Stumbling Stones Köln-Berliner Straße 16

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Hedwig Arensberg (born 1870, murdered in Treblinka in 1942)
Siegfried Arensberg (born 1905, murdered in Riga)
Julius Arensberg (born 1911, murdered in Minsk)
Martha Arensberg (born 1901, murdered in Riga)
Rosa Arensberg (born 1898, murdered in Riga)
Emilie David (born 1896, murdered in Minsk)

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 Dortmund (in German).

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Source

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