Stumbling Stones Petritorwall 30

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Paul Scheyer (born 1886, fled out of Germany)
Paula Scheyer (born 1893, fled out of Germany)
Leopold Scheyer (born 1918, fled out of Germany)
Gerhard Scheyer (born 1920, 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