Stumbling Stones Marxheimer Straße 9

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Gustav Kahn (born 1868, died in 1937)
Johanna Friedberg (born 1894, murdered in Piaski)
Franziska Hirschmann (born 1897, murdered in Auschwitz on 6-10-1944)
Emma Forst (born 1901, escaped)
Robert Forst (born 1901, escaped)
Helga Klara Forst (born 1931, escaped)

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 Hofheim am Taunus (in German).

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