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Stumbling Stones Kolfhausstraße 18

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Karoline Kaczka (born 1873, murdered in Treblinka)
Helene Heidenheim (born 1886, murdered in Lublin)
Ellen Heidenheim (born 1920, murdered in Lublin)
Denny Heidenheim (born 1942, murdered in Lublin)
Friedrich Heidenheim (born 1878, murdered in Lublin)

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