Stumbling Stones Wilhelm-Schuy-Straße 4 (formerly Villenstraße 18)

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Sally Cohen (born 1868, murdered in Theresienstadt on 22-7-1942)
Beate Cohen (born 1876, murdered in Auschwitz on 25-4-1942)
Regina Maybaum (born 1870, murdered in Auschwitz)
Erna Marchand (born 1890, suicide on 13-11-1941)
Margot Benjamin

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 Remscheid (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Yves Zunsheim