Stumbling Stones Hülchrather Straße 6

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Helene Bier (born 1859, murdered in Theresienstadt on 23-12-1942)
Hermann Jakob Bier (born 1885, overleden in Westerbork on 10-10-1943)
Paula Jakob (born 1888, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Dr. Michael Oppenheimer (born 1904, murdered in Riga)
Johanna Oppenheimer (born 1908, murdered in Riga)
Ruth Oppenheimer (born 1936, 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