Stumbling Stone Ludwigstrasse 6

This brass plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone) commemorates:
* FERDINAND RAPITEAU (born 1905, French soldier, prisoner of war, shot dead in front of the station on July 19, 1941)

This Stolperstein lies here for a French soldier and prisoner of war, murdered in 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: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck