The initiative for memorial stones for resistance fighters also comes from Ton Witteman. For such a stumbling stone for his grandfather, a police officer who also opposed the Nazi regime and that, just like Hannie Schaft, had to pay for death.
Black granite
The municipality of Haarlem chooses to make memorial stones for resistance fighters in the Second World War look slightly different by the performance in Black Granite.
Mayor Jos Wienen believes it is important to make the stumbling stones in brass for Jewish and Sinti and Roma victims. “But we also want to show that there were people who had the courage to resist.”