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Stumbling Stones Kirchstraße 5

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or Stumbling Stones), laid here on 20-05-2015, commemorate:

Moritz Schwarz, born 1898, deported in 1941 to Majdanek and murdered there on 12-7-1942
Emma Schwarz, born 1892, deported and murdered in 1941
Berta Schwarz-Winter, born 1862, deported in 1942 to Theresienstadt and died there on 10-2-1943.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project in Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism).
Stolpersteine (trip stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of a residence of (mostly Jewish) victims murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim's name, date of birth and place (usually a Concentration Camp) and date of death. In this way, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He quotes the Talmud: "A person is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten."

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  • Text: Traces of War
  • Photos: Hans Tasma