The Stumbling Stones initiative aims to commemorate the 45 Dutch political prisoners who were gassed by Nazis, highlighting the collusion of the Dutch government in their deportation and murder.
Jan Boxem and Steven Brandsma, descendants of victims, face struggles with funding and bureaucracy as they seek to place Stolpersteine in honor of their lost ancestors in the Netherlands.
Despite significant historical implications, efforts to honor those murdered beyond the 'traditional' categories of Jewish victims face systemic resistance and narrow municipal mandates.
Marieke Geerts articulates that in Haarlem, the focus is solely on Jewish victims of the Holocaust, disregarding political prisoners who also suffered a violent fate.
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