Drongen - 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 Drongen

Goubaulaan 5: CHARLES GOUBAU

                           CARLOS GOUBAU


Goubaulaan 5

hier woonde

CHARLES GOUBAU

geb. 1888

weerstander

geheim leger

gearresteerd 18.7.1944

gedeporteerd 1944

Neuengamme

vermoord 28.3.1945

 

Goubaulaan 5

here lived

CHARLES GOUBAU

born 1888

resistance fighter

secret army

arrested 18.7.1944

deported 1944

Neuengamme

murdered 28.3.1945

 

Goubaulaan 5

hier woonde

CARLOS GOUBAU

geb. 1922

weerstander

geheim leger

gearresteerd 18.7.1944

gedeporteerd 1944

Neuengamme

vermoord 5.3.1945

Goubaulaan 5

here lived

CARLOS GOUBAU

born 1922

resistance fighter

secret army

arrested 18.7.1944

deported 1944

Neuengamme

murdered 5.3.1945

Charles Goubau was born on December 16, 1888 and his son Carlos on January 8, 1922, both resisting the Nazi occupiers.  They both were arrested on July 18, 1944.

Charles Goubau was deported to Neuengamme, his official death mentioned on the documents was on 28.03.1945, while his son Carlos was deported to Blumenthal and died on 5.3.1945, following ill-treatment.