Not in Antwerp

"Stumbling Stones" are memorial markers throughout Europe.  To date, there are more than 35,000 of them in the streets throughout Europe, marking the homes and places of business where Jewish individuals lived or worked until they were forced out by the Nazis.

A Seattle-area survivor from Belgium petitioned to have a stumbling stone installed in Antwerp in memory of his aunt, Elsa Schnabel, a kindergarten teacher, who was deported with her class, and killed in Auschwitz.

The Antwerp Mayor refused these memorials installed in the city of Antwerp, citing that they might make some people uneasy.  (If you can read Flemish, you can read the article here.)

Elsa Schnabel's passport (below)

Deportation list - Elsa is number 503

Stumbling Stones