Stolpersteine Project
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.1| for the Feder family in Kolín, Czech Republic thumb|upright=1.1| installation in Amsterdam Beethovenstraat 55 on 3 October 2018 A '''''' (; plural ; in English "stumbling block") is a concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. The project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, aims to commemorate persons at the last place that they chose freely to reside, work or study (with exceptions possible on a case-by-case basis) before they fell victim to Nazi terror, forced euthanasia, eu
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- Origin of the name
- "Here lived ..."
- First ''Stolperstein''
- Growth
- Locations
- Netherlands
- Czech Republic
- Italy
- France
- Other countries
- ''Stolperschwellen'': "From here..."
- Public discussion
- Opposition
- Support
- Reactions of passers-by
- Development of a commemorative tradition
- Documentary film
- Gallery
- ''Stolpersteine'' in different countries
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.1| for the Feder family in Kolín, Czech Republic thumb|upright=1.1| installation in Amsterdam Beethovenstraat 55 on 3 October 2018 A '''''' (; plural ; in English "stumbling block") is a concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. The project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, aims to commemorate persons at the last place that they chose freely to reside, work or study (with exceptions possible on a case-by-case basis) before they fell victim to Nazi terror, forced euthanasia, eugenics, deportation to a concentration or extermination camp, or escaped persecution by emigration or suicide. , 100,000 have been laid, making the project the world's largest decentralized memorial.
The majority of commemorate Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Others have been placed for Sinti and Romani people (then also called "gypsies"), Poles, homosexuals, the physically or mentally disabled, Jehovah's Witnesses, black people, members of the Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party, and the anti-Nazi Resistance, the Christian opposition (both Protestants and Catholics), and Freemasons, Spanish Republicans along with International Brigades soldiers in the Spanish Civil War, military deserters, conscientious objectors, escape helpers, capitulators, "habitual criminals", looters, and others charged with treason, military disobedience, or undermining the Nazi military, as well as Allied soldiers.