Stumbling Stones Kreuzstraße 32

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Albert Elkan (born 1884, murdered)
Benno Elkan (born 1913, died in Le Vernet on 26-8-1940)
Emmy Cahn (born 1889, faith unknown)
Friedrich Cahn (born 1867, murdered in Theresienstadt on 6-9-1942)
Helga Elkan (born 1924, murdered)
Sophie Elkan (born 1884, murdered)
Metha Horn (born 1886, suicide on 20-4-1942)

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: Marie-Christine Vinck