Stumbling Stones Jakordenstraße 17

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Elly Herz (born 1881, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Fanny Feodora Herz (born 1876, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Klara Herzog (born 1875, murdered in Lodz on 15-5-1942)
Ludwig Herzog (born 1903, murdered in Lodz on 29-1-1943)
Jakob Juda (born 1898, murdered in Riga)
Walter Juda (born 1889, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Rosa Kussel (born 1878, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Frieda Meyer (born 1873, murdered in Riga)
Mathilde Anna Meyer (born 1909, murdered in Riga)
Anneliese Reichenberg (born 1909, faith unknown)
Hedwig Reichenberg (born 1884, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Richard Rosenthal (Suicide on 16-10-1938)
Herbert Salomon (born 1922, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Alfred Spier (born 1924, murdered in Riga)
Edith Karoline Spier (born 1923, murdered in Riga)
Louis Spier (born 1888, murdered in Riga)
Max Spier (born 1927, murdered in Riga)
Paula Spier (born 1884, murdered in Riga)
Josef Stern (faith unknown)
Henriette Strauss (born 1888, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Karl Strauss (born 1890, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Max Strauss (born 1925, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Walter Strauss (born 1922, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)

The small copper plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

For more information and pictures, please visit Stolpersteine in Cologne (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Johan Tjallingii