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.