Stumbling Stones Klausstraße 18

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Rosa Hahn (born 1884, murdered in Lodz)
Adolf Schmidt (born 1887, murdered in Lodz on 18-4-1942)
Bertha Schmidt (born 1893, murdered in Lodz on 18-4-1942)
Hansi Schmidt (born 1925, murdered in Lodz)
Helma Schmidt (born 1928, murdered in Lodz)

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