Stumbling Stones Görresstraße 15

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Bertha Bernstein (born 1856, murdered in Theresienstadt)
Luise Bernstein (born 1889, murdered in Riga)
Albert Hertz (born 1882, faith unknown)
Hannelore Hertz (born 1930, murdered in Lodz)
Henriette Hertz (born 1888, murdered in Lodz)
Max Hertz (born 1888, murdered in Lodz on 21-2-1942)
Else Meyer (born 1906, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Julius Meyer (born 1905, murdered in Paulseck on 23-12-1942)
Ilse Obar (born 1919, survived Riga and Stutthof)
Selma Seckels (born 1895, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Sally Seligmann (born 1875, murdered in Lodz on 23-3-1942)
Eugenie Struch (born 1885, murdered in Riga)
Hans Struch (born 1914, murdered in Riga)
Josef Struch (born 1875, murdered in Riga)
Lotte Struch (born 1911, murdered in Riga)

Pinkas Philip Landesberg (born. 1883, murdered in trembowla)
Jeanette Landesberg (born. 1891, murdered in trembowla)
Klara Landesberg (born. 1913, escaped to palestina in 1934 after to france in 1938 and to the USA in 1939)
Sonia Landesberg (born. 1913, escaped to palestina in 1934)
Alfred Landesberg (born. 1921, escaped to palestina in 1937)

Moses Max Selzer (born. 1893, faith unknown)
Sara Gittel Selzer (born. 1893, died 26 juli 1938)
Heinz Selzer (born. 1915, escaped to palestina in 1935 died 9 nov 1939)
Georg Selzer (born. 1917, escaped to palestina in 1935)
Cacilie Selzer (born. 1920, escaped to palestina in 1939)
Martha Selzer (born. 1923, escaped to palestina in 1939)

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