Stumbling Stone Frederik Hendriklaan 111

Frederik Hendriklaan 111, Den Haag
South Holland, Netherlands, the

This brass plaques (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), commemorate: * GEORGE JOHN LIONEL MADURO (born 1916, interned Dec. 1944 Saarbrücken, murdered 08-02-1945, Dachau). This Stolpersteine is lying here for a Jewish war victim, 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 a residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the name of the victim, date of birth and the fate of these people. 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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Text by: Dick de Bruijne

Photo(s): Dick de Bruijne (1,2), Joanna Cardinal (3)

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