Stumbling Stones Stiller Weg

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Paul Katz (born 1897, murdered in Riga)
Grete Katz (born 1894, murdered in Riga)
Paul Katz Jr. (born 1924, murdered in Riga)
Werner Katz (born 1928, murdered in Stutthof)

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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Source

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