Stumbling Stones Zülpicher Platz 4

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Dagobert Elias (born 1898, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Else Clementine Elias (born 1902, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Helga Johanna Elias (born 1925, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Regina Feber (born 1879, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Helen Fröhlich (born 1886, faith unknown)
Max Herrmann (born 1928, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Renate Jakobs (born 1925, murdered in Chelmno in 1944)
Emma Löwenstein (born 1907, murdered in Minsk)
Manfred Löwenstein (born 1935, murdered in Minsk)
Martin Löwenstein (born 1902, murdered in Minsk)
Walter Ernst Ludwig Marx (born 1905, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Franziska Samuel (born 1878, murdered in Lodz on 23-12-1943)
Margarete Schiemann (born 1903, murdered in Riga)
Emilie Schild (born 1884, murdered in Minsk)
Amalie Schoemann (born 1875, murdered)
Auguste Schoemann (born 1875, murdered in Theresienstadt)
Rosalie Stern (born 1884, faith unknown)
Jakob Sürth (born 1877, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Julie Sürth (born 1880, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)

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