Stumbling Stones F2 10

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Amira Gezow (born 1929, survived Gurs)
Walter Siesel (born 1898, murdered in Auschwitz)
Ida Siesel (born 1897, murdered in Auschwitz)
Lilli Kaufmann (born 1884, murdered in Theresienstadt on 3-9-1942)
Heinrich Kaufmann (born 1887, faith unknown)
Albert Dreifuss (born 1864, murdered in Lannemezan on 31-10-1940)

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 Mannheim (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck