Sabadellencs als camps nazis / A nazi victim from my hometown
La "stolperstein" en memoria de Josep Amorós Mestres, victima sabadellenca, com 39 més, dels camps de concentració nazis. Va viure en aquesta casa del c/ Llobet, al centre de Sabadell, s'exilià a França al 1939 davant la victoria feixista a la guerra civil, i el 1941 fou deportat a Mauthausen. Fou assassinat el 4 de juliol de 1941 al subcamp de Gusen, de infame memoria.
És de notar que just davant casa seva vivia una altra victima dels camps, Rafael Montllor, que va morir al castell de Hartheim el setembre del 41.
Les stolpersteine son un projecte massiu del artista aleman Gunter Demming, que es dedica a rememorar el lloc de residencia de totes les victimes nazis que pugui. En porta ja més de 67000 per tot Europa!!!
En total, 59 sabadellencs foren deportats als camps, i 40 hi varen perdre la vida, la majoria a Mauthausen i Gusen.
ca.sabadell.cat/Stolpersteine.pdf
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolperstein
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauthausen-Gusen
Foto presa amb una Ihagee Exakta VX del 1955 o 1956, amb objectiu Carl Zeiss Tessar f2.0 / 50mm.
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A "stolperstein" dedicated to the memory of Josep Amorós Mestres, a victim of the nazi concentration camps who lived in my hometown, Sabadell. He was born in 1888 and exiled to France in 1939 due to the fascist victory in the spanish civil war. In 1941 was deported to Mauthausen concentration camp. A few months later he was murdered in Gusen sub-camp, JUST in the 4th of July, 1941. It's quite moving that just in front of his home lived another victim of the nazis, Rafael Montllor (killed in Hartheim castle in september 1941).
The "stolpersteine" are an art project intending to remember as much nazi victims as possible, with small brass covered stones in front of the former houses of the victims. There are already 67000 in all Europe!!!
A total of 59 men and women of Sabadell were deported to nazi concentration camps, and 40 of them lost their lives there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolperstein
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauthausen-Gusen_concentration_camp...
Picture taken with my Ihagee Exakta VX, made in 1955 or 1956 and a Carl Zeiss Tessar f/2.0 50mm lens of prewar production.
Sabadellencs als camps nazis / A nazi victim from my hometown
La "stolperstein" en memoria de Josep Amorós Mestres, victima sabadellenca, com 39 més, dels camps de concentració nazis. Va viure en aquesta casa del c/ Llobet, al centre de Sabadell, s'exilià a França al 1939 davant la victoria feixista a la guerra civil, i el 1941 fou deportat a Mauthausen. Fou assassinat el 4 de juliol de 1941 al subcamp de Gusen, de infame memoria.
És de notar que just davant casa seva vivia una altra victima dels camps, Rafael Montllor, que va morir al castell de Hartheim el setembre del 41.
Les stolpersteine son un projecte massiu del artista aleman Gunter Demming, que es dedica a rememorar el lloc de residencia de totes les victimes nazis que pugui. En porta ja més de 67000 per tot Europa!!!
En total, 59 sabadellencs foren deportats als camps, i 40 hi varen perdre la vida, la majoria a Mauthausen i Gusen.
ca.sabadell.cat/Stolpersteine.pdf
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolperstein
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauthausen-Gusen
Foto presa amb una Ihagee Exakta VX del 1955 o 1956, amb objectiu Carl Zeiss Tessar f2.0 / 50mm.
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A "stolperstein" dedicated to the memory of Josep Amorós Mestres, a victim of the nazi concentration camps who lived in my hometown, Sabadell. He was born in 1888 and exiled to France in 1939 due to the fascist victory in the spanish civil war. In 1941 was deported to Mauthausen concentration camp. A few months later he was murdered in Gusen sub-camp, JUST in the 4th of July, 1941. It's quite moving that just in front of his home lived another victim of the nazis, Rafael Montllor (killed in Hartheim castle in september 1941).
The "stolpersteine" are an art project intending to remember as much nazi victims as possible, with small brass covered stones in front of the former houses of the victims. There are already 67000 in all Europe!!!
A total of 59 men and women of Sabadell were deported to nazi concentration camps, and 40 of them lost their lives there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolperstein
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauthausen-Gusen_concentration_camp...
Picture taken with my Ihagee Exakta VX, made in 1955 or 1956 and a Carl Zeiss Tessar f/2.0 50mm lens of prewar production.