Stumbling Stones Rückertstraße 11

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Anna Lewald (born 1890, murdered in Riga-Jungfernhof)
Elsa Lewald (born 1882, murdered in Riga-Jungfernhof)
Gretchen Lewald (born 1871, murdered in Theresienstadt on 23-3-1943)
Hedwig Lewald (born 1877, murdered in Riga-Jungfernhof)
Ernestine Strauss (born 1874, murdered in Auschwitz)

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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