Stumbling Stones Loogestieg 4

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Elli Adele Hymans (born 1905, murdered in Minsk on 29-9-1942)
Leonhardt Hymans (born 1898, executed in Minsk in April 1943)
Franziska Lewek (born 1873, murdered in Treblinka)

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