Stumbling Stones Marsplatz 10-14

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Albert Max Bier (murdered in Lodz on 10-8-1942)
Anna Ferdinande Bier (murdered in Chelmno in September 1942)
Minna Myriam Bier (murdered in Chelmno in September 1942)
Albert Brünell (murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Helwine Brünell (murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Rachel Cahn (murdered in Chelmno in September 1942)
Elisabeth Gerothewohl (murdered in Chelmno in September 1942)
Ignatz Gerothewohl (murdered in Chelmno in September 1942)
Alice Piorokowsky (murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Emilie Schönbach (murdered in Lodz)
Fritz Schönbach (murdered in Lodz on 30-7-1942)
Helga Schönbach (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 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).