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Stumbling Stones Meridianstraße 6

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Elise Wilda (born 1859, murdered in Theresienstadt on 13-2-1943)
Emma Wilda (born 1872, murdered in Theresienstadt on 21-3-1943)
Ernst Wilda (born 1863, murdered in Theresienstadt on 6-8-1942)
Therese Wilda (born 1870, murdered in Theresienstadt on 27-1-1943)

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 Hamburg.

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Source

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