Stumbling Stones Friesenstraße 82

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Grete Jonas (born 1910, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Kurt Jonas (born 1912, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Helene Wolff (born 1881, murdered in Riga)

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: Johan Tjallingii