Sint-Truiden - 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 city of Sint-Truiden
Diesterstraat 47: GEORGE FRANS KOEKELBERGH
Gasthuisstraat 37: HERMAN HENRI LAMBILLOTTE
Grote Markt 39: PAUL JEAN PIERRE CORTHOUTS
Haardstraat 31: GERARD JOS WILLEMS
Diesterstraat 47
hier woonde
GEORGES
KOEKELBERGH
geb. 1914
gearresteerd 25.5.1943
gedeporteerd
Theresienstadt
overleden 7.6.1945
Diesterstraat 47
here lived
GEORGES
KOEKELBERGH
born 1914
arrested 25.5.1943
deported
Theresienstadt
died 7.6.1945
Born in Duras 6 April 1914. George was a resistance fighter. After Breendonk he arrived in Esterwegen, Gross-Strehlitz, Laband and Buchenwald.
Died in Theresiënstadt, on 7 June 1945.
Gasthuisstraat 37
hier woonde
HERMAN
LAMBILLOTTE
geb. 1919
gearresteerd 25.5.1943
vermoord 7.5.1945
Nordhausen
Gasthuisstraat 37
here lived
HERMAN
LAMBILLOTTE
born 1919
arrested 25.5.1943
murdered 7.5.1945
Nordhausen
Born in St Truiden, on November 16, 1919. Soldier, before his military service he witnessed the mobilization and campaign in May 1940. Fueled by his sense of duty and patriotism he came to the Resistance. He was a serious and diligent boy, enjoyed everyone's friendship, but also fell victim to the betrayal of May 1943.
With his fellow sufferers he went along Breendonk, Esterwegen, Gross-Strehlitz and Gross-Rosen and there the trail is lost. The last message that reached us reads: 'Lambillotte Herman was at Gross-Rosen. Matr. Nr 82215. Herman died on May 7, 1945 in Nordhausen.
Grote Markt 39
hier woonde
PIERRE CORTHOUTS
geb. 1916
gearresteerd 25.5.1943
vermoord 5.5.1945
transport
uit Buchenwald
naar Theresienstadt
Grote Markt 39
here lived
PIERRE CORTHOUTS
born 1916
arrested 25.5.1943
murdered 5.5.1945
transport
from Buchenwald
to Theresienstadt
Born 02.03.1916. Paul was a resistance fighter, arrested and deported to Germany on 05.25.1943. He was murdered in Theresienstadt around 05.05.1945 at the age of 29.
Mobilized in 1939, soldier until May 1940, imprisoned and back home he joined the St. Truiden sector. He is also one of the victims of May 25, 1943. He was transported to Breendonk, Gross-Strehlitz, Blechhammer, Laband and Buchenwald. His fellow countryman Willems Gerard seems to have fallen on May 1, 1945, so Pierre died on May 5 during the evacuation of Buchenwald in Theresiënstadt.
Haardstraat 31
hier woonde
GERARD WILLEMS
geb. 1907
gearresteerd 25.5.1943
vermoord 1.5.1945
transport
uit Buchenwald
naar Theresienstadt
Haardstraat 31
here lived
GERARD WILLEMS
born 1907
arrested 25.5.1943
murdered 1.5.1945
transport
from Buchenwald
to Theresienstadt
Born in St Truiden on August 9, 1907. Husband of Maria Renquin and father of 3 children. He was mobilized and took part in the 18-day campaign in 1940. After his liberation, he joined the B.N.B.-A.S., where he served as a soldier.
Arrested with the other comrades, he ended up in the concentration camps of Breendonk, Esterwegen, Gross-Strehlitz and Laband in Upper Silesia. Gerard succumbed to the overcrowded transport that transported him from Buchenwald to Theresienstadt; in the night of April 30, 1945. Gerard died on May 1, 1945 during the transport from Buchenwald to Theresiënstadt.