Stumbling Stones Sachsenring 29

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Dr. Paul Kalisch (born 1884, murdered in Lodz on 31-3-1942)
Ernestine Koppel (born 1880, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Erna Löwenstein (born 1895, murdered in Lodz on 27-4-1943)
Else Schmuckler (born 1887, faith unknown)
Ida Sinn (born 1876, murdered in Riga)
Jacob Sinn (born 1886, murdered in Riga)
Selma Sinn (born 1889, 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