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.