Stumbling Stones Robertstraße 26

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Erich Pollack (murdered in Auschwitz in 1944)
Grete Pollack (born 1899, murdered in Theresienstadt in 1944)
Kurt Pollack (born 1924, murdered in Auschwitz in 1944)
Paul Pollack (born 1928, murdered in Theresienstadt in 1943)

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 but also in other European countries, 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.

For more pictures and information, please visit Stolpersteine in Bochum (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: TracesOfWar.com