Stumbling Stone Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 169

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed in January 2003 (1) and on October 10, 2017, commemorate:
* KURT ADLER (born 1918, deported in 1940, died January 26, 1941 in Gurs)
* ALFONS ADLER (born 1881, forced to sell his business in 1938, deported to Gurs after Dachau in 1940, interned in Les Milles, fled to Spain and Uruguay in 1941)
* LINA ADLER (born Bollag 1884, deported to Gurs in 1940, interned in Les Milles, fled to Spain and Uruguay in 1941)
* WERNER ADLER (born 1910, banned from studying in 1933, deported to Gurs after Dachau in (1940, interned in Les Milles, fled to Spain and Uruguay in 1941)

These Stolpersteine lie here for a Jewish family persecuted and deported during World War II. One of them died during deportation; the others were able to flee abroad.

"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: Rik De Coninck