Stumbling Stones Landstraße 13

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Karl Winter (born 1883, murdered in Riga-Jungfernhof on 28-7-1944)
Rosalie Winter (born 1885, murdered in Riga-Jungfernhof on 28-7-1944)
Herta Schmitz (born 1913, murdered in Lauenburg on 8-3-1945)
Richard Schmitz (born 1910, murdered in Riga)
Friedrich Theisebach (born 1888, murdered in Riga-Jungfernhof on 28-7-1944)
Elise Theisebach (born 1889, murdered in Riga)

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 Grevenbroich (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: TracesOfWar.com