Stumbling Stones Gasthausstraße 8

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Gertrude Leven (born 1907, murdered in Riga)
Simon Bacharach (born 1872, murdered in Treblinka in 1942)
Lina Bacharach (born 1879, murdered in Theresienstadt)
Albert Bacharach (born 1906, murdered in Izbica in 1942)
Walther Bacharach (born 1909, murdered in Stutthof)
Sibille Winter (born 1864, murdered in Theresienstadt)
Bertha Winter (born 1870, murdered in Theresienstadt)

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