Stumbling Stones Eppendorfer Landstraße 14

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:

Amalie Leser (born 1896, murdered in Riga)
Siegbert Leser (born 1888, murdered in Salaspils)
Hans Siegwart Leser (born 1924, murdered in Salaspils)

Robert Salomon Borchardt (born 1869, murdered in Theresienstadt on 2-10-1943)
Claus-Jürgen Borchardt (born 1926, murdered in Dachau on 3-1-1945)

Ernst J. Schönhof (born 1864, murdered in Theresienstadt on 2-11-1942)

Dr. Carl Stamm (born 1867, suicide on 28-10-1941)
Rudolf W. Stamm (born 1903, murdered in Auschwitz on 15-8-1942)
Minna Margarethe Stamm (born 1878, suicide on 26-5-1941)
Else Stamm (born 1906, murdered in Auschwitz 17-7-1942)
Eric Walter Stamm (born 1935, 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 Hamburg.