Stumbling Stones Blücherstraße 12

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Julius Hermanns (born 1891, murdered in Auschwitz)
Margarete Hermanns (born 1899, murdered in Stutthof on 17-1-1945)
Sofia Hermanns (born 1896, murdered in Riga)

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