Stumbling Stones Gladbacher Straße 23

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Moses Platz (born 1881), murdered in Auschwitz.
Johanna Platz (born 1875), murdered in Auschwitz.
Kurt Platz (born 1911), murdered in Auschwitz.
Leo Platz (geb 1918), 1941 deported to Lotdz/Litzmannstadt and murdered on 26.06.1944.

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 / Peter Schipper
• Photos: Peter Schipper