Stumbling Stones Franziskanergasse 12

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Gitta Reiter (born 1901, murdered in Ravensbrück on 21-5-1942)
Heinrich Reiter (born 1931, murdered in Riga)
Hermann Reiter (born 1927, murdered in Riga)
Leopold Reiter (born 1888, murdered in Riga)
Berthold Schaefer (born 1879, murdered in Izbica in 1942)
Klara Schaefer (born 1893, murdered in Izbica in 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.

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

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