![]() ![]() The majority of Stolpersteine commemorate Jewish victims of the Holocaust. ![]() As of June 2023, 100,000 Stolpersteine have been laid, making the Stolpersteine project the world's largest decentralized memorial. The Stolpersteine project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, aims to commemorate individuals at exactly the last place of residency – or, sometimes, work – which was freely chosen by the person before they fell victim to Nazi terror, forced euthanasia, eugenics, deportation to a concentration or extermination camp, or escaped persecution by emigration or suicide. Literally, it means 'stumbling stone' and metaphorically 'stumbling block'. Stolpersteine for the Feder family in Kolín, Czech Republic Stolperstein installation in Amsterdam Beethovenstraat 55 on 3 October 2018Ī Stolperstein ( pronounced ⓘ plural Stolpersteine) is a ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Brass plate memorial for victims of Nazism ![]()
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