Stumbling Stones Mittelstraße 43

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Anna Cohen (born 1883, murdered in Sobibor on 21-5-1943)
Helen Cahn (born 1863, faith unknown)
Hilde Weinberg (born 1902, murdered in Auschwitz)
Alice May (born 1904, murdered in Auschwitz)
Lina Eschelbacher (born 1879, faith unknown)

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: TracesOfWar.com