Stumbling Stones Freiheitstraße 27

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:

HIER WOHNTE
ELSE LÖWENSTEIN
JG. 1887
DEPORTIERT 1942
NACH ZAMOSC
ERMORDET
?

HIER WOHNTE
PAUL LÖWENSTEIN
JG. 1887
DEPORTIERT 1938
NACH SACHSENHAUSEN
ERMORDET IN ZAMOCS
?

The small copper plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were persecuted and mostly murdered by the National-Socialists, 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 Hagen (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: TracesOfWar.com