Stolpersteine Via della Reginella 27

These small brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine, pietre d'inciampo, or stumbling stones) commemorate 3 persons who lived here:

* Pacifico Di Consiglio, born 1910, arrested 15 February 1944, deported Auschwitz, murdered 10 April 1945, Mauthausen.
* Donato Piazza, born 1896, arrested 7 April1944, deported Auschwitz, died 20 March 1945, Natzweiler.
* Virginia Piazza, born 1900, arrested 18 October 1943, deported Auschwitz, murdered.

Background

"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 victim’s with the name, year 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: Simon Armstrong
• Photos: Simon Armstrong (1), Christian Michelides (2)
• Stolpersteine.eu