Stumbling Stones Im Dau 12

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Elsa Abraham (born 1899, murdered in Riga)
Isidor Elsberg (born 1885, murdered in Riga)
Hugo Hirsch (born 1882, murdered in Lodz)
Karoline Hirsch (born 1891, murdered in Chelmno 1944)
Hans Julius Leiser (born 1923, murdered in Riga)
Helene Lützeler (born 1886, murdered in Lodz on 3-4-1942)
Adele Randerrath (born 1876, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Hedwig Randerrath (born 1907, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Elli Rosenberg (born 1882, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Friedel Rosenthal (born 1931, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Ida Rosenthal (born 1901, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Moritz Simon Rosenthal (born 1883, murdered in Lodz on 28-2-1942)
Clementine Salomon (born 1880, murdered in Riga)
Edith Salomon (born 1916, murdered in Riga)
Nathan Salomon (born 1875, murdered in Riga)
Johanna Schmitz (born 1876, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
David Simons (born 1876, murdered in Riga)
Hans Walter Simons (born 1920, murdered in Riga)
Klara Simons (born 1885, murdered in Riga)
Ruth Simons (born 1921, murdered in Riga)
Helene Waller (born 1890, murdered in Lodz on 26-3-1944)
Siegmund Waller (born 1883, murdered in Lodz on 26-4-1942)

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