Stumbling Stones Lenzhalde 42

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Luise Henle (born 1857, murdered in Theresienstadt on 13-12-1942)
Else Thalmessinger (born 1879, murdered in Theresienstadt on 10-9-1942)
Otto Thalmessinger (born 1872, suicide on 21-7-1942)

The small brass 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 Stuttgart (in German).

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Source

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