Stumbling Stones Wilhelmstraße 5

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Sigmund Hofeler (born 1856, murdered in Gurs on 24-4-1942)
Max Adler (born 1878, murdered in Gurs on 26-5-1941)
Julius Weil (born 1881, murdered in Gurs on 7-5-1942)
Emma Bloch (born 1872, murdered in Recebedou on 9-11-1941)
Gertrud Maier (born 1901, faith unknown)
Siegfried Maier (born 1896, murdered in Auschwitz)

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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