Stumbling Stones Gasstraße 13

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Frieda Kerp (born 1885, murdered in Lodz)
Irmgard Kerp (born 1922, murdered in Lodz)
Helmut Kerp (born 1920, murdered in Lodz)
Karl Frenkel (born 1889, murdered in Izbica)
Jenny Frenkel (born 1892, murdered in Izbica)
Kurt Frenkel (born 1924, murdered in Izbica)
Günter Frenkel (born 1927, murdered in Izbica)
Herbert Frenkel (born 1929, murdered in Izbica)
Leopold Ullmann (born 1876, murdered in Theresienstadt on 15-2-1945)
Karoline Ullmann (born 1869, murdered in Theresienstadt on 11-8-1943)

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