Stumbling Stones Weidenbaumsweg

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed in November 2024, commemorate:

* Anatoly Püwnuk, born 7 January 1945, mother in forced labor, Armbruster cardboard box factory, dead 6 March 1945.
* Nicolai Malundra, born 16 December 1944, mother in forced labor, Armbruster cardboard box factory, dead 1 March 1945.

From April 1944 until April 1945, the Max Armbruster cardboard box factory (Kartonagenfabrik Max Armbruster & Co., GmBH ) included a guarded camp with approximately 140 forced laborers – Russian women. The factory made packaging for cheese wheels, then for grenades. Conditions at the camp were harsh, including minimal food and a director who cruelly punished workers for infractions of even minor rules. Two children died in the camp: Nicolai Malundra and Anatoly Püwnuk. Both were born there, and they were dead before they reached 3 months of age.

"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 sidewalk in front of a residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the victim’s name , date of birth, and fate. 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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