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I have added this photo of a pair of Stolpersteine that I saw in Berlin in the last week to my photo gallery here. These stumble stones were laid in memory of Arthur Wiener and Pauline Wiener (Herrfurthstrasse 5). My first post about Stolpersteine explains the background to these memorials to the victims of National Socialism created […]
I saw just the one set of Stolpersteine this week, which were laid in memory of Thea Fuss, Abraham Fuss and Ruth Fuss (Fehrbelliner Strasse 81). The photo has now been added to my gallery of all the Stolpersteine I’ve seen in Berlin, which you can view here. You can also read more about the background to these […]
One thing I learned from visiting the Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park is that the Soviets knew how to honour their dead. The memorial in Treptower Park is the largest of the three main Soviet war memorials in Berlin – the other two are on Strasse des 17 Juni and in Schönholzer Heide. When I got my first […]
I have added the photos of the Stolpersteine I have seen over the past week to the photo gallery here. This week’s Stolpersteine were memorials were dedicated: Julie Baer (Lausitzer Platz 12A); Charlotte Kohlmann (Skalitzer Strasse 81). My first post about Stolpersteine gives more background about these memorials to the victims of National Socialism created by artist […]
I have added the photos of the Stolpersteine I have seen over the past week to the photo gallery here. The Stolpersteine I saw this week are memorials to: Sally Mossler and Rosa Mossler (Christburger Strasse 40); Leo Goldstein (Sredzkistrasse 54); Samuel Nussdorf and Frieda Nussdorf (Otto-Braun-Strasse 90 – outside Leonardo Royal Hotel); Arthur Michelsohn (Corner of Barnimstrasse and […]
The Soviet War Memorial was erected in 1945 in the British Sector of West Berlin to commemorate the Soviet soldiers who fell during the war. In the background on the right hand side of the next photo you can The Reichstag, the German parliament building. A cannon and tank seemingly guard the monument, presumably from […]
I have updated my Stolpersteine Gallery here with photos of the Stolpersteine I saw over the last week. The Stolpersteine I saw were laid in memory of: Eugen Jaskulski, Edith Jaskulski and Erna Jaskulski (Bötzowstrasse 10); Martin Wellner, Lilian Wellner, Ruth Wellner, Kurt Münzer and Caroline Münzer (Greifswalder Strasse 43A). My first post about Stolpersteine gives more background […]
I have updated my Stolpersteine Gallery, which you can find here, with pictures of the Stolpersteine I have seen in the last week. The Stolpersteine I saw this week were laid in memory of: Elsa Guttentag, Kurt Guttentag and Erwin Buchwald (Torstrasse 126); Rolf Brandt, Oskar Kaufmann, Anna Kaufmann, Max Katz, Ilona Salzmann and Bella Niessenbaum (Dieffenbachstrasse 45); Luise […]
The Topography of Terror (Topographie des Terrors) consists of three main elements: the Indoor Exhibition; the Outdoor Exhibition (referred to in the site’s literature as the Exhibition Trench); and Berlin Wall Monument, a remaining section of the wall. The ground on which the exhibitions stand was the site of the Gestapo, SS and Reich Security […]
In a little less than 5 months I have seen Stolpersteine in over 100 locations in Berlin dedicated to the memory of 244 victims of National Socialism – I’m not sure that even qualifies as the tip of the iceberg. I have updated the gallery here to include photos of the Stolpersteine I saw this past week, which […]
