Oostende - 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 Oostende
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31: SIMONE SCHENDORF
ALBERT SCHINDLER
HERMANN SCHINDLER
JOACHIM SPEIER-HOLLSTEIN
HENRIETTE SZPIRO
ISIDORE SZPIRO
REGINA SZPIRO
7 Jewish students Atheneum murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
They were former students of the Royal Athenaeum I.
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
hier studeerde
SIMONE SCHENDORF
geb. 1927
gedeporteerd 4.8.1942
vermoord 6.9.1942
Auschwitz
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
here studied
SIMONE SCHENDORF
born 1927
deported 4.8.1942
murdered 6.9.1942
Auschwitz
Simone (Jenka) Schendorf was born in Antwerp on 3 July 1927. She was a student and put on transport I leaving Mechelen on 4 August 1942, transport number 973.
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
hier studeerde
ALBERT SCHINDLER
geb. 1925
gedeporteerd 4.8.1942
vermoord 1.9.1942
Auschwitz
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
here studied
ALBERT SCHINDLER
born 1925
deported 4.8.1942
murdered 1.9.1942
Auschwitz
Albert Schindler was born in Ostend on 6 July 1925. He was a student and put on transport I leaving Mechelen on 4 August 1942, transport number 506.
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
hier studeerde
HERMANN SCHINDLER
geb. 1926
gedeporteerd 4.8.1942
vermoord 1.9.1942
Auschwitz
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
here studied
HERMANN SCHINDLER
born 1926
deported 4.8.1942
murdered 1.9.1942
Auschwitz
Hermann Schindler was born in Vierheim on 6 November 1921. He was a student and put on transport I leaving Mechelen on 4 August 1942, transport number 507.
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
hier studeerde
JOACHIM
SPEIER-HOLLSTEIN
geb. 1926
geïnterneerd 25.9.1942
gedeporteerd 26.9.1942
uit Kazerne Dossin
vermoord 31.10.1942
Auschwitz
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
here studied
JOACHIM
SPEIER-HOLLSTEIN
born 1926
interned 25.9.1942
deported 26.9.1942
from Kazerne Dossin
murdered 31.10.1942
Auschwitz
Joachim Speier-Hollstein was born in Köln on 5 January 1926. He was a student, put on the list in Kazerne Dossin 25 September 1942 and put on transport XI leaving Mechelen on 26 September 1942, transport number 2363
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
hier studeerde
HENRIETTE SZPIRO
geb. 1928
geïnterneerd 14.8.1943
gedeporteerd 20.9.1943
uit Kazerne Dossin
Auschwitz
lot onbekend
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
here studied
HENRIETTE SZPIRO
born 1928
interned 14.8.1943
deported 20.9.1943
from Kazerne Dossin
Auschwitz
destiny unknown
Henriette Szpiro was born in Antwerp on 6 May 1928. She was a student, put on the list in Kazerne Dossin 14 August 1943 and put on transport XXIIA leaving Mechelen on 20 September 1943, transport number 236.
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
hier studeerde
ISIDORE SZPIRO
geb. 1931
van school gestuurd 1942
geïnterneerd 14.8.1943
gedeporteerd 20.9.1943
uit Kazerne Dossin
Auschwitz
lot onbekend
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
here studied
ISIDORE SZPIRO
born 1931
expelled from school 1942
interned 14.8.1943
deported 20.9.1943
from Kazerne Dossin
Auschwitz
destiny unknown
Isidore Szpiro was born in Ostend on 25 December 1931. He was a student, put on the list in Kazerne Dossin 14 August 1943 and put on transport XXIIA leaving Mechelen on 20 September 1943, transport number 237.
Isidoor Spziro could no longer register at the atheneum due to the German occupier's regulation stating that Jewish children were no longer admitted to official schools from the 1942-1943 school year. His stumbling stone is set apart.
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
hier studeerde
REGINA SZPIRO
geb. 1926
geïnterneerd 14.8.1943
gedeporteerd 20.9.1943
uit Kazerne Dossin
Auschwitz
lot onbekend
Leon Spilliaertstraat 31
here studied
REGINA SZPIRO
born 1926
interned 14.8.1943
deported 20.9.1943
from Kazerne Dossin
Auschwitz
destiny unknown
Regina Szpiro was born in Antwerp on 16 November 1926. She was a student, put on the list in Kazerne Dossin 14 August 1943 and put on transport XXIIA leaving Mechelen on 20 September 1943, transport number 235