Marcinelle - 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 Marcinelle
Avenue de Philippeville 8: FELIX LUCKHAUS
Rue de Couillet 10: ROBERT DELAHAYE
Rue de l'Energie 64: FRYMETA GINSBERG
MICHEL WISLITSKI
Rue Vital Françoisse 53: FERNAND BLAMPAIN
Avenue de Philippeville 8
here lived
FELIX LUCKHAUS
born 1889
resistant
arrested 23.12.1943
shot 16.2.1944
TIR National
Félix Luckhaus was a house painter and member of a resistance movement. Arrested on December 23, 1943, he was executed at Tir de Marcinelle on February 16, 1944 in retaliation for the murder of Captain Schaffler.
Rue de Couillet 10
ici habitait
ROBERT DELAHAYE
né 1925
resistant
arreté 28.12.1943
fusillé 16.2.1944
TIR National
Rue de Couillet 10
here lived
ROBERT DELAHAYE
born 1925
resistant
arrested 28.12.1943
shot 16.2.1944
TIR National
Robert Delahaye was a servant. He was a member of the Belgian Partisan army, took part in sabotage actions in the Charleroi region and was arrested in Marchienne-au-Pont on 28 December 1943 during one of these actions. He was responsible for the shooting of Carolingian Joseph Pevenasse, member of Rex's staff, who took an active part in the Tuerie de Courcelles in August 1944. Robert Delahaye was executed in Tir de Marcinelle on February 16, 1944 in retaliation. for the murder of Captain Schaffler.
Rue de l'Energie 64
ici habitait
MICHEL WISLITSKI
né 1898
travailleur force
détenu France
déporté 31.10.1942
Auschwitz
assassiné
Rue de l'Energie 64
here lived
MICHEL WISLITSKI
born 1898
hard worker
detained France
deported 31.10.1942
Auschwitz
murdered
Rue de l'Energie 64
ici habitait
FRYMETA GINSBERG
née 1912
détenue 1943 Malines
deportée 1944
Auschwitz
assassinée
Rue de l'Energie 64
here lived
FRYMETA GINSBERG
born 1912
detained 1943 Mechelen
deported 1944
Auschwitz
murdered
Michel Wistliski and Frimeta Ginzberg his wife, born 05/01/1899 in Poland and deported by the XXIIIth convoy. She was assassinated at Auschwitz.
Her husband, Michel Wistliski born 03/15/1898 deported by the XXVI and last convoy and assassinated.
Rue Vital Françoisse 53
ici habitait
FERNAND BLAMPAIN
né 1922
resistant
arrêté 22.12.1943
fusillé 16.2.1944
Tir National
Rue Vital Françoisse 53
here lived
FERNAND BLAMPAIN
born 1922
resistant
arrested 22.12.1943
shot 16.2.1944
Tir National
Fernand Blampain worked at ACEC, which led to his being deported to Germany for several months in 1943 for forced labor. Back in Belgium, he did not follow up with a new summons. He joined the Belgian Partisan army and distributed clandestine newspapers and leaflets. He also participates in various acts of sabotage and executions of traitors. While on a mission, Fernand Blampain was arrested on July 22, 1943 and executed at Marcinelle's TIR as a hostage on February 16, 1944, in retaliation for the murder of Captain Schaffler.