"A person is only forgotten if his name is forgotten"

Walking is traveling through the city's history

The German artist Gunter Demnig (* 1947) began in 1994 with a listed
project by placing small stones on the sidewalk in front of the houses where people
lived which expelled by the Nazis, deported, murdered or suicide
driven, M. N. Jews. On these stones are their name, date of birth,
deportation date and place and date of death. Gunter Demnig calls his stones
Stolpersteine, or Stumbling Stones (Stolpern = tripping) because you tripped over with
your head and your heart, and because you have to bend to read the text. over
Europe have now placed some 61,000 Stolpersteine ​​1200 places. So everyone gets
victim own monument.

In Tilburg made between 2010 and 2017 twenty-eight stones. for twelve 2019
new stones planned. This walk (2018) allows you to stand still at 17 stumbling blocks.

In Tilburg during WWII located in various districts Maria Pictures
to implore protection against the dangers of war. In addition to the chapel
Mary Our Lady in Distress, mainly devotion tiles placed in Tilburg
ask protection from war or in gratitude for the loved
protection of Mary during the war. These stones are often an effigy of
Mary.

Ms. Hélène van Kempen inventory of devotion tiles in Tilburg. she walked
previously set in 65 walks all 685 Tilburg streets within the Ring Jobs. in 193
streets are found devotion tiles, totaling 463, of which we will see a number. She
So located throughout the city. They are usually made of terracotta, but also often beautifully glazed. We see 10 devotion tiles