Stumbling Stones Auguststraße 14

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Alice Behrens (born 1884, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Julius Behrens (born 1878, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Gitte Dingfelder (born 1938, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Käthe Dingfelder (born 1913, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Veronika Esserholz (born 1895, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Thekla Isaac (born 1885, faith unknown)
Emilie Weinberg (born 1892, faith unknown)
Max Weinberg (born 1877, faith unknown)

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