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Stumbling Stones Mittelstrasse 2

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 4-5-2017, commemorate:
Josef WEICHENBERGER (born 1911, in resistance Rote Hilfe / KPD, arrested in 1935, died in the Amberg prison on 27-5-1937)
Anna WEICHENBERGER (born Feichtner in 1909, in resistance Rote Hilfe / KPD, arrested in 1935, imprisoned in the Amberg prison, murdered in Ravensbrück on 26-7-1942).

"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 a residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim’s name, date 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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  • Text: TracesOfWar
  • Photos: Wim Wouters

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