Stumbling Stones Kaiserswerther Markt 8

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Siegfried Bornheim (born 1880, murdered in Lodz on 1-4-1942)
Babette Bornheim (born 1894, murdered in Chelmno on 11-9-1942)
Alex Bornheim (born 1923, murdered in Lodz on 30-5-1942)
Margot Rosa Bornheim (born 1929, murdered in Chelmno on 10-9-1942)
Rudolf Bornheim (born 1887, murdered in Lodz on 23-7-1942)

The small brass plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were persecuted or 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: Grant Bruckmeier