Stumbling Stones Wenzelgasse

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Wilhelmine Overbeck (born 1899, murdered in Ravensbrück)
Bruno Schmitz (born 1920, drowned in 1943 during escape to Sweden)
Wilhelm Schmitz (born 1872, murdered in Theresienstadt in 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