Stumbling Stones Hansastraße 40

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Else Rosenberg (born 1892, murdered in Minsk)
Olga Levien (born 1875, murdered in Treblinka)
Fritz Rosenberg (born 1881, murdered in Minsk on 14-9-1943)
Irmgard Rosenberg (born 1917, murdered in Minsk on 14-9-1943)
Erika Rosenberg (born 1924, murdered in Minsk)

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