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Stumbling Stone Kirchstraße 32a

STOLPERSTEIN / STUMBLING STONE

A Stolperstein was laid in the Kirchstrasse, which reminds of the former synagogue.
In 1889, an owner made his garden plot available for the construction of a synagogue. In the building of Bollendorf sandstone with arched windows, there were seats for about 100 worshippers. The property was enclosed with an iron gate.
During the Reichspogromnacht of November 9, 1938, the synagogue was desecrated and demolished. After the first arson failed, a second attempt was made with gasoline and the building completely burned down.

Since 1958 there is a house on the site of the synagogue.
Foundation walls of the synagogue are still present in the basement of the house

The German artist Gunter Demnig started placing the first Stolpersteine in 1997 in the Berlin's Kreuzberg district.
Meanwhile there are Stolpersteine in many countries.
It reminds the Holocaust in World War II.
A Stolperstein is a concrete stone of 10 x 10cm, with a brass plate on top, in which the name, date of birth and decease and also place of decease is punched into.
The Stolperstein gets a place in the pavement in front of the former house of the victim.
By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives a private memorial to each victim.
His motto is: 'A HUMAN BEING IS FORGOTTEN ONLY WHEN HIS OR HER NAME IS FORGOTTEN'.

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Source

  • Text: Marie-Christine Vinck
  • Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck