Stumbling Stones Obere Wilhelmstraße 28

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Günter Hirsch (born 1942, murdered in Majdanek on 31-7-1942)
Else Hirsch (born 1893, murdered)
Julius Hirsch (born 1873, murdered in Kloster Endenich on 25-3-1942)

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.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Josef Schugt