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Stumbling Stones Sternstraße 12

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Jenny Steigerwald (born 1879, faith unknown)
Minna Steigerwald (born 1912, murdered in Auschwitz on 1-1-1944)
Max Steigerwald (born 1920, escaped)
Julius Steigerwald (born 1909, murdered in Auschwitz on 1-7-1944)

The small brass plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were persecuted or 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 Offenbach am Main (in German).

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Source

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