Stumbling Stones Rue du Chaignot 9

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 24-5-2024, commemorate:
* JOSEPH BLANKENBERG (b. 1889, arrested 26-2-1942, interned in Compiègne, deported to Auschwitz, murdered 9-8-1942)
* WOLF BLANKENBERG (b. 1933, arrested 24-2-1944, interned in Drancy, deported to Auschwitz, murdered 12-3-1944)
* ZYSLA BLANKENBERG (b. 1887, arrested 9-10-1942, interned in Drancy, deported to Auschwitz, murdered 9-11-1942)

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims, persecuted, deported and murdered in World War II.

"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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Source

• Text: Traces of War
• Photos: Wim Wouters