Oude Stad in Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe

Minny Hanny Cats

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 20, 2025

1. Minny Hanny Cats stolperstein

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Hier woonde
Minny Hanny Cats
Geb. 1920
Gedeporteerd 1943
uit Westerbork
‘Opstand Sobibor’
Doodgeschoten 14-10-1943
Sobibor

(Here lived Minny Hanny Cats, born 1920. Deported from Westerbork in 1943. “Sobibor Uprising”. Shot dead on October 14, 1943 in Sobibor.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Women. In addition, it is included in the Stolpersteine series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1920.

Location. 52° 23.146′ N, 4° 38.145′ E. Memorial is in Haarlem, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It is in Oude Stad. It is on Parklaan. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Parklaan 14A, Haarlem, Noord-Holland 2011 KV, Netherlands. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Benelux Low Countries,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire

and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Elisabeth Cats-Speelman

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(here, next to this marker); Wigbolt Ripperda and Kenau Simonstochter Hasselaer (about 180 meters away, measured in a direct line); Hannie Schaft (about 180 meters away); Hofje van Oorschot (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Station (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Jansridder Statue (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Laurens Janszoon Coster (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); St. Josephkerk (R.K.) / St. Joseph Church (Roman Catholic) (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Haarlem.

Also see . . .
1. Minny Hanny Cats (Joods Monument, in Dutch and English). (Submitted on June 15, 2025.)
2. Minny Cats (Sobibor Interviews). About Minny’s life in the concentration camp, as told by her boyfriend, who survived the camp. Part of a collection of interviews on life in the camp as told camp survivors. (Submitted on June 15, 2025.)

3. Sobibor Uprising (Wikipedia). Overview:

The Sobibor uprising was a revolt of about 600 prisoners that occurred on 14 October 1943, during World War II and the Holocaust at the Sobibor extermination camp in occupied Poland. It was the second uprising in an extermination
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 20, 2025

2. Minny Hanny Cats stolperstein - wide view
The stolperstein for Minny Hanny Cats is visible here next that of her mother, Elisabeth Cats-Speelman.
camp, partly successful, by Jewish prisoners against the SS forces, following the revolt in Treblinka.

SS soldiers executed up to 250,000 Jews using gas at the Sobibor extermination camp. Most of the victims were from Poland, about 33,000 were from the Netherlands, and several thousand were from Germany. After this uprising, the SS no longer used the death camp. The Nazis destroyed the camp down to its foundations and levelled the camp area. To cover up the crimes committed at the site, they established an inconspicuous farm in its place and planted a pine forest over the remnants of the camp.

(Submitted on June 15, 2025.)

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Minny Hanny Cats stolperstein - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 20, 2025

3. Minny Hanny Cats stolperstein - wider view

Credits. This page was last revised on June 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 90 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 15, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.