"A person is only forgotten if his name is forgotten"Walking is traveling through the citys historyThe German artist Gunter Demnig (* 1947) began in 1994 with a listedproject by placing small stones on the sidewalk in front of the houses where peoplelived which expelled by the Nazis, deported, murdered or suicidedriven, M. N. Jews. On these stones are their name, date of birth,deportation date and place and date of death. Gunter Demnig calls his stonesStolpersteine, or Stumbling Stones (Stolpern = tripping) because you tripped over withyour head and your heart, and because you have to bend to read the text. overEurope have now placed some 61,000 Stolpersteine 1200 places. So everyone getsvictim own monument.In Tilburg made between 2010 and 2017 twenty-eight stones. for twelve 2019new stones planned. This walk (2018) allows you to stand still at 17 stumbling blocks.In Tilburg during WWII located in various districts Maria Picturesto implore protection against the dangers of war. In addition to the chapelMary Our Lady in Distress, mainly devotion tiles placed in Tilburgask protection from war or in gratitude for the lovedprotection of Mary during the war. These stones are often an effigy ofMary.Ms. Hélène van Kempen inventory of devotion tiles in Tilburg. she walkedpreviously set in 65 walks all 685 Tilburg streets within the Ring Jobs. in 193streets are found devotion tiles, totaling 463, of which we will see a number. SheSo located throughout the city. They are usually made of terracotta, but also often beautifully glazed. We see 10 devotion tiles
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