Stumbling Stones Schillerstraße 2

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Karl Hecht (born 1872, murdered in Theresienstadt on 12-11-1943)
Emma Wertheim (born 1878, murdered in Izbica)
Moses Wertheim (born 1877, murdered in Izbica)
Salomon Wertheim (born 1888, murdered in Izbica)

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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Source

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