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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.

Boorn in Beesd, 9 September 1882 – Died in Westerbork, 9 January 1944. Reached the age of 61 years - Occupation: Slager

Born in Beesd, 9 November 1862 – Died in Sobibor, 14 May 1943. Reached the age of 80 years.

Samuel van Straten had a small haberdasher’s. In 1942 the Jews of Beesd were called on to report for transport to Westerbork. Samuel found a hiding place in Rhenoy, a village in the neighbourhood of Beesd. There he slept only one night. Early in the morning he was turned out of the house and robbed of all his possessions. Wandering through the polder land he was arrested and was not seen again.

Henri van Straten died on 9 January 1944 in Westerbork transit camp and he was cremated on 13 January 1944. The urn with his ashes was placed on the Jewish cemetery in Diemen on field U, row 14, grave nr. 14.