Stumbling Stones Gestapo Zentrale Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 167

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on April 22, 2013, commemorate:
* GESTAPO-ZENTRALE - Gestapo Headquarters
1933-1941 - Nazi opponents were mistreated here, including:
* ADOLF KELLER (born 1897, arrested in 1935 for "preparing for high treason," convicted in 1936 at Aschendorfer Moor, released in 1940)
* URBAN KELLER (born 1982, arrested in the resistance/KPD in 1935, released from Freiburg prison under a requirement to report regularly to the Gestapo)
* STEFAN MEIER (born 1889, SPD member of the Reichstag, arrested in 1933 at Ankenbuch,
in 1941 at Bruchsal Prison, murdered in Mauthausen September 19, 1944)
* MARGARETE SEITZ (born KOSSMANN 1880, multiple arrests, convicted in 1943 of treason and undermining military authority, executed on December 16, 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee)
* KÄTHE VORDTRIEDE (born Blumenthal 1891, arrested in the resistance in 1933, professional ban, fled in 1939 to Switzerland and the US, survivor)

These Stolpersteine are here for resistance fighters arrested and prosecuted during World War II. Some were released, with or without conditions, others were murdered.

"Stolpersteine” is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the sidewalk in front of the last voluntary residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the victim’s, date of birth, and fate. By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He cites the Talmud: “A human being is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten.”

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• Text: Traces of war
• Photos: Rik De Coninck (1, 2, 3, 4), Richard and Ali Osburn (5)