Stumbling Stones Wulfener Straße 16

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine or stumbling blocks) commemorate:
* Selma Lebenstein. Born 1897. Deported 1942. Murdered 1944 in Stutthof.
* Bertha Lebenstein. Born 1900. Deported 1942. Murdered 1944 in Stutthof.
* Hugo Lebenstein. Born 1904. Fled to Holland 1940. Interned at Westerbork. Deported. Murdered in Auschwitz 1942.

The Lebenstein family did not do well. Selma, Bertha and Hugo were siblings. While 2 other sisters survived the war, another sister Rosalie (along with her husband and 2 of their 3 sons) and another brother Moritz (and his wife) also died in 1942. Their half-sister Regina Helena Bendix née Lebenstein (plus her 3 children) fled to Holland from Dülmen, Germany and Regina and her daughter were deported and killed.

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 and villages, 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.

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