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Stumbling Stones Rüdesheimer Straße 18

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Hermann Stern (born 1893, murdered in Dachau on 19-12-1944)
Irma Stern (born 1897, murdered in Auschwitz on 4-10-1944)
Ruth Stern (born 1923, murdered in Sobibor in 1942)

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 Wiesbaden (in German).

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Source

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