Stumbling Stones Blumenstrasse 9

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on July 25, 2024, commemorate:
* ELSE DORMITZER-FORCHHEIMER (born 1877, fled to Holland in 1939, deported to Theresienstadt in 1943, liberated).
* DR. SIGMUND DORMITZER (born 1869, fled to Holland in 1939, deported to Theresienstadt in 1943, murdered on December 9, 1943).

These Stolpersteine are placed here for a Jewish war victim, persecuted, deported, and murdered during World War II, his wife was liberated.

"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