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
The following are not the original "Stolpersteine" - Remembrance Stones
List of Remembrance Stones in the city of Oostende
Gelijkheidstraat 173: AUGUSTINUS SESEE
Heilig-Hartplein 14: OSCAR MOLLET
Koninginnelaan 22: EMILE MARIEN
JEANNE PAUWELS
Nieuwpoortsesteenweg 306: URBAIN MAES
Plantenstraat 55: RENAUD GODDEMAER
Zwaluwenstraat 33: GEORGES HINDERIJCKX
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
Remembrance Stones
Gelijkheidstraat 173
Hier woonde
Augustinus Sesee
Geb. 1903
Verzetsstrijder
Rote Kapelle
Gearresteerd 28.03.1942
Gedeporteerd april 1943
Breendonk
Geëxecuteerd 28.07.1943
Plötzensee Berlijn
Gelijkheidstraat 173
Here lived
Augustinus Sesee
Born 1903
Resistance fighter
Rote Kapelle
Arrested 28.03.1942
Deported april 1943
Breendonk
Executed 28.07.1943
Plötzensee Berlijn
Heilig-Hartplein 14
Hier woonde
Oscar Mollet
Geb. 1906
In verzet
Geheim Leger
Gearresteerd 02.02.1944
Overleden 26.02.1945
Buchenwald
Heilig-Hartplein 14
Here lived
Oscar Mollet
Born 1906
In resistance
Secret Army
Arrested 02.02.1944
Deceased 26.02.1945
Buchenwald
Koninginnelaan 22
Hier woonde
Emile Mariën
Geb. 1905
Verzetsstrijder
Gearresteerd 13.07.1944
Gedeporteerd naar Mauthausen
Bevrijd 05.05.1945
Koninginnelaan 22
Here lived
Emile Mariën
Born 1905
Resistance fighter
Arrested 13.07.1944
Deported to Mauthausen
Liberated 05.05.1945
Koninginnelaan 22
Hier woonde
Jeanne Pauwels
Geb. 1907
Politiek gevangene
Gearresteerd 07.08.1944
Gedeporteerd naar Ravensbrück
Bevrijd 30.04.1945
Koninginnelaan 22
Here lived
Jeanne Pauwels
Born 1907
Political prisoner
Arrested 07.08.1944
Deported to Ravensbrück
Liberated 30.04.1945
Nieuwpoortsesteenweg 306
Hier woonde
Urbain Maes
Geb. 1898
Gewapend Weerstander
Geheim Leger-Brigade des Doods
Gearresteerd 25.11.1943
Geëxecuteerd 11.02.1945
Gross Rosen
Nieuwpoortsesteenweg 306
Here lived
Urbain Maes
Born 1898
Armed Resistance
Secret Army-Brigade of Death
Arrested 25.11.1943
Executed 11.02.1945
Gross Rosen
Plantenstraat 55
Hier woonde
Renaud Goddemaer
Geb. 1916
Verzetsstrijder
Onafhankelijkheidsfront
Gearresteerd 18.01.1942
St-Gillis
Bochum
Geëxecuteerd 1944
Tegel Berlijn
Plantenstraat 55
Here lived
Renaud Goddemaer
Born 1916
Resistance Fighter
Liberation Front
Arrested 18.01.1942
St-Gillis
Bochum
Executed 1944
Tegel Berlijn
Zwaluwenstraat 33
Hier woonde
Georges Hinderijckx
Geb. 1915
Verzetsstrijder
Geheim Leger
Gearresteerd 17 november 1943
Bezweken maart 1945
Bautzen
Zwaluwenstraat 33
Here lived
Georges Hinderijckx
Born 1915
Resistance fighter
Secret Army
Arrested 17 november 1943
Perished march 1945
Bautzen