Stumbling Stones Peterstraße 31

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Ein Romm (born 1931, murdered in Auschwitz)
Ein Romm (born 1929, murdered in Auschwitz)
Ein Romm (born 1936, murdered in Auschwitz in 1944)
Eine Rommni (born 1894, murdered in Auschwitz)
Eine Rommni (born 1924, murdered in Auschwitz)
Eine Rommni (born 1920, murdered in Auschwitz)
Eine Rommni (born 1925, murdered in Auschwitz on 13-4-1944)

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