Stumbling Stones Siegfried-Leopold-Straße 23

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Alexander Herz (born 1893, murdered in Minsk)
Helene Herz (born 1880, murdered in Minsk)
Günter Herz (born 1827, murdered in Minsk)
Frieda Herz (born 1922, murdered in Minsk)

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