Stumbling Stones Lichtentaler Straße 42

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Johanna Eil (born 1902, murdered in Majdanek in 1944)
Erich Eil (born 1889, murdered in Majdanek in 1943)
Erika Eil (born 1932, escaped)
Fanny Eil (born 1930, escaped)
Georgette Eil (born 1934, 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.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons