Stumbling Stones Sophienstraße 22

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on November 8, 2013, commemorate:
* JOSEF GÖTZEL (born 1875, fled to Palestine in 1933, survivor)
* MARTHA GÖTZEL (born Blumensohn 1878, fled to Palestine in 1937, survivor)
* LEOPOLD GÖTZEL (born 1907, fled to England and Brazil in 1933, survivor)
* KÄTHE GÖTZEL (born 1909, fled to England and Brazil in 1939, survivor)
* DAVID GÖTZEL (born 1913, fled to Poland with help in 1935, liberated, survivor)
* SALOMON GÖTZEL (born 1918, with help (fled to Poland in 1938, liberated, survivor)

These Stolpersteine lie here for a Jewish family who survived World War II by escaping in time.

"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 sidewalk in front of the last voluntary residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the victim’s, date of birth, and fate. 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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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Rik De Coninck