Deurne, Belgium - 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.

 

Saturday 20 November 2021, 30 stumbling stones were laid in Antwerp, district of Deurne, remembering the names of victims of Nazism. In the presence of family members of the victims.

 

09.00u – Waterbaan 31 – Isaac Serluï

09.50u – Herentalsebaan 164 – Moritz Kuliasko

10.40u – Muggenberglei 34 – family Velleman-Serluï

11.30u – Eksterlaar 23 – family Vieyra-Plas

12.20u – Oudedonklaan 145 – Louisa Swaap 

13.00u Districtshuis Deurne - Speeches from the district major and Herman Van Goethem.

14.15u – Confortalei 184 – family Stokvisch-Boas

15.00u – Confortalei 157 – family Seewald-Rosner

15.45u – Meeuwenhoflei 121 – Louis De Houwer & Charlotte Hamburger

16.30u – Ten Eekhovelei 337 – family Mendelsohn