Stumbling Stones Mainstrasse 57

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
-Abraham HESS (born 1895, deported and murdered in Riga in 1941).
-Bella HESS (born 1923, deported and murdered in Riga in 1941).
-Nanny HESS (born Freudenberger 1898, deported in 1941 and murdered in Riga on 24-8-1943).
-Siegfried HESS (born 1930, deported and murdered in Riga in 1941).

"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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