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

Schaarbeek Plot of Honour


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

Schaarbeek Plot of Honour