Stumbling Stone Hendrik Waelputstraat 11

Hendrik Waelputstraat 11, 9000, Gent
East Flanders, Belgium

This brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), placed on 6-3-2019, commemorates: * LEOPOLD BOONE (born 1907, resistance fighter Secret Army, arrested 1-6-1944, deported 1944 Neuengamme, died 3-5-1945 Cap Arcona Lübeck Bocht) This Stolperstein lie here for a resistance fighter, persecuted, deported and/or murdered in World War II. "Stolpersteine” is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the sidewalk in front of the last voluntary residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the victim’s, date of birth, and fate. By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He cites the Talmud: “A human being is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten.”

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