Stumbling Stone Lorenzstraße 5

This memorial stone (so called Stolperstein of stumbling block) commemorates:
Selma Schnog (born 1897, murdered in Sobibor)
Arnold Schnog (born 1871, escaped to holland, killed 28 mei 1943 in Amsterdam)
Friederika Schnog (born 1866. escaped to holland,
interned to Westerbork, murdered in Sobibor 28 mei 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