Stumbling Stones Rathausplatz

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 7-12-2022, commemorate:
* MARIA LUISA OFFERMANN (b. 1914, admitted to Düren sanatorium in 1941, murdered on 28-5-1944)
* PETER WILHELM OFFERMANN (b. 1918, admitted to Düren sanatorium in 1944 and later Bonn, murdered on 8-2-1945)

These Stolpersteine are located here for mentally ill people who were persecuted and murdered during the Second World War.

"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 the last voluntary residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the victim’s, 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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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Wim Wouters