I have added the photos of the Stolpersteine I have seen in Berlin over the past week to the photo gallery here. The brass cobbles I saw were memorials to: Sofie von der Wall, Julius von der Wall, Therese von der Wall, Sigismund Basch, Herta Basch and Heinz Hermann Basch (Keithstrasse 14). If you’d like to know […]
Stolpersteine in Berlin – 2012
It was in January 2012 that I first read about Stolpersteine on Slow Travel Berlin and since then I’ve seen 467 of these brass blocks in 178 locations across Berlin. Each Stolperstein (stumbling block) represent one victim of National Socialism and the engraving on the brass tells the fate of that person. I have seen many single […]
Stolpersteine 178
I have updated my Stolpersteine Gallery to include photos of the Stolpersteine I saw in Berlin last week. The group of brass blocks were memorials to: Amalie Kopper, Felix Rowald, Hugo Meyer, Irma Meyer, Manfred Meyer and Ellen Meyer (Gipstrasse 23A). To learn more about these memorials to the victims of National Socialism created by artist Gunter […]
Snow at The Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park
The Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park is one of the most impressive sights in Berlin in any weather but adding a blanket of snow takes the wow factor up a notch. The memorial, which covers an area of about 100,000 square metres is also a cemetery – 5,000 of the approximately 80,000 soldiers killed […]
Stolpersteine 165 – 177
I have updated my Stolpesteine Gallery to include photos of all the Stolpesteine I saw in Berlin last week. The memorials I saw were dedicated to: Moritz Kiwi and Philippine Kiwi (Holtzendorffstrasse 20); Irma Löwenstamm (Leonhardtstrasse 11); Martin Silberstein, Auguste Silberstein, Hermann Cohn, Hedwig Cohn, and Harry Gersten (Leonhardtstrasse 10); Max Nächemstein, Clara Nächemstein, Bertha Gordon and Wally Gordon (Leonhardtstrasse 6); Paulin […]
Stolpersteine 154 – 164
I have added photos of all the Stolpersteine I saw in Berlin over the last week to my Stolpersteine Gallery as usual. All of these Stolpersteine were seen on one street, Niebuhrstrasse, which runs from Bleibtreustrasse near Savignyplatz to Wilmersdorfer Strasse. I found a total of 44 memorials in this one street. The Stolpersteine were […]
Stolpersteine 147 – 153
I have added photos of all the Stolpersteine I saw this week in Berlin (and as you can see there were quite a few) to my Stolpersteine Gallery. The Stolpersteine I saw were laid for: Siegfried Redlich, Elfriede Redlich, Louis Hoffmann and Grete Hoffmann (Senefelderstrasse 4); Nanny Stern (Eichendorffstrasse 18); Else Luft and Erna Herrmann (Brunnenstrasse 41); Kurt […]
The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma of Europe Murdered Under National Socialism
When I heard that a new memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism was being unveiled on 24 October 2012, near the Reichstag in Berlin, I thought it would be good to see the ceremony. I didn’t realise that it would be an invitation only event with the whole area fenced off, […]
Stolpersteine 146
I only saw the one Stolperstein in Berlin in the past week but I have added a picture of it to the photo gallery here. This Stolperstein was laid in memory of Tatjana Barbakoff (Knesebeckstrasse 100). The memorial is outside the Renaissance Theater Berlin, where Tatjana performed as a dancer. You can find out more about […]
Stolpersteine 142
I have added a photo of the Stolpersteine I saw in Berlin last week to my Stolpersteine Gallery. The memorials I saw were dedicated to Frida Holz and Rose Seligmann (Kaiserdamm 19). In a little over 9 months, I have now seen 348 Stolpersteine in 142 locations across Berlin. To find out more about these […]