Stumbling Stones Dr.-Ayrer-Straße 1-4

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) at the Naemi-Wilke-Stift Guben commemorate:
Luise Staffeld (born 1884, murdered in Heilanstalt Brandenburg-Havel in 1940)
Margarete Janzen (born 1905, murdered in Heilanstalt Brandenburg-Havel in 1940)
Edith Linke (born 1927, murdered in Heilanstalt Brandenburg-Havel in 1940)
Elisabeth Martina (born 1915, murdered in Heilanstalt Brandenburg-Havel in 1940)
Martha Plümke (born 1921, murdered in Heilanstalt Brandenburg-Havel in 1940)
Annemarie Gerhard (born 1928, murdered in Heilanstalt Brandenburg-Havel in 1940)
Johanna Engel (born 1929, murdered in Heilanstalt Brandenburg-Havel in 1940)
Lydia Rau (born 1921, murdered in Heilanstalt Brandenburg-Havel in 1940)
Irmgard Klose (born 1906, murdered in Heilanstalt Brandenburg-Havel in 1940)
Maria Oppenheimer (born 1907, faith unknown)

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 Brandenburg (in German).