Stumbling Stones Ossenreyerstraße 21-22

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Fritz Cohn (born 1899, murdered in Auschwitz)
Ilse Cohn (born 1902, murdered in Auschwitz)
Georg Lesser (born 1890, doodgeschoten in Riga on 29-10-1942)
Bert Cohn (born 1930, escaped)
Hans Cohn (born 1928, escaped)
Wolfgang Lesser (born 1923, escaped)
Charlotte Lesser (born 1887, doodgeschoten in Riga on 29-10-1942)

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: Johan Tjallingii