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Stumbling Stones Austraße 21

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
* ADOLF FORCHHEIMER (born 1884, placed under protective order in Dachau in 1938, deported to Riga in 1941, murdered)
* ROSA FORCHHEIMER-MICHELS (born 1886, deported to Riga in 1941, murdered)

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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  • Text: TracesOfWar
  • Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck

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