Bertem - 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 Bertem
Tervuursesteenweg 41: EMILE DOTTERMANS
Tervuursesteenweg 58: FRANCOIS JOURAND
GASTON JOURAND
Tervuursesteenweg 41
hier woonde
EMILE DOTTERMANS
geb. 1922
verzetsstrijder
gearresteerd
geïnterneerd 8.12.1943
geëxecuteerd 1.3.1944
Breendonk
Tervuursesteenweg 41
here lived
EMILE DOTTERMANS
born 1922
resistance fighter
arrested
interned 8.12.1943
executed 1.3.1944
Breendonk
Tervuursesteenweg 58
hier woonde
FRANCOIS JOURAND
geb. 1924
verzetsstrijder
gearresteerd
geïnterneerd 9.12.1943
geëxecuteerd 1.3.1944
Breendonk
Tervuursesteenweg 58
here lived
FRANCOIS JOURAND
born 1924
resistance fighter
arrested
interned 9.12.1943
executed 1.3.1944
Breendonk
Tervuursesteenweg 58
hier woonde
GASTON JOURAND
geb. 1921
verzetsstrijder
gearresteerd
geïnterneerd 9.12.1943
geëxecuteerd 1.3.1944
Breendonk
Tervuursesteenweg 58
here lived
GASTON JOURAND
born 1921
resistance fighter
arrested
interned 9.12.1943
executed 1.3.1944
Breendonk