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.