Stumbling Stones Alte Jülicher Straße 27

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Emma Gordon (born 1871, murdered in Theresienstadt on 16-9-1942)
Emilie Gordon (born 1898, murdered in Izbica)
Philipp Josef Gordon (born 1935, faith unknown)
Hermann Gordon (born 1903, faith unknown)
Martha Gordon (born 1922, faith unknown)

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 Düren (in German).

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Source

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