Stumbling Stones Cardinalstraße 9

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Georg Abraham (born 1936, murdered in Auschwitz)
Max Friedrich Abraham (born 1890, murdered in Lodz)
Hugo Herrmann (born 1889, murdered in Lodz)
Irma Herrmann (born 1901, murdered in Lodz)
Lore Herrmann (born 1928, murdered in Lodz)
Albert Hirsch (born 1906, murdered in Riga)
Philipp Hirsch (born 1875, murdered in Riga)
Rosa Hirsch (born 1885, murdered in Riga)
Ellen Ruth Horwitz (born 1938, murdered in Lodz)
Erich Horwitz (born 1905, murdered in Lodz)
Helga Horwitz (born 1935, murdered in Lodz)
Susanne Horwitz (born 1907, murdered in Lodz)
Hedwig Marx (born 1875, murdered in Maly Trostinec)
Ida Marx (born 1886, murdered in Riga)
Leo Marx (born 1884, murdered in Riga)
Jacob Mayer (born 1879, murdered in Lodz)
Rosalie Mayer (born 1875, murdered in Lodz)
Flora Netter (born 1885, murdered in Lodz)
Karl Josef Netter (born 1882, murdered in Auschwitz)
Helene Riehs (born 1882, murdered in Lodz)
Rosa Schall (born 1885, murdered in Riga)
Ernestine Schwerin (born 1894, murdered in Lodz on 2-5-1945)
Hermann Schwerin (born 1886, murdered in Lodz on 4-6-1942)
Ilse Schwerin (born 1921, murdered in Lodz on 2-5-1945)

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 information and pictures, please visit Stolpersteine in Cologne (in German).

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Source

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