After visiting Nuremburg, we stopped at Regensburg. Nuremburg was fascinating from the Nazi history. But, Regensburg was less obvious. There were subtle reminders of the anti-Semitic history in the area. What was fascinating to me was that this history pre-dated the Nazi's by centuries.
Centuries ago, Jewish cemeteries had been looted and headstones were taken and used as building materials. Note the headstone in the wall.
Remembrances of the Jewish residents from the 30's and 40's were much less prevalent. But, occasionally I noticed a small plate in the walkway in front of a house or apartment. The Germans called these Stolperstein.....Stumbling Stones. The Stolperstein project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, seeks to commemorate individuals at exactly the last place of residency or work by the person before he or she fell victim to Nazi terror, euthanasia, eugenics, or deportation to a camp.
As of 29 March 2018, over 67,000 Stolpersteine have been laid in 22 countries,[1] making the Stolpersteine project the world's largest decentralized memorialThese are being placed by a charitable organization as funds come in. They are markers to show who lived here and when they were killed.
Remembrances of the Jewish residents from the 30's and 40's were much less prevalent. But, occasionally I noticed a small plate in the walkway in front of a house or apartment. The Germans called these Stolperstein.....Stumbling Stones. The Stolperstein project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, seeks to commemorate individuals at exactly the last place of residency or work by the person before he or she fell victim to Nazi terror, euthanasia, eugenics, or deportation to a camp.
As of 29 March 2018, over 67,000 Stolpersteine have been laid in 22 countries,[1] making the Stolpersteine project the world's largest decentralized memorialThese are being placed by a charitable organization as funds come in. They are markers to show who lived here and when they were killed.
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