Stumbling Stones Wendenstraße 14-15

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Wilhelm Laiter (born 1896, murdered in Auschwitz)
Rosa Laiter (murdered in Auschwitz)
Adolf Laiter (fled out of Germany)
Rolf Laiter (murdered in Auschwitz)
Silvia Laiter (born 1924, murdered in Auschwitz)
Siegfried Laiter (born 1935, murdered in Auschwitz)
Rita Laiter (born 1935, murdered in Auschwitz)
Manfred Laiter (born 1937, murdered in Auschwitz)
Lea Laiter (born 1939, murdered in Auschwitz)
Esther Laiter (born 1941, murdered in Auschwitz)

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