Stumbling Stones Rheinallee 44

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 13-5-2017, commemorate:
- Ludwig MENKEL (born 1877, fled to the Netherlands in 1938 where interned in Westerbork, deportation to Bergen-Belsen in 1943, murdered on 15-7-1944).
- Irma MENKEL (born Sonnenberg in 1897, fled to the Netherlands in 1938 where interned in Westerbork, deportation to Bergen-Belsen in 1943, liberated).
- Margot MENKEL (born 1921, flight to England in 1936, 1940 Ecuador).
- Anneliese MENKEL (born 1923, fled to the Netherlands in 1938, survived in hiding).

"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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