Stumbling Stones Mozartstraße 54

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Siegmund Aron (born 1882, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Sofie Aron (born 1880, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Rolf Hoppe (born 1910, murdered in Lodz)
Jenny Katzenberg (born 1887, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Berta Kaufmann (born 1887, murdered in Riga)
Günther Kaufmann (born 1922, murdered in Riga)
Moritz Kaufmann (born 1877, murdered in Riga)
Clara Krypka (murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Kurt Stern (born 1922, murdered in Riga)
Max Stern (born 1883, overleden on 5-5-1945)
Pauline Stern (born 1886, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Max Sternheim (born 1877, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Selma Sternheim (born 1888, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Dagobert Voos (born 1910, 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).