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
; "Ester Rechtschaffen mit ihren Schwestern Jetty Dicker und Golda Gisela Litwak, Altona 1934 (v.re.n.li.)")
Hamburger Hochstraße 13 (Altona, Altona-Altstadt)
HIER WOHNTE
ESTER RECHTSCHAFFEN
GEB. WAGNER
JG. 1867
AUSGEWIESEN
1939 POLEN
GHETTO BIALYSTOK
ERMORDET
