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Stumbling Stones Hauptstraße 128

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Gertrud Simon (born 1928, murdered in Minsk in 1942)
Heinz Simon (born 1930, murdered in Minsk in 1942)
Irma Simon (born 1898, murdered in Minsk in 1942)
Julius Simon (born 1895, murdered in Minsk in 1942)
Norbert Simon (born 1935, murdered in Minsk in 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: TracesOfWar.com

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