Stumbling Stones Beethovenstraße 8

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Louis Oppenheimer (born 1875, murderded in Chelmno may 1942)
Ida Oppenheimer (born 1894, murdered in Chelmno may 1942)
Frida Hirsch (born 1884, murdered in Chelmno 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: Johan Tjallingii
• Photos: Johan Tjallingii