Stumbling Stones Kleiner Griechenmarkt 61-63

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Alexander Baruch (born 1886, murdered in Riga)
Helene Baruch (born 1880, murdered in Riga)
Martha Kanter (born 1879, murdered in Riga)
Edith Stock (born 1935, Chelmno in May 1942)
Emmy Eva Stock (born 1894, murdered in Auschwitz)
Walter Rudolf Stock (born 1903, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Karola Wolff (born 1915, murdered in Bergen-Belsen on 13-5-1945)
Jakob Grunbaum (born 1894, escaped to belgium and france, murdered in Sobibor)
Helene Grunbaum (born 1904, escaped to england)


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