Stumbling Stones Schillerstraße 63

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Mathilde Vogel (born 1887, murdered in Izbica)
Gertrud Vogel (born 1904, murdered in Auschwitz)
Dr. Kurt Vogel (born 1899, murdered in Sobibor)
Bernhard Vogel (born 1869, murdered in Izbica)

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