Zwijnaarde - 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 Zwijnaarde

Dorpsstraat 34: FRANS VAN SPEYBROECK

                             LUCIEN VAN SPEYBROECK


Dorpsstraat 34

hier woonde

FRANS

VAN SPEYBROECK

geb. 1919

weerstander

inlichtingen / actie

vermoord 7.9.1944

Asper

Dorpsstraat 34

here lived

FRANS

VAN SPEYBROECK

born 1919

resistance fighterr

information / action

murdered 7.9.1944

Asper

Dorpsstraat 34

hier woonde

LUCIEN VAN SPEYBROECK

geb. 1920

weerstander

geheim leger

gefusilleerd 24.5.1945

Oostakker

Dorpsstraat 34

here lived

LUCIEN VAN SPEYBROECK

born 1920

resistance fighter

secret army

shot 24.5.1945

Oostakker

Born on December 23, 1919 in Zwijnaarde.  Frans was a resistant fighter and shot on 07.09.1944 in Asper.

Lucien, brother of Frans, was born on 12.26.1920 in Zwijnaarde. He was a resistant fighter shot on 24.05.1943 by the Nazis in Oostakker.