Stumbling Stones Abendrothsweg 23

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Bertha Blankenstein (born 1876, murdered in Chelmno on 20-5-1942)
Edith Blankenstein (born 1883, murdered in Chelmno on 20-5-1942)
Dr. Karl Kaufmann (born 1868, murdered in Theresienstadt on 12-8-1942)
Max Kaufmann (born 1906, murdered in Neuengamme on 19-6-1942)
Emma Michelsohn (Reinbach) (born 1880, 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 Hamburg.

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Source

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