Stumbling Stone Wielandstraße 6

This small brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone) commemorates:
* Friedrich Olbricht, born 1888, arrested, shot 20 July 1944, Berlin - Bendlerblock.

Colonel General Friedrich Olbricht was one of the leaders of the Walküre (Valkyrie) plot to remove Hitler from power and seek more favorable peace terms for Germany from the Allies. Planning started in late 1943, and on 20 July 1944 Claus Shenk von Stauffenberg left a bomb in a briefcase in a conference room where Hitler was meeting with his top military staff. After the explosion, von Stauffenberg flew to Berlin, but with news of Hitler’s survival, the plotters lost resolve: one of their supporters, to demonstrate his allegiance to Hitler, arrested Stauffenberg, Olbricht, and two aides, who were immediately executed. The other plotters were later found, arrested, tortured, and executed – including the supporter who had arrested Olbricht.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of the last voluntary residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim’s name, date of birth, and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death. By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He cites the Talmud: "A human being is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten."

For more information and pictures on stolpersteine in Chemnitz, please visit Stolpersteine Chemnitz (in German).

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