Stumbling Stones Poststraße 17

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Jakob Mayer (born 1907, murdered in Lodz on 22-1-1942)
Jeanette Mayer (born 1903, murdered in Riga)
Lina Mayer (born 1872, murdered in Riga)
Albert Veit (born 1884, murdered in Riga)
Helena Veit (born 1895, murdered in Riga)

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