born April 16, 1924 in Wongrow, Poland. He was a resistant fighter and an active member of the JGSU (Unified Socialist Young Guard). He participated in many actions such as the sabotage of electricity pylons and the execution of collaborators. Armed partisan and leader of the "Brussels Corps".
Arrested on April 15, 1943 during an attack on a Rexist, he was imprisoned in Breendonck, then shot on July 14, 1943 as a terrorist hostage.
Hersz Dobrzinski was buried at the Tir National in Schaerbeek - Enclosure of the executed.
Rue de la Cayauderie 188
ici habitait
VALENTIN WATHELET
né 1919
resistant
arreté 1.10.1943
fusillé 16.2.1944
Tir National
Rue de la Cayauderie 188
here lived
VALENTIN WATHELET
born 1919
resistant
arrested 1.10.1943
shot 16.2.1944
Tir National
Valentin Wathelet was a waiter. He was arrested in Bergen on October 1, 1943, in possession of a weapon, ready to launch an attack. He was part of the "DINGOT" group affiliated with the "Patriotic Militia" and the Independence Front. Valentin Wathelet was executed in Tir de Marcinelle on February 16, 1944, in retaliation for the murder of Captain Schaffler.
Rue de la Régence 37
ici habitait
OSCAR PETIT
né 1905
resistant
Front Indépendance
arrêté 28.3.1944
déporté
Ellrich
assassiné 14.3.1945
Rue de la Régence 37
here lived
OSCAR PETIT
born 1905
resistant
Front Independence
arrested 28.3.1944
deported
Ellrich
assassinated 14.3.1945
Rue de la Régence 37
ici habitait
EGLANTINE
PETIT-PIERRE
née 1907
resistante
Front Independence
arrêtée 28.3.1944
deportee
Ravensbrück
assassinée 28.3.1945
Rue de la Régence 37
here lived
EGLANTINE
PETIT-PIERRE
born 1907
resistant
Front Independence
arrested 28.3.1944
deported
Ravensbrück
murdered 28.3.1945
Oscar, born March 23, 1907 in Marcinelle and Églantine Pierre, born April 21, 1907 in Braine-l'Alleud, were confectioners from Charleroi. When war broke out, they joined the resistance and were subsequently cited in numerous resistance or escape networks (Comet). On March 28, 1944 they were betrayed by a Frenchman they had housed and then sent to the camps Buchenwald, Dora, Ellrich (Oscar) and Buchenwald and Ravensbrück (Eglantine). They did not return.
Rue de la Régence 65
ici habitait
JOSEK MACHNOWSKI
né 1904
arrêté 11.1.1943
détenu Malines
déporté 15.1.1943
Auschwitz
assassiné
Rue de la Régence 65
here lived
JOSEK MACHNOWSKI
born 1904
arrested 11.1.1943
detained Mechelen
deported 15.1.1943
Auschwitz
murdered
Josek Machnowski born January 19 1904 was deported by the XIX convoy that left Mechelen.