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Stumbling Stones Maingasse 17

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
-Isidor ISRAEL (born 1882, deportation Gurs 1940, murdered Auschwitz 1942).
-Pauline ISRAEL (born Weil 1884, deportation Gurs 1940, murdered Auschwitz 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: Marie-Christine Vinck

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