Stumbling Stones Josephstrasse 21a

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on May 23, 2024, commemorate:
* JOSEF BAUM (born 1880, deported to Riga in 1941, murdered)
* MARIE BAUM-KRAUSS (born 1893, without legal rights, died March 18, 1938)
* KURT BAUM (born. 1920, fled to the USA in 1937)

These Stolpersteine are located here for a Jewish family. One of them was persecuted, deported, and murdered during World War II. One was able to escape in time.

"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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