Stumbling Stones Kurze Straße 5a

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Eine Sinteza (born 1876, murdered in Auschwitz on 29-3-1943)
Eine Sinteza (born 1920, deported on 21-5-1940)
Eine Sinteza (born 1916, deported on 21-5-1940)
Ein Sinto (born 1936, deported on 21-5-1940)
Ein Sinto (born 1922, vermoord)
Ein Sinto (born 1940, deported on 21-5-1940)
Ein Sinto (born 1936, deported on 21-5-1940)
Ein Sinto (born 1933, deported on 21-5-1940)
Ein Sinto (born 1916, deported on 21-5-1940)
Ein Sinto (born 1907, deported on 21-5-1940)
Ein Sinto (born 1905, deported on 21-5-1940)
Ein Sinto (born 1935, 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).