Stumbling Stones Hochstraße 12

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Leo Brandt (born 1880, murdered in Auschwitz)
Jenny Brandt (born 1889, murdered in Auschwitz)
Rudolf Konrad Brandt (born 1925, murdered in Buchenwald on 24-2-1945)

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 Bottrop (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: TracesOfWar.com