Stumbling Stones Wilhelmstraße 42

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Dr. Leopold Katzenstein (born 1877, murdered in Sachsenhausen on 17-8-1942)
Dorothea Katzenstein (born 1883, murdered in Auschwitz on 23-1-1943)

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 Wiesbaden (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Charlene Ledbetter