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Stumbling Stones Mühlenstraße 22

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Lena Wertheim (born 1871, murdered in Riga in 1943)
Johanna Wertheim (born 1874, murdered in Riga in 1943)
Josephine Wertheim (born 1919, murdered in Stutthof in 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.

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Dick de Bruijne (1), Willem Visser (2, 3)