Stumbling Stones Alteburger Straße 11

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Emma Auerbach (born 1874, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Erna Nanette Auerbach (born 1908, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Adolf Buchheimer (born 1880, murdered in Lodz on 8-10-1941)
Rolf Buchheimer (born 1919, murdered in Lodz on 10-6-1941)
Rosalie Buchheimer (born 1888, murdered in Lodz)
Otto Friedländer (born 1879, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Rosa Friedländer (born 1883, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Minna Heilbrunn (born 1904, murdered in Lodz)
Berta Kaufmann (born 1898, murdered in Chelmno in 1944)
Henriette Kaufmann (born 1939, murdered in Chelmno in 1944)
Hermann Kaufmann (born 1899, murdered in Chelmno in 1944)
Fanny Kramer (born 1920, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Jenny Kramer (born 1877, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Flora Lohn (born 1891, murdered in Riga)
Ludwig Lohn (born 1882, murdered in Lodz in 1943)
Amalia Lorch (born 1880, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Günther Lorch (born 1920, faith unknown)
Johanna Lorch (born 1916, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Julius Marx (born 1879, murdered in Lodz on 23-3-1942)
Alfred Robert Nethe (born 1923, murdered in Riga)
Anna Nethe (born 1896, murdered in Riga)
Moritz Nethe (born 1883, murdered in Riga)
Rudolf Nethe (born 1927, murdered in Riga)
Manfred Neuberger (born 1895, murdered in Lodz on 2-12-1941)

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