Stumbling Stones Wermingser Straße 2

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Julie Wertheim (born 1880, murdered in Auschwitz in October 1944)
Ernst Gompertz (born 1886, murdered in Auschwitz in February 1943)
Alice Gompertz (born 1899, murdered in Auschwitz in February 1943)
Lotte "Emma" Gompertz (born 1929, murdered in Auschwitz in February 1943)

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 Iserlohn (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons