Stumbling Stones Wachholtzstraße 1

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Leo Tannchen (born 1882, fled out of Germany)
Gertud Tannchen (born 1881, fled out of Germany)
Heinz Tannchen (born 1913, fled out of Germany)
Rudolf Alfred Tannchen (born 1915, fled out of Germany)
Siegfried Franz Tannchen (born 1917, fled out of Germany)

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 Braunschweig (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: TracesOfWar.com