Stumbling Stone Heinrich-Heine-Straße 5

This memorial stone (so called Stolperstein of stumbling block) commemorates:
* Luise Gerschler, born 1914, admitted 1938 to Magdalenestift clinic, Chemnitz, murdered 18 October 1940, ‘Sanatorium’ Pirna-Sonnenstein.

Luise was one of 13,720 persons murdered in the Pirna-Sonnenstein Euthanasia Institute/"Clinic" as part of the Nazi "Aktion T-4" which called for the killing of persons with mental illness or retardation.

See also the article on the Memorial to the Pirna-Sonnenstein victims.

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 Chemnitz (in German).

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