The city of Antwerp has approved the installation of 50 new memorial stones to commemorate victims of the Nazi persecution during the war, in addition to the existing 107 so-called “stumbling stones” already in place.
Under the Nazi occupation of the Flemish city, people were ordered to turn in Jews living in the city. Jan DeRidder, a police officer since 1932, was officially obliged to turn in Jews on his beat in 1942, an order he risked his life for by ignoring. He was later deported to Buchenwald, where he died soon after, in 1942.
A commemoration stone now lies outside a house in the Gallifortlei in Deurne, Antwerp, which was De Ridder’s former home....
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Grad Antwerpen odobrio je postavljanje 50 novih
"kamena spoticanja"
u znak sjećanja na žrtve nacističkog progona tijekom rata, uz postojećih 107 "kamena spoticanja" koji su već postavljeni.
Pod nacističkom okupacijom flamanskog grada, ljudima je naređeno da predaju Židove koji žive u gradu. Jan De Ridder, policajac od 1932. godine, bio je službeno dužan prijaviti Židove zbog akcije 1942. godine, ali je riskirao život ignorirajući tu naredbu. Kasnije je deportiran u Buchenwald, gdje je ubrzo, 1942., umro.
Komemoracijski kamen sada leži ispred kuće u Gallifortleiju u Deurneu, Antwerpen, koja je bila De Ridderov bivši dom....