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Stumbling Stones Wellritzstraße 16

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Betty Baum (born 1896, murdered in Sobibor in 1942)
Josef Erwin Baum (born 1926, murdered in Majdanek on 10-9-1942)
Lore Baum (born 1931, murdered in Sobibor in 1942)
Moritz Baum (suicide on 12-12-1935)
Trude Baum (born 1924, 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: Jeanne De Los Santos