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Stumbling Stones Weyerstraße 122

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Alma Friedlich (born 1881, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Julius Friedlich (born 1878, murdered in Lodz on 24-1-1942)
Kurt Friedlich (born 1921, faith unknown)
Liselotte Friedlich (born 1909, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Edmund Klee (born 1899, faith unknown)
Elfriede Klee (born 1907, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Erna Klee (born 1897, murdered in Riga)
Kurt Klee (born 1902, 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