Stumbling Stone Mitteltor

This memorial stone (so called Stolperstein or stumbling block), next to the old town-hall, is a rare specimen and commemorates RAF Sergeant Cyril William Sibley, murdered in Dirmstein on 21 February 1945 as one of the airmen-murders (Fliegermordes), after surviving a crash with his Halifax.

After the war, the murderers were sentenced to death and executed in 1946. This Stolperstein was revealed on 27 March 2009.

The small copper plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities, mainly in Germany, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons