Stumbling Stones Mittelstraße 3a

This memorial stone (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorates
* August Wysa, born 1899, arrested 1936, [sent to] Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, Wewelsburg, Ravensbrück, died in Bergen-Belsen.

Stolperstein sponsored by Albert-Schweitzer-/Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium.

August Wysa was a "Bible Student" - probably a Jehova’s Witness. These prisoners were preferred labourers for their professional skills in the construction trade. After his arrest in 1936, he was moved from one camp to another until his death in Bergen-Belsen.

The small brass plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other German cities 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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