Stumbling Stones Sielstraße 55

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Meyer Aschendorff (born 1873, murdered in Theresienstadt on 16-12-1943)
Anna Aschendorff (born 1880, murdered in Auschwitz in 1944)
Moritz Aschendorff (born 1936, murdered in Auschwitz in 1944)
Elise Aschendorff (born 1877, murdered in Riga on 8-9-1942)
Bella Aschendorff (born 1880, murdered in Auschwitz in maart 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.

For more information and pictures, please visit Stolpersteine Norden (in German).

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