Stumbling Stones Ürdinger Straße 7

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Edith Gottschalk (born 1928, survived Riga)
Karl Gottschalk (born 1924, murdered in Riga)
Reine Gottschalk (born 1902, murdered in Riga)
Josef Pinkas Kuflik (born 1879, murdered)
Sara Esther Kuflik (born 1879, murdered)

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: Wolfgang Schubert