Stumbling Stones Sophienstraße 33

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Arthur Essinger (born 1857, murdered in Theresienstadt on 18-11-1942)
Karoline Essinger (born 1866, murdered in Theresienstadt on 11-5-1944)
Else Mandelbrod (born 1893, murdered in Auschwitz)
Lieselotte Mandelbrod (born 1925, murdered in Auschwitz)
Siegfried Mandelbrod (born 1893, murdered in Auschwitz)

The small brass 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 Stuttgart (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: William Sumner