Stumbling Stone 49

This brass plaque (Stolperstein or Stumbling Stone), laid on 12-10-2024, commemorates:

ANDREAS GIRKEN (born 1883, charged with listening to the forbidden radio, arrested 4-9-1944, Klingelpütz prison, forced labour Köln-Deutz, died 3-10-1944.

This Stolperstein is here for someone who dared to resist Nazi prohibitions.

‘Stolpersteine’ is an art project in Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (trip stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of a residence of (mostly Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque bears the victim's name, date of birth and their fate. In this way, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He quotes the Talmud: ‘A person is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten.’

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• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Hans Tasma