Stumbling Stones Heinrich-Kloppers-Straße 11

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Karl Wertheim (born 1880, murdered in Auschwitz on 5-11-1942)
Frieda Wertheim (born 1877, murdered in Auschwitz on 5-11-1942)
Gertrud Blumenthal (born 1909, murdered in Auschwitz on 5-2-1943)
Walter Blumenthal (born 1896, murdered in Auschwitz in 1943)
Margot Blumenthal (born 1896, murdered in Auschwitz in 1943)
Carla Rahel Blumenthal (born 1942, murdered in Auschwitz on 5-2-1943)

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