Stumbling Stones Friedhofstraße 17

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Paul Berg (born 1892, suicide on 13-3-1942)
Martha Berg (born 1894, murdered in Raasiku)
Hanna-Lore Karoline Berg (born 1931, murdered in Raasiku)
Isaak Markus (born 1864, escaped and died in England on 14-5-1942)
Bertha Speyer (born 1896, murdered in Sobibor)
Friederich Markus (born 1908, escaped)
Heinrich Markus (born 1906, escaped)

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.

For more information and pictures, please visit Stolpersteine Langen (Hessen) (in German).

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