Stumbling Stones Nasipna ulica 68

These small, brass, memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:

* Drago Singer, born 1897, deported 1941 to Cakovec, taken away 1944 to Auschwitz, survived.
* Milan Singer, born 1931, deported 1941 to Cakovec, taken away 1944 to Auschwitz, murdered 1944.
* Erna Singer née Kohnstein, born 1904, deported 1941 to Cakovec, taken away 1944 to Auschwitz, murdered 1944.

Drago (or Dragotin or Dragutin) Singer and Erna Kohnstein married and had a son, Milan. They lived in Maribor from 1932 on. The family was expelled by the Nazis from Maribor to Čakovec. Then in 1944 they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where Erna (age 40) and Milan (age 13) were gassed on arrival. Drago survived; he died in 1977 in Maribor.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of the last voluntary residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim’s name, date of birth, and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death. By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He cites the Talmud: "A human being is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten."

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