Louis was born on 9 June 1930 in Bremen and lived with his parents in The Hague. During a raid on 18 February 1944, he was arrested in Akkerwoude, where he was in hiding under the name Piet van Dijk. Despite severe abuse by the Sicherheitsdienst, he did not reveal the names of his helpers. Via Westerbork, he was transported to Auschwitz, where he was murdered on 26 March 1944
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The stone is laid at the house at Hearewei 34, where Louis found his last hiding place with the Zijlstra family.
This Stroffelstien is the first in the municipality of Dantumadiel and is a lasting reminder of a courageous boy and the devastating consequences of the Holocaust.
