Placement of Stolpersteine

Stolpersteine, trip stones, are street cobblestones measuring 10 by 10 cm. Inscribed with the name of a victim of Nazi terror, including year of birth, date of deportation and date of death. On November 18, 27 Stolpersteine were laid in front of the homes of deported Jews. Among them are 19 victims of the roundup of November 17-18, 1942

'A man is not forgotten until his name is forgotten'

The Stichting Stolpersteine Nijmegen wants to place Stolpersteine or 'trip-stones' for Jews and other Nijmegen citizens who became victims of the Nazi regime during World War II. They are laid in the pavement in front of the houses where the victims last lived. More than 450 Nijmegen Jews were murdered in the German concentration camps.

Stolpersteine, in Dutch "struikelstenen," are clinkers measuring 10 by 10 centimeters. At the top they have a brass plate in which the victim's name, year of birth, date of deportation and place and date of death are stamped. You don't really trip over them, but seeing the Stolpersteine confronts you with the crime that took place here.

On Sunday, April 10, the first 16 Stolpersteine (trip-stones) were laid in Nijmegen. On Friday, November 18, Stolpersteine were placed on Ruisdaelstraat, Beijensstraat, Van Slichtenhorststraat, Mariënburg and Groesbeekseweg, a total of 27. Of these, 19 are in memory of the victims of the raid on November 17 and 18, 1942. Among them the Rosenbaum family.

Photography by Pieter Bosch, Stichting Stolpersteine Nijmegen