Stumbling Stones Kehrstraße 49

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine or stumbling blocks) commemorate:

Ernst Grunewald, year of birth 1894, deported 1942, murdered in Sobibor
Günther Grunewald: year of birth 1923, deported 1942 Izbica, murdered
Hans Grunewald: year of birth 1926, deported 1942 Sobibor, murdered 26-08-1942
Johanna Grunewald: year of birth 1892, deported 1942, murdered in Sobibor

The small brass plaques of 10 by 10 cm, 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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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries, Dick de Bruijne
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne