Stumbling Stones Auf den Küten 4

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Bertha Kleeberg (born 1879, murdered in Riga)
Jakob Kleeberg (born 1877, murdered in Auschwitz)
Leopold Achtermann (born 1878, murdered in Riga)
Mirjam Kleeberg (born 1891, murdered in Auschwitz)
Rika Achtermann (born 1881, murdered in Riga)
Sophie Linz (born 1875, murdered in Treblinka)

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: TracesOfWar.com