Stumbling Stones Isestraße 53

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Alfred Israel (born 1893, murdered in Lodz)
Willy Curland (born 1891, murdered in Fuhlsbüttel on 18-11-1936)
Edith Israel (born 1928, murdered in Lodz)
Hans Israel (born 1922, murdered in Lodz)
Leonie Israel (born 1894, murdered in Lodz)
Ruth Israel (born 1924, faith unknown)
Aron Hertz Israel (born 1863, murdered in Theresienstadt on 26-10-1942)
Auguste Lichtenhayn (born 1899, murdered in Lodz on 10-11-1942)
Auguste Pollak (born 1896, murdered in Riga)
Peter Pollak (born 1929, murdered in Riga)
Renate Pollak (born 1928, murdered in Riga)
Eva Schreiber (born 1893, murdered in Riga)
Rosa Wolff (born 1878, 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.