Stumbling Stones Lortzingstraße 14

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Leopold Waldheim (born 1864, murdered in Theresienstadt on 6-12-1942)
Margarete Waldheim (born 1873, murdered in Theresienstadt on 20-5-1943)
Antonie Michael (born 1874, murdered in Chemnitz on 18-5-1940)

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