NOS News•today, 9:00 PM
The Stolpersteine Dordrecht foundation will report three stolen stumbling stones in the municipality. The stones, bearing the names of Jewish residents who were deported and murdered during the Second World War, were removed from the street during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.
The stumbling stones had been laid for Moses Cohen the Lord and his daughters Rosalie and Grietje. The stones were placed in 2021. A local resident noticed the theft and RTV Dordrecht was the first to report it.
“Since we started our foundation in 2004, we have laid 201 stumbling stones in Dordrecht, but they have never been removed. I did not expect this,” said Kees Weltevrede of the Stolpersteine Dordrecht foundation. good morning Netherlands from WNL. “I find it shocking.”
Mayor of Dordrecht Wouter Kolff names the theft https://twitter.com/WouterKolff/status/1788224162990846081 “extremely saddening”. “These stumbling stones are a reminder of people who were removed and killed because of who they were. Whoever did this (consciously) is very welcome to come to the city office to explain why.”
The stones are replaced by new ones. A resident of Dordrecht has offered to pay for the new stones, the foundation said.
