Stumbling Stones Rutschbahn 15

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Elisabeth Silbiger (born 1913, murdered in Minsk)
Jacob Blankenstein (born 1884, murdered in Minsk)
Sophie Blankenstein (born 1890, murdered in Minsk)
Heinz Heymann (born 1907, murdered in Lodz)
Hermann Silbiger (born 1908, 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