Stumbling Stones Bobstraße 2

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Grete Gibbrich (born 1905, murdered in Riga)
Berta Kohn (born 1927, murdered in Lodz)
Hanni Kohn (born 1935, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Jachet Kohn (born 1898, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Denny Tobar (born 1941, murdered in Lodz on 18-5-1942)
Eva Tobar (born 1916, murdered in Lodz)
Gittel Tobar (born 1940, murdered in Lodz)
Sally Tobar (born 1890, murdered in Lodz on 24-6-1944)

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