The “Stolpersteine” or “stumbling stones” are a project of the artist Gunter Demnig. They are brass covered cobblestones on pavements outside houses were Germans of Jewish descent used to live. Other persecuted groups are commemorated in this way as well. They are inscribed with their names, their dates of birth and short information what happened to them. This particular family of Luise and Jakob Stern who I found in Rüsselsheim had the parents emigrating to South Africa, where the father died before the end of the war. Their daughter Irva was murdered in Auschwitz.

More than 75,000 stones have been laid in Germany, more in neighbouring countries where the Nazi terror regime was present.

FOWC with Fandango: Poignant

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