Stumbling Stones Im Weichserhof 8

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Johanna Eckstein (born 1913, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Lieselotte Eckstein (born 1936, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Manfred Eckstein (born 1912, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Jakob Wolff (born 1877, murdered in Lodz on 2-5-1942)
Selma Wolff (born 1877, murdered in Chelmno in May 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