Belsele - 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.

 

Wednesday 31 August 2022, 6 stumbling stones were placed in Sint Niklaas.

Tuesday 29 August 2023, 5 stumling stones were placed in Sint Niklaas

 

List of Stolpersteine in the city of Belsele

Groenstraat 70: ARMAND DE TENDER

                             RAPHAËL DE TENDER

Marktstraat 241: THEOPHIEL CORNU

                               KAREL-AMEDE CORNU


Groenstraat 70

hier woonde

ARMAND DE TENDER

geb. 1918

verzetsstrijder

gearresteerd 2-8-1944

gedeporteerd

Buchenwald

bevrijd

Groenstraat 70

here lived

ARMAND DE TENDER

born 1918

resistance fighter

arrested 2-8-1944

deported

Buchenwald

liberated

Groenstraat 70

hier woonde

RAPHAËL DE TENDER

geb. 1915

verzetsstrijder

gearresteerd 2-8-1944

gedeporteerd

Buchenwald

bevrijd

Groenstraat 70

here lived

RAPHAËL DE TENDER

born 1915

resistance fighter

arrested 2-8-1944

deported

Buchenwald

liberated

Resistance fighters, both survived Buchenwald concentration camp.


Marktstraat 241

hier woonde

THEOPHIEL CORNU

geb. 1893

verzetsstrijder

‘geheim leger’

gearresteerd 28-7-1944

dodenmars Blankenburg

vermoord 7-4-1945

Halberstadt

Marktstraat 241

here lived

THEOPHIEL CORNU

born 1893

resistance fighter

‚secret army’

arrested 28-7-1944

death march Blankenburg

murdered 7-4-1945

Halberstadt

Marktstraat 241

hier woonde

KAREL-AMEDE

CORNU

geb. 1920

verzetsstrijder

‘geheim leger’

gearresteerd 28-7-1944

vermoord 19-11-1944

Meppen-Versen

Marktstraat 241

here lived

KAREL-AMEDE

CORNU

born 1920

resistance fighter

‘secret army’

arrested 28-7-1944

murdered 19-11-1944

Meppen-Versen

Both were members of the Secret Army but were arrested. Karel-Amedé was taken to a German concentration camp, where he did not survive the regime. Father Theophiel ended up in Buchenwald and afterwards in Blankenburg, but was shot dead when the camp was evacuated, totally exhausted.