Stumbling Stones Wabestraße 13

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Karl-Ernst Grünewald (born 1879, died on 1-12-1938 after imprisonment in Buchenwald)
Elisabeth Grünewald (born 1881, fled out of Germany)
Ernst-Karl Grünewald (born 1915, fled out of Germany)
Heinrich Bleieisen (born 1881, fled out of Germany)
Frieda Bleieisen (fled out of Germany)
Ruth Bleieisen (born 1921, 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