Stumbling Stones Jahnstraße 26

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Beruria Stein (born 1936, murdered in Minsk)
Dorothea Susanne Stein (born 1933, murdered in Minsk)
Hannah Stein (born 1911, murdered in Minsk)
Helene Chaja Stein (born 1931, murdered in Minsk)
Rabbiner Dr. Siegmund Stein (born 1897, murdered in Minsk)
Sofie Sulamisch Stein (born 1934, murdered in Minsk)

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