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Stumbling Stones Husumer Straße 37

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Bertha Beschütz (born 1850, died on 13-12-1941)
Clara Beschütz (born 1877, murdered in Riga)
Marie Beschütz (born 1882, murdered in Riga)
Olga Beschütz (born 1876, 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