Stumbling Stones Neue Maastrichter Straße 3

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Alfred Herz (born 1924, murdered in Bergen-Belsen in 1945)
Ernst Herz (born 1892, murdered in Blechhammer in 1944)
Johanna Herz (born 1938, murdered in Auschwitz in 1944)
Jona Herz (born 1942, murdered in Auschwitz in 1944)
Lilly Herz (born 1901, murdered in Auschwitz in July 1944)
Walter Herz (born 1930, murdered in Auschwitz in 1944)
Frieda Horn (born 1887, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Henriette Jacobsohn (born 1864, murdered in Theresienstadt in March 1944)
Else Levy (born 1928, faith unknown)
Louis Levy (born 1886, murdered in Dachau on 17-2-1945)
Meta Levy (born 1899, faith unknown)
Rudolf Ferdinand Löwenstein (born 1916, murdered in Theresienstadt on 12-8-1942)
Sophia Schlesinger (born 1877, faith unknown)
Else Regine Steiner (born 1879, murdered in Lodz on 29-4-1942)
Adolf Wolf Stern (born 1885, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Berta Stern (born 1890, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Ilse Stern (born 1923, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Paula Weinberg (born 1884, 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).

Do you have more information about this location? Inform us!

Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Johan Tjallingii