Stumbling Stones Mühlentorplatz 11

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Edith Strauss (born 1899, murdered in Izbica)
Oskar Strauss (born 1895, murdered in Izbica)
Johanna Strauss (born 1870, murdered in Minsk)
Norbert Spiegel (born 1897, murdered in Izbica)
Laura Spiegel (born 1894, murdered in Izbica)
Ingeborg Spiegel (born 1924, murdered in Izbica)
Alfred Spiegel (born 1928, murdered in Izbica)
Jettchen Spiegel (born 1891, 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 Mönchengladbach (in German).

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Source

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