Rijssen - 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 town of Rijssen
Elsenerstraat 72: EVA DE LANGE
LEVIE DE LANGE
LEA DE LANGE-SPANJAR
HEILTJE DE LANGE
ARON DE LANGE
LEVIE SPANJAR
HEILTJE SPANJAR-COHEN
JOSUA SPANJAR
AALTJE SPANJAR-PELS
Elsenerstraat 72
hier woonde
EVA DE LANGE
geb. 1935
gedeporteerd 1943
uit Vught
vermoord 11.6.1943
Sobibor
Elsenerstraat 72
here lived
EVA DE LANGE
born 1935
deported 1943
from Vught
murdered 11.6.1943
Sobibor
Born in Rijssen, 24 December 1935 – Died in Sobibor, 11 June 1943. Reached the age of 7 years.
Elsenerstraat 72
hier woonde
LEVIE DE LANGE
geb. 1938
gedeporteerd 1943
uit Vught
vermoord 11.6.1943
Sobibor
Elsenerstraat 72
here lived
LEVIE DE LANGE
born 1938
deported 1943
from Vught
murdered 11.6.1943
Sobibor
Born in Rijssen, 26 October 1938 – Died in Sobibor, 11 June 1943. Reached the age of 4 years.
Eva and Levie de Lange were deported to Sobibor in June 1943 from Vught via Westerbork on the so-called children's transport.
Elsenerstraat 72
hier woonde
HEILTJE DE LANGE
geb. 1940
gedeporteerd 1943
uit Vught
vermoord 11.6.1943
Sobibor
Elsenerstraat 72
here lived
HEILTJE DE LANGE
born 1940
deported 1943
from Vught
murdered 11.6.1943
Sobibor
Born in Rijssen, 23 November 1940 – Died in Sobibor, 11 June 1943. Reached the age of 2 years.
Elsenerstraat 72
hier woonde
ARON DE LANGE
geb. 1942
gedeporteerd 1943
uit Vught
vermoord 11.6.1943
Sobibor
Elsenerstraat 72
here lived
ARON DE LANGE
born 1942
deported 1943
from Vught
murdered 11.6.1943
Sobibor
Born in Rijssen, 17 November 1942 – Died in Sobibor, 11 June 1943. Reached the age of 6 months.
Heiltje and Aron de Lange were deported to Sobibor in June 1943 from Vught via Westerbork on the so-called children's transport.
Elsenerstraat 72
hier woonde
LEVIE SPANJAR
geb. 1858
gedeporteerd 1943
uit Vught
vermoord 14.5.1943
Sobibor
Elsenerstraat 72
here lived
LEVIE SPANJAR
born 1858
deported 1943
from Vught
murdered 14.5.1943
Sobibor
Born in Rijssen, 29 March 1858 – Died in Sobibor, 14 May 1943. Reached the age of 85 years.
Elsenerstraat 72
hier woonde
HEILTJE SPANJAR-
COHEN
geb. 1871
gedeporteerd 1943
uit Vught
vermoord 14.5.1943
Sobibor
Elsenerstraat 72
here lived
HEILTJE SPANJAR-
COHEN
born 1871
deported 1943
from Vught
murdered 14.5.1943
Sobibor
Born in Almelo, 6 February 1871 – Died in Sobibor, 14 May 1943. Reached the age of 72 years.
Elsenerstraat 72
hier woonde
LEA DE LANGE-
SPANJAR
geb. 1911
gedeporteerd 1943
uit Vught
vermoord 11.6.1943
Sobibor
Elsenerstraat 72
here lived
LEA DE LANGE-
SPANJAR
born 1911
gedeporteerd 1943
from Vught
vermoord 11.6.1943
Sobibor
Born in Rijssen, 27 April 1911 – Died in Sobibor, 11 June 1943. Reached the age of 32 years.
Elsenerstraat 72
hier woonde
JOSUA SPANJAR
geb. 1905
gedeporteerd 1942
uit Westerbork
vermoord 28.2.1943
Auschwitz
Elsenerstraat 72
here lived
JOSUA SPANJAR
born 1905
deported 1942
from Westerbork
murdered 28.2.1943
Auschwitz
Born in Rijssen, 18 December 1905 – Died in Auschwitz, 28 February 1943. Reached the age of 37 years. Occupation: Cattle dealer.
Elsenerstraat 72
hier woonde
AALTJE SPANJAR-
PELS
geb. 1910
gedeporteerd 1943
uit Westerbork
vermoord 26.1.1943
Auschwitz
Elsenerstraat 72
here lived
AALTJE SPANJAR-
PELS
born 1910
deported 1943
from Westerbork
murdered 26.1.1943
Auschwitz
Born in Arnhem 20 November 1910 - Died in Auschwitz, 26 January 1943. Reached the age of 32 years.
The Police Commissioner of Arnhem requested that Aaltje Spanjar-Pels be located, detained and brought to trial. She was living in Arnhem and was suspected of having changed her place of residence without the required authorization. This description referred to Jews who had gone into hiding.
All nine lived at Elsenerstraat 72 until they were deported. Also Lea's husband, Les de Lange, who was the only member of his family to survive the war. His parents-in-law ran a drapery shop at the address, the families lived in the house behind the shop.
In 1942, raids on Jewish residents also began. Jews from Rijssen were also deported by then. First the men. And early one morning the wives and children of those men were taken away. In the spring of 1943, the last Jewish inhabitants of Rijssen were summoned to report. Levie Spanjar and his wife Heiltje initially managed to go into hiding in Borculo, but were later also murdered in Sobibór. Les and Lea de Lange also thought about going into hiding, but that meant that the family had to be split up. They decided to stay together and were put on a transport. On April 9 they arrived by train in Vught and there they were immediately split up. Les was put to work with a group in Amersfoort on May 17, 1943. He was therefore not there when Lea and the children were transported via Westerbork to Sobibór