Stumbling Stones Schuhstraße 21

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Hermann Bachenheimer (born 1878, murdered in Theresienstadt)
Frieda Bachenheimer (born 1884, murdered in Theresienstadt)
Siegfried Bachenheimer (born 1915, fled out of Germany)
Ruth Bachenheimer (born 1917, fled out of Germany)
Ernst-Ludwig Bachenheimer (born 1918, fled out of Germany)

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 Braunschweig (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: TracesOfWar.com