Woubrechtegem - 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 Woubrechtegem
Neerwegstraat 4: ALBERT DE VADDER
Sleistraat 8: URBAIN VAN DEN DRIESSCHE
Neerwegstraat 4
hier woonde
ALBERT DE VADDER
geb. 1916
verzetsstrijder
‘Nat. Koninkl. Beweging’
gearresteerd 12.2.1944
gedeporteerd 1944
Buchenwald
bezweken 21.4.1945
Ellrich-Juliushütte
Neerwegstraat 4
here lived
ALBERT DE VADDER
born 1916
resistance fighter
‘Nat. Koninkl. Beweging’
arrested 12.2.1944
deported 1944
Buchenwald
perished 21.4.1945
Ellrich-Juliushütte
Sleistraat 8
hier woonde
URBAIN
VAN DEN DRIESSCHE
geb. 1922
verzetsstrijder
‘geheim leger’
gearresteerd 12.8.1944
gedeporteerd 1944
Neuengamme
vermoord 6.1.1945
Neuengamme
Sleistraat 8
here lived
URBAIN
VAN DEN DRIESSCHE
born 1922
resistance fighter
‘secret army’
arrested 12.8.1944
deported 1944
Neuengamme
murdered 6.1.1945
Neuengamme