Stumbling Stones Lopatecká 17/161

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Bedřich Kaufmann (born 1911, murdered in Schwarzheide op 25-4-1945)
Hanuš Kaufmann (born 1917, murdered in Dachau op 19-1-1945)
Hugo Kaufmann (born 1883, murdered op 17-7-1942)
Robert Kaufmann (born 1913, murdered in Auschwitz in 1944)
Olga Kaufmannová (born 1886, murdered in Auschwitz op 7-10-1942)

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 about Stolpersteine in Prague and pictures, please visit Stolpersteine Czech Republic.

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Source

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