Stumbling Stones Karl-Marx-Straße 189

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Ferdinand Miedzwinski (born 1875, murdered in Theresienstadt on 4-5-1943)
Hedwig Miedzwinski (born 1887, murdered in Auschwitz in 1944)
Arnold Naftaniel (born 1892, faith unknown)
Martha Naftaniel (born 1894, faith unknown)
Herbert Naftaniel (escaped)
Max Naftaniel (born 1917, escaped)
Hilde Schiff (born 1926, escaped)
Ruth Neumann (born 1926, escaped)

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 Frankfurt (Oder) (in German).

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Source

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