Stumbling Stones Wiethasestraße 37

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Elise Barth (born 1874, murdered in Auschwitz)
Dr. Otto Weil (born 1894, murdered in Bergen-Belsen on 23-1-1945)
Isidor Meier (born. 1881) escaped to Holland (1939) murdered in Sobibor 1943
Sophie Meier (born. 1890) escaped to Holland (1939) murdered in Sobibor 1943

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