Stumbling Stones Rutschbahn 25a

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Heinz Wittkowsky (born 1930, murdered in Auschwitz)
Pauline Bachrach (born 1917, murdered in Bergen-Belsen)
Leopold Belzinger (born 1866, murdered in Theresienstadt on 10-3-1944)
Minna Belzinger (born 1871, murdered in Theresienstadt on 6-10-1942)
Johanna Schack (born 1873, murdered in Minsk)
Max Schack (born 1871, 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