Stumbling Stones Gerberstraße 5

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Rudolf Zellner (born 1901, murdered in Auschwitz)
Ester Zellner (born 1898, murdered in Auschwitz)
Edith Emma Zellner (born 1933, murdered in Auschwitz)
Heinz Adolf Zellner (born 1934, murdered in Auschwitz)
Ruth Lea Zellner (born 1936, murdered in Auschwitz)
Cilla Zellner (born 1940, 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 Leipzig (in German).

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Source

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