On Stumbling
Over stumbling stones?
No, no one stubs their toe against them.
They're embedded so evenly into the paving.
But the names they carry, the letters and numbers, Are stamped on our conscience;
Are stamped on our conscience;
"born, deported, murdered"
And the places
Łódź, Minsk, Riga, Theresienstadt,
Auschwitz, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor, Treblinka ..."
We look for you
Whose names are written in the archives
and the heavens.
We find you in places of terror and persecution.
We recognise you in your children and grandchildren.
The stones speak of you,
every day.
You are not forgotten.
Inge Grolle
(translation by Dr. Anne Stokes and Ingrid Haas)
Already layed Stumbling Stones
Platz der Republik 1 (Altona, Altona-Altstadt)
HIER ARBEITETE
MAX BRAUER
OBERBÜRGERMEISTER
JG. 1887
IM WIDERSTAND / SPD
FLUCHT 1933 ÖSTERREICH
FRANKREICH
1937 USA
ZURÜCKGEKEHRT 1946
further stumbling stones in Platz der Republik 1:
Ingeborg Weise
