Stumbling Stones Rekumerstraße 18

Stolpersteine / Stumbling stones at this address commemorate:

* Caecilia Chava Meyer, born 1877, deported, murdered.
* Dora Meyer, born 1874, deported, murdered.

Little information was found on Caecilia Chava Meyer and Dora Meyer. Both were born in Haltern am See and were citizens of Germany. Caecilia’s permanent residence is listed in the German Federal Archives as Epe/Ahaus, while Dora’s was Lüdinghausen. Based on the German Federal Archives, Yad Vashem shows them deported in 1942 with both the place deported from and the destination unknown. Another source states they were deported from Lüdinghausen, where there are also stolpersteine for both of them and six other persons at Olfener Straße 10.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small 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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