Stumbling Stones Stefan-Meier-Straße 15

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Ernst David Reiss (born 1875, murdered in Auschwitz in 1942)
Hermine Reiss (born 1882, murdered in Auschwitz in 1942)
Anna Reiss (born 1870, murdered in Theresienstadt on 8-9-1942)
Elsa Lang (born 1884, murdered in Auschwitz)

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: TracesOfWar.com