Stumble stones

My family is partly Dutch and today I have been reading the family society magazine, MishpaGazette.

A fascinating article about Struikelstennen (stumble stones). These are the product of a German artist Gunter Demnig who make brass plated cobblestones and lays them in the road or pavement outside the houses from which Jews were deported in WW2. The stones are engraved with the Date of birth, date of deportation and place where the person was murdered.

Over 10,000 stumble stones have been laid in Austria, Italy and Hungary as well as the first Dutch ones in Borne: laid on 29.11.07. These include Jews who worked for our family factory, Spanjaard Textiles.

What a great reminder linking world history with local village homes! Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange

Comments

[mary caroe]

English grammar, a single person uses makes not make!! ( see Gunter!)
MOST interesting both stumble stones and the textile info. A good bit of research by Bert

[Rebecca Caroe]

Darling, Mother.
thank you for being the second member of my family to comment here! You are right, of course.
But in my defence I was typing on a phone keyboard.
XX

[evert van den bergh]

Dear Rebecca, read the struikelstenen article; more towns in holland are getting interested. as you know some 5 stones ere placed in borne at the end of november and we have list of all borne citizens who were deported to germany during 40-45.
Evert

[Rebecca Caroe]

Evert, thanks for your comment. Yes it was because I read the stumblestones article that I first wrote this post!

Rebecca