Stumbling Stones Jahnstraße 20

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Jenny Bermann (born 1883, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Karl Bermann (born 1880, murdered in Lodz on 9-5-1945)
Katinka Bermann (born 1885, murdered in Lodz)
Louise Frank (born 1876, murdered in Chelmno in 1942)
Heinrich Joshua Levison (born 1873, murdered in Theresienstadt on 19-6-1942)

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