Stumbling Stones Hagedornstraße 18

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Edith Marcus (born 1888, murdered in Riga)
Ella Blumenthal (born 1877, murdered in Riga)
Hermann Blumenthal (born 1873, murdered in Riga)
Käthe Blumenthal (born 1904, murdered in Lodz)
Kurt Blumenthal (born 1907, murdered in Lodz on 15-7-1942)
Helene Marcus (born 1857, 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