Stumbling Stones Aachener Straße 399

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Ernst Jacob (born 1900, murdered in Riga)
Lotte Julie Jacob (born 1908, murdered in Stutthof 1944)
Ernst Weinberg (born 1887, murdered in Chelmno/ Kulkhof 1942)
Johanna Weinberg (born 1894, murdered in Chelmno/ Kulkhof 1942
Alexander Weinberg (born 1921, escaped to england 1939)
Alfred Weinberg (born 1923, with children transport to england 1939 then Australlie 1940 and Palestina 1943)
Otto Weinberg (born 1924, with children transport to england 1939)

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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