Stumbling Stones Lochnerstraße 9

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Gustav Drucker (born 1886, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Selma Drucker (born 1888, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Johanna Schwarz (born 1884, murdered in Riga)
Otto Seligmann (born 1926, murdered in Riga)
Paula Seligmann (born 1891, murdered in Riga)

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