Stumbling Stones Amandusstraße 26

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), commemorate:

Jakob Bernhard, born 1867, deported to Theresienstadt in 1942, and murdered in Treblinka.
Henriette Bernhard-Schwartz, born 1857, humiliated and disenfranchised, died 7-8-1937.
Otto Schwartz, born 1898, fled to Canada in 1939.
Klara Claire Schwartz-Schwartz, born 1905, fled to Canada in 1939.

"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: Hans Tasma