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Stumbling Stones Wertachstraße 1

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 4-5-2017,
commemorate:
Christian LOSSA (born 1906, Yenische group, 1936 arrested and sent to the Dachau concentration camp as a forced laborer, 1939 Ludwigsburg prison, October 1941 Flossenbürg where he was killed on 30-5-1942).
Ernst LOSSA (born 1929, son, placed in a home by the welfare office in 1933 because of their antisocial life as gypsies; April 1942 sanatorium and nursing home of Kaufbeuren, murdered in the Irsee department on 9-8-1944).

"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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