Stumbling Stones Bachstraße 163

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Lina Beretz (born 1892, murdered in Auschwitz on 21-9-1942)
Hubert Beretz (born 1866, murdered in Auschwitz on 15-12-1942)
Sibilla Beretz (born 1862, died in Westerbork on 26-8-1941)
Max Beretz (born 1896, murdered in Auschwitz on 28-2-1943)
Alexander Beretz (born 1893, murdered in Auschwitz on 31-3-1944)
Emma Beretz (born 1895, murdered in Auschwitz on 22-5-1944)
Frieda Levy (born 1898, faith unknown)
Josef Levy (faith unknown)

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 Mönchengladbach (in German).

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Source

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