Stumbling Stones Gereonswall 124

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Julius Heimann (born 1876, murdered in Auschwitz)
Friedrich Levy (born 1894, murdered in Lodz)
Hermann Meyer (born 1880, faith unknown)
Wilhelmine Meyer (born 1875, murdered in Riga)
Berta Nachmann (born 1879, murdered in Riga)
Jakob Nachmann (born 1880, murdered in Riga)
Rosalinde Simons (born 1909, murdered in Riga)
Adolf Weil (born 1892, murdered in Riga)
Hilde Weil (born 1921, murdered in Riga)
Karoline Weil (born 1885, murdered in Riga)

The small copper plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

For more information and pictures, please visit Stolpersteine in Cologne (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Johan Tjallingii