Stumbling Stones Kirchgasse 4

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine or stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Else Gruenewald (born 1896, murdered in Riga)
Rosie Gruenewald (born 1903, murdered in Riga)
Caecilie (Cilly) Hirsch (born 1930, murdered in Auschwitz)
Grete Hirsch (born 1928, murdered in Auschwitz))
August Leeser (born 1904, murdered in Riga)
Hermann Michaelis-Jena (born 1859, murdered in Theresienstadt in 1942)
Heinz Philipsohn (born 1907, murdered in Warsaw in 1942)
Elise Rosenbaum (born 1857, murdered in Theresienstadt in 1942)
Jenny Wolff (born 1885, murdered in Theresienstadt)
Samuel Rosenbaum (born 1856, murdered in Theresienstadt)
, persecuted or murdered by the Nazis.

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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