Stumbling Stones Zwirner Straße 33

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Sofie Antmann (born 1886, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Hans Aronsheim (born 1897, faith unknown)
Johanna Aronsheim (born 1890, faith unknown)
Erich Blumgardt (born 1908, murdered in Chelmno in September 1942)
Lotte Blumgardt (born 1908, murdered in Stutthof on 26-11-1944)
Ida Erdmann (born 1902, murdered in Stutthof)
Max Erdmann (born 1892, faith unknown)
Marianne Hildegard Jünger (born 1914, faith unknown)
Dina Maas (born 1899, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Pauline Schüller (born 1900, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Denny Sperber (born 1940, faith unknown)
Erna Sperber (born 1915, murdered in Riga)
Philipp Sperber (born 1872, murdered in Riga)
Rosalie Sperber (born 1868, murdered in Riga)
Elly Sternlicht (born 1894, faith unknown)
Friedel Sternlicht (born 1923, murdered in Lodz on 29-4-1944)
Jakob Sternlicht (born 1926, murdered in Chelmno in 1944)
Siegmund Sternlicht (born 1926, faith unknown)
Viktor Sternlicht (born 1893, murdered in Lodz on 1-5-1942)

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).