Herzele - 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.
Saturday 6th May 2023 a total of 8 stumbling stones were placed in and around Herzele.
List of Stolpersteine in the town of Herzele
Peperstraat 37: ANDREAS DE RYCK
Solleveld 20: GEORGES DE VUYST
Peperstraat 37
hier woonde
ANDREAS DE RYCK
geb. 1919
verzetsstrijder
‘geheim leger’
gearresteerd 21.7.1944
gedeporteerd 1944
Neuengamme
bezweken 4.5.1945
Wöbbelin
Peperstraat 37
here lived
ANDREAS DE RYCK
born 1919
resistance fighter
‘secret army’
arrested 21.7.1944
deported 1944
Neuengamme
bezweken 4.5.1945
Wöbbelin
Solleveld 20
hier verbleef
GEORGES DE VUYST
geb. 1925
verzetsstrijder
‘geheim leger’
gearresteerd 12.8.1944
gedeporteerd 1944
Neuengamme
vermoord 6.4.1945
Hamburg
Solleveld 20
here resided
GEORGES DE VUYST
born 1925
resistance fighter
‘secret army’
arrested 12.8.1944
deported 1944
Neuengamme
murdered 6.4.1945
Hamburg