Stumbling Stone Sredzkistraße 8

This small, brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone) commemorates:

* Siegbert Kindermann, born 1915, in KPD resistance, arrested March 1933, mistreated by SA, murdered 18 March 1933.

Siegbert Kindermann was a baker’s apprentice, still living with his parents. He was a member of the Rote Hilfe Deutschlands (German Red Aid), which was associated with the KPD (communist party). Just before completing his apprenticeship, Kindermann was arrested by the SA (Sturmabteilung, Nazi paramilitary) in front of his home, with his mother watching. A reason for the arrest may be that Kindermann filed a complaint against an SA man who had allegedly attacked him the previous year. Kindermann was eventually taken to the SA quarters in Kreuzberg, where, after refusing to give the names of his political friends, he was severely mistreated and thrown out of a window. He died from his injuries the next day.

"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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Source

• Text: Anne Palmer
• Photos: OTFW, Berlin
• Liste der Stolpersteine in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
• Stolpersteine.eu