Breda - 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 Breda

Haagdijk 239a: ABRAHAM GOUDSMIT

                           MARCUS SAMUEL COHEN

                           REGINA COHEN-GOUDSMIT

Haagdijk 251a: HILDEGARD COHEN-SCHÖNBERGER

                           PINAS COHEN

                           JOHANNA HENNY COHEN                         

Julianalaan 73: GERHARD VAN DE RHOER

Leeuwerikstraat 80: SALOMON LEVIE

                                    FLORETTHA LEVIE-WALG

                                    MAURITS LEVIE

                                    DEBORA LEVIE

                                    SELMA LEVIE

Merelstraat 29: VICTOR LEVIE

                            HENRIETTE LEVIE-VAN KLOETEN

                            MAX LEVIE

                            JOSEPH LEVIE

                            SONJA LEVIE


Haagdijk 239a

hier woonde

ABRAHAM GOUDSMIT

geb. 1858

gevlucht in de dood 18-8-1940

Breda

Haagdijk 239a

here lived

ABRAHAM GOUDSMIT

born 1858

fled into death 18-8-1940

Breda

Abraham Goudsmit was born in Kampen on 7 September 1858 and was killed in Breda, 18 August 1940.

He reached the age of 81 years.

Haagdijk 239a

hier woonde

MARCUS SAMUEL

COHEN

geb. 1888

gearresteerd 10-9-1942

vermoord 14-10-1942

Amersfoort

Haagdijk 239a

here lived

MARCUS SAMUEL

COHEN

born 1888

arrested 10-9-1942

murdered 14-10-1942

Amersfoort

Marcus Samuel Cohen was born in Breda on 27 September 1888 and killed in Kamp Amersfoort, 14 October 1942.

He reached the age of 54 years. 

Haagdijk 239a

hier woonde

REGINA

COHEN-GOUDSMIT

geb. 1887

gearresteerd 28-8-1942

vermoord 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Haagdijk 239a

here lived

REGINA

COHEN-GOUDSMIT

born 1887

arrested 28-8-1942

murdered 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Regina Cohen-Goudsmit  was born in Amsterdam on 20 November 1887 and was killed in Auschwitz, 3 September 1942.

She reached the age of 54 years.

Marcus Samuel is a son of Hartog Cohen and Betje Pinas Levie. He married Regina Goudsmit on February 22, 1916.

Brothers Pinas and Marcus Cohen jointly run a shop selling 'women's and men's fabrics' at Haagdijk 239a. They live close to each other with their families: Marcus and his wife Regina Goudsmit, and her father Abraham, above the shop. Pinas and his wife Hilda (Hildegard) Schönberger at 251a with their children Hartog and Johanna.

When war breaks out, Regina's father, Abraham Goudsmit, fears what is to come and commits suicide in the summer of 1940 at the age of 81. Marcus Cohen was arrested in 1942 for putting the rubbish bin on the street without a coat with the Star of David on it. Ultimately, via Camp Haaren, he ended up in Camp Amersfoort, where he died on October 14, 1942.

His wife Regina was part of the large group of Jewish residents who were called up on August 28, 1942, and she was killed in Auschwitz less than a week later.


Haagdijk 251a

hier woonde

HILDEGARD

COHEN-

SCHÖNBERGER

geb. 1898

gearresteerd 9-4-1943

vermoord 11-6-1943

Sobibor

Haagdijk 251a

here lived

HILDEGARD

COHEN-

SCHÖNBERGER

born 1898

arrested 9-4-1943

murdered 11-6-1943

Sobibor

Hildegard Cohen-Schönberger was born in Rülzheim on 19 November 1898 and killed in Sobibor, 11 June 1943.

She reached the age of 44 years.

Haagdijk 251a

hier woonde

PINAS COHEN

geb. 1895

gearresteerd 28-8-1942

vermoord 31-3-1944

Midden-Europa

Haagdijk 251a

here lived

PINAS COHEN

born 1895

arrested 28-8-1942

murdered 31-3-1944

Midden-Europe

Pinas Cohen was born in Breda on 2 April 1895 and was a merchant, killed in Midden-Europa, 31 March 1944.

He reached the age of 48 years.

Haagdijk 251a

hier woonde

JOHANNA HENNY

COHEN

geb. 1938

gearresteerd 9-4-1943

vermoord 26-4-1943

Vught

Haagdijk 251a

here lived

JOHANNA HENNY

COHEN

born 1938

arrested 9-4-1943

murdered 26-4-1943

Vught

Johanna Henny Cohen was born in Breda on 7 January 1938 and killed in Vught, 26 April 1943.

She reached the age of 5 years. Johanna lived with her parents Pinas Cohen and Hildegard Cohen-Schönberger at 251a Haagdijk in Breda.

Pinas, Hilda and Johanna were all deported. Daughter Johanna ends up in Camp Vught where she dies on April 26, 1943 as a result of the appalling conditions in the children's barracks. Pinas was put on a train from Westerbork to Auschwitz in 1942 and died that same year. His wife Hilda died in Sobibor around June 8, 1943.


Julianalaan 73

hier woonde

GERHARD

VAN DE RHOER

geb. 1884

gearresteerd juni-1942

vermoord 30-10-1942

Mauthausen

Julianalaan 73

here lived

GERHARD

VAN DE RHOER

born 1884

arrested June-1942

murdered 30-10-1942

Mauthausen

Gerhard van de Rhoer was born in Meppel on 10 October 1884.  He was arrested and taken to the House of Detention. At the beginning of July he was transferred to Kamp Haaren. From there he was transported via Kamp Amersfoort to Kamp Mauthausen where he died on October 30 of the same year at the age of 58. His wife, Regina van de Rhoer–Druijf, went into hiding with the children and grandchild.


Leeuwerikstraat 80

hier woonde

SALOMON LEVIE

geb. 1898

gearresteerd 28-8-1942

vermoord 31-3-1944

Midden-Europa

Leeuwerikstraat 80

here lived

SALOMON LEVIE

born 1898

arrested 28.8.1942

murdered 31.-3.1944

Central-Europe

Salomon Levie was born in Breda on 14 April 1898.  He was a merchant and reached the age of 45 years.

Leeuwerikstraat 80

hier woonde

FLORETHA

LEVIE-WALG

geb. 1902

gearresteerd 28-8-1942

vermoord 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Leeuwerikstraat 80

here lived

FLORETHA

LEVIE-WALG

born 1902

arrested 28-8-1942

murdered 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Florettha Levie-Walg was born in Bergen op Zoom on 6 July 1902. She reached the age of 40 years.

Leeuwerikstraat 80

hier woonde

MAURITS LEVIE

geb. 1927

gearresteerd 28-8-1942

vermoord 31-3-1944

Midden-Europa

Leeuwerikstraat 80

here lived

MAURITS LEVIE

born 1927

arrested 28-8-1942

murdered 31-3-1944

Central-Europe

Maurits Levie was born in Breda on 31 May 1927. He reached the age of 16 years.

Leeuwerikstraat 80

hier woonde

DEBORA LEVIE

geb. 1929

gearresteerd 28-8-1942

vermoord 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Leeuwerikstraat 80

here lived

DEBORA LEVIE

born 1929

arrested 28-8-1942

murdered 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Debora Levie was born in Breda on 25 February 1929. She reached the age of 13 years.

Leeuwerikstraat 80

hier woonde

SELMA LEVIE

geb. 1933

gearresteerd 28-8-1942

vermoord 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Leeuwerikstraat 80

here lived

SELMA LEVIE

born1933

arrested 28-8-1942

murdered 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Selma Levie was born in Breda on 29 November 1933. She reached the age of 8 years.

Salomon Levie and his brother Victor lived almost next to each other in the Belcrum. The family of Salomon, his wife Florettha Walg and children Maurits, Debora and Selma lived at number 80 Leeuwerikstraat, his brother Victor with his wife Henriette van Kloeten and children Max, Joseph and Sonja at Merelstraat 29. The two brothers were initially, just like their father, a butcher by trade, later a cattle merchant. At the end of August 1942, a large group of Jewish residents of Breda was summoned to report to an assembly point on the Oude Vest on August 28. Including the two Levie families. They were deported that same day and most of them died within a week of arrival in Auschwitz in September 1942. The two brothers, and Salomon's eldest son, Maurits, perished in 1944 in Central Europe.


Merelstraat 29

hier woonde

HENRIËTTE

LEVIE-VAN KLOETEN

geb. 1907

gearresteerd 28-8-1942

vermoord 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Merelstraat 29

here lived

HENRIËTTE

LEVIE-VAN KLOETEN

born 1907

arrested 28-8-1942

murdered 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Henriette Levie-van Kloeten was born in Rotterdam on 16 January 1907. She reached the age of 35 years.

Merelstraat 29

hier woonde

VICTOR LEVIE

geb. 1901

gearresteerd 28-8-1942

vermoord 31-3-1944

Midden-Europa

Merelstraat 29

here lived

VICTOR LEVIE

born 1901

arrested 28-8-1942

murdered 31-3-1944

Central-Europe

Victor Levie was born in Breda on 29 January 1901. He was a cattle dealer and reached the age of 43 years.

Merelstraat 29

hier woonde

MAX LEVIE

geb. 1930

gearresteerd 28-8-1942

vermoord 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Merelstraat 29

here lived

MAX LEVIE

born 1930

arrested 28-8-1942

murdered 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Max Levie was born in Breda on 31 July 1930. He reached the age of 12 years.

Merelstraat 29

hier woonde

JOSEPH LEVIE

geb. 1933

gearresteerd 28-8-1942

vermoord 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Merelstraat 29

here lived

JOSEPH LEVIE

born 1933

arrested 28-8-1942

murdered 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Joseph Levie was born in Breda on 24 January 1933. He reached the age of 9 years.

Merelstraat 29

hier woonde

SONJA LEVIE

geb. 1938

gearresteerd 28-8-1942

vermoord 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Merelstraat 29

here lived

SONJA LEVIE

born 1938

arrested 28-8-1942

murdered 3-9-1942

Auschwitz

Sonja Levie was born in Breda on 12 September 1938. She reached the age of 3 years.

Salomon Levie and his brother Victor lived almost next to each other in the Belcrum. The family of Salomon, his wife Florettha Walg and children Maurits, Debora and Selma lived at number 80 Leeuwerikstraat, his brother Victor with his wife Henriette van Kloeten and children Max, Joseph and Sonja at Merelstraat 29. The two brothers were initially , just like their father, a butcher by trade, later a cattle merchant. At the end of August 1942, a large group of Jewish residents of Breda was summoned to report to an assembly point on the Oude Vest on August 28. Including the two Levie families. They were deported that same day and most of them died within a week of arrival in Auschwitz in September 1942. The two brothers, and Salomon's eldest son, Maurits, perished in 1944 in Central Europe.