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Stumbling Stones Adenauerplatz

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Elise Kaufmann (born 1877, murdered in Izbica)
Richard Kaufmann (born 1880, murdered in Izbica)
Adele Meyer (born 1885, murdered in Lodz on 7-4-1942)
Nelly Hirsch (born 1905, murdered in Lodz)
Ellen Zanders (born 1934, murdered in Lodz on 28-2-1942)

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 Mönchengladbach (in German).

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Source

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