Stumbling Stones Molktestrasse 5

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed in March 2020, commemorate:
* KURT STEIN (born 1907, protective custody in 1938 at Dachau concentration camp, escaped to Cuba in 1939, denied entry aboard the MS St. Louis, arrived in the Netherlands in 1939 and from there deported to Auschwitz, murdered on March 26, 1944)
* WERNER STEIN (born 1936, fled to Cuba in 1939, denied entry aboard the MS St. Louis, arrived in the Netherlands in 1939 and from there deported to Auschwitz, murdered on September 17, 1943)
* ELSE STEIN-SIEGEL (born 1901, fled to Cuba in 1939, denied entry aboard the MS St. Louis, arrived in the Netherlands in 1939 and from there deported to Auschwitz, murdered on September 17, 1943)

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims, persecuted, deported, and murdered during 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: Marie-Christine Vinck