Stumbling Stones Wirteltorplatz 2

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Auguste Marx (born 1850, murdered in Theresienstadt on 8-8-1942)
Clementine Bender (born 1884, fate unknown)
Berthold Bender (born 1876, fate unknown)
Dr. Karl Marx (born 1881, died on 16-3-1940)

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 Düren (in German).

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Source

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