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Stumbling Stones Gutenbergstraße 50

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Berta Marx (born 1919, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Werner Marx (born 1909, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Ernst Rothschild (born 1885, murdered in Riga)
Sidonie Rothschild (born 1894, murdered in Riga)
Siegmund Süskind (born 1870, murdered in Theresienstadt on 6-11-1942)

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).

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Johan Tjallingii