Stumbling Stones Brunsberg 9

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Dr. Alfred Rinteln (born 1891, murdered in Lodz on 20-6-1942)
Bella Josias (born 1878, murdered in Lodz on 5-7-1942)
Lipmann (Leo) Josias (born 1883, murdered in Chelmno in 1943)
Rahel Rinteln (born 1895, murdered in Lodz on 21-5-1944)

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