Stumbling Stones Dahlmannstraße 11

These small, brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:

* Georg Ledermann, born 1888, deported 3 February 1943, murdered in Auschwitz.
* Lea Ledermann née Mannheim, born 1902, deported 3 February 1943, murdered in Auschwitz.

Georg Ledermann served in WW1 for 5 years. He and Lea Mannheim married in 1926. Two years later, their son Gerd was born. They sent Gerd on a Kindertransport to Scotland, where he survived the war. After years of travel, he returned to Great Britain and settled in Wales. At age 84, he sponsored the installation of the stolpersteine for his parents.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of the last voluntary residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim’s name, date of birth, and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death. By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He cites the Talmud: "A human being is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten."

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