Stumbling Stone & Remembrance Tile Abraham Fernandes

Sportlaan 68, 3135GW, Vlaardingen
South Holland, Netherlands, the

A remembrance tile in the pavement of the Sportlaan in Vlaardingen, remembering Abraham Fernandes, was unveiled on 18 October 2014. Fernandes was a member of the resistance group 'De Geuzen'. He was arrested by the Germans on 24 February 1941. He died at the house of detention in Scheveningenas a result of torture during the night of 3/4 March 1941 A translation of the text on the tile: "Here lived Abraham (Bram) S. Fernandes, member of the resistance group de Geuzen. Born on 4 November 1906 in Paramaribo. Arrested on 24 February in Vlaardingen. Died at the house of detention in Scheveningen during the night of 3/4 March 1941. Fernandes was the first member of the Geuzen resistance group from Vlaardingen to be killed. There is also a Stumbling Stone for him.

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Text by: Pieter Schlebaum

Photo(s): Dick de Bruijne (1), Pieter Schlebaum (2), Peter Schipper (3,4,5)

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