Stumbling Stones Via Sant’Ambrogio 23

These memorial stones (Stolpersteine, pietre d'inciampo, or stumbling blocks) commemorate:
* Marco Sciunnach, born 1888, arrested January 1944, deported to Auschwitz, died in place unknown, on date unknown.
* Settimio Sciunnach, born 1897, arrested 21 February 1944, deported to Auschwitz, died 31 October 1944.
* Rosa Spagnoletto in Sciunnach, born 1896, arrested 21 February 1944, deported to Auschwitz murdered 10 April 1944.

Marco and Settimio Sciummach were brothers and Rosa Spagnoletto was Settimio’s wife.
Marco, age 56, was arrested and deported first; details of his death are not known. Settimio and Rosa were arrested on the same day the following month and were put on the same transport from Fossoli camp in Italy to Auschwitz. She, age 48, was killed immediately on arrival; he, age 47, lived another 5 months.

The small brass plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were murdered, 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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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries & Anne Palmer
• Photos: Monica del Pin