Stumbling Stones Kiefernweg 3

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Maria Schmidt (born 1902, murdered in Auschwitz on 12-1-1944)
Adolf Schmidt (born 1933, murdered in Auschwitz on 27-2-1943)
Alma Schmidt (born 1919, murdered in Auschwitz on 24-12-1943)

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 Osnabrück (in German).

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Source

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