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Stumbling Stones Transvaalkade 54 & 54/1

STOLPERSTEINE / STUMBLING STONES
for:
Joseph Roselaar
Sophie Slier-Roselaar
Marianne Roselaar-Theeboom.

Here in Amsterdam three Stumbling Stones are laid on October 3, 2019 for:

JOSEPH ROSELAAR, murdered on September 20, 1942 in Auschwitz.

SOPHIE SLIER-ROSELAAR, murdered on October 8, 1942 in Auschwitz.

MARIANNE ROSELAAR-THEEBOOM, murdered on August 9, 1942 in Auschwitz.

The German artist Gunter Demnig started placing the first Stolpersteine in 1997 in the Berlin's Kreuzberg district.
Meanwhile there are Stolpersteine in many countries.
It reminds the Holocaust in World War II.
A Stolperstein is a concrete stone of 10 x 10cm, with a brass plate on top, in which the name, date of birth and decease and also place of decease is punched into.
The Stolperstein gets a place in the pavement in front of the former house of the victim.
By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives a private memorial to each victim.
His motto is: 'A HUMAN BEING IS FORGOTTEN ONLY WHEN HIS OR HER NAME IS FORGOTTEN'.

Borne was the first town in the Netherlands in which Stolpersteine were placed.
This happened the 29-11-2007.

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Source

  • Text: Dick de Bruijne
  • Photos: Ewoud van Eig (1), Dick de Bruijne (2, 3, 4, 5)