Stumbling Stones Wißmannstraße 1a

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Ein Romm (born 1919, deported on 21-5-1940)
Ein Romm (born 1917, deported on 21-5-1940)
Ein Romm (born 1890, deported on 21-5-1940)
Ein Romm (born 1905, murdered in Auschwitz)
Ein Romm (born 1910, deported on 21-5-1940)
Eine Rommni (born 1921, deported on 21-5-1940)
Eine Rommni (born 1920, deported on 21-5-1940)
Eine Rommni (born 1924, murdered in Auschwitz on 18-10-1943)
Eine Rommni (born 1913, murdered in Auschwitz on 16-2-1944)
Eine Rommni (born 1907, murdered in Auschwitz on 16-6-1944)
Eine Rommni (born 1890, deported on 21-5-1940)

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).