Stumbling Stones Mindener Straße 12

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Fritz Oppenheim (born 1911, escaped)
Dr. Moritz Oppenheim (born 1871, murdered in Theresienstadt on 5-10-1942)
Edith Oppenheim (born 1914, murdered in Auschwitz)
Hans Oppenheim (born 1909, suicide in Theresienstadt)
Johanna Oppenheim (born 1888, murdered in Auschwitz)

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 Petershagen (in German).

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