The artist Gunter Demnig remembers the victims of the Nazi period by inserting a memorial plaque into the pavement in front of their last home. He has fitted over 12 500 stones in 277 towns in Germany, Austria and Hungary. Dennig says, “Someone is only forgotten when their name is forgotten”.

Schools or relatives for example investigate people who were deported or persecuted during the Nazi regime. Demnig then makes a concrete 10 cm cube, which he covers with a sheet of brass. Then he adds “Hier wohnte” (Here lived), their name, their year of birth and their fate. The Stolperstein is then fitted into the pavement in front of the victim’s last home.

You will find Stolpersteine all over Berlin.

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