Stumbling Stone Vienuolyno gatvė 2

STOLPERSTEIN / STUMBLING STONE
for:
Josefas Zusmanovičius

in Lithuania better known as Gaon Yerushalmi (genius of Jerusalem). He was the rabbi of Ukmergé until his death in 1941. This Stolperstein was NOT laid at his former home as is customary but is located in front of the large synagogue of Ukmergé. This building served as a synagogue until 1941 and has been a gym (with a focus on kickboxing) ever since.

The German artist Gunter Demnig started placing the first Stolpersteine in 1997 in the Berlin's Kreuzberg district.
Meanwhile there are Stolpersteine in many countries.
It reminds the Holocaust in World War II.
A Stolperstein is a concrete stone of 10 x 10cm, with a brass plate on top, in which the name, date of birth and decease and also place of decease is punched into.
The Stolperstein gets a place in the pavement in front of the former house of the victim.
By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives a private memorial to each victim.
His motto is: 'A HUMAN BEING IS FORGOTTEN ONLY WHEN HIS OR HER NAME IS FORGOTTEN'.

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