Stumbling Stone Triftstraße 14

This brass plaque (Stolperstein or Stumbling Stone) commemorates:

* VERONIKA HÖGER née HEINEN (born 1900, denounced, arrested for forbidden relations, November 1942 KZ Ravensbruck, murdered 19-5-1943)

This Stolperstein lies here for a woman who was accused during World War II of having had (forbidden) relations with a Polish forced labourer assigned to her farm.

‘Stolpersteine’ is an art project in Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism).
Stumbling Stones are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of the former residence of (mostly Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque bears the name of the victim, their date of birth and their fate. In this way, Gunter Demnig gives each victim an individual memorial. One stone, one name, one person. He quotes the Talmud: ‘A person is only forgotten when their name is forgotten.’

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Hans Tasma
• - https://www.mechernich.de/detail/sie-hatte-niemandem-etwas-getan