Stumbling Stones Wilhelmstraße 31a

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Albert Wertheim (born 1872, murdered in Sobibor on 23-7-1942)
Ella Wertheim (born 1883, murdered in Sobibor on 23-7-1942)
Thekla Pintkus (born 1904, murdered)
Hildegard Löhnberg (born 1905, murdered in Auschwitz on 19-10-1943)
Erich Wertheim (born 1906, murdered in Auschwitz on 31-10-1944)
Hans Wertheim (born 1913, murdered in Sobibor on 4-6-1943)

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.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Willem Visser