Stumbling Stones Alexander-Mack-Strasse 7

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on September 15, 2016, commemorate:
* SELMA HAMMER-STEINWEG (b. 1896, deported to Riga in 1941, liberated, survivor)
* META KASSEL-STEINWEG (b. 1894, forced labor in Berlin in 1942, survivor)
* ELLI STEINWEG (b. 1903, fled to England in 1939, survivor)
* ROSA STEINWEG (b. 1899, fled to England in 1939, survivor)

These Stolpersteine are located here for Jews, some persecuted and deported, but all survivors of 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