See also: Not Even One Year - Perla - Isacco Bayona - Dina and Dino
External links: Stolperstein - Gunter Demnig (Wikipedia)
Monday, January 21, 2013
Stolpersteine
Stolperstein literally translates as ‘stumbling stone’ and it is a small stone cube with the top sie covered in brass and etched with the name of a Jew or other victim of the Nazi regime who was deported and killed in a concentration camp. It is usually placed on the sidewalk of the house where they once lived. The dates of their deportation and death are also inscribed on the stone, following a project started by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1994, when the first stones were placed in Cologne.
Last week four Stolpersteine have been laid in three streets of Livorno.
Two of them are in front of the same building in Via Verdi remembering a father and his twelve year son.
See also: Not Even One Year - Perla - Isacco Bayona - Dina and Dino
External links: Stolperstein - Gunter Demnig (Wikipedia)
See also: Not Even One Year - Perla - Isacco Bayona - Dina and Dino
External links: Stolperstein - Gunter Demnig (Wikipedia)
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16 comments:
A sad thing, but important not to forget.
Yep, poignant.
Great where alike is happening, remember back home in Hamburg to have seen a few. None over here though !
Please have a good new week.
So sad. It is good that they are remembered.
Ce ne sono molti anche a Vienna!
What sad stories these markers carry, but we should never forget them. Thank you for this post.
Thank you for sharing this, a poignant way to remember a sad chapter in history. Your captures are beautiful.
I do wonder why there aren't any in France. Could be lots.
A person's life in a few one-word lines.
Such a brilliant idea.
Your Stolpersteinen are still new and shiny clean. I wonder how the citizens of Livorno react.
I wonder how I would react, walking near one. (Still have not seen them in person.)
There are places where entire streets could be paved with such stones.
Sad days...
But it is important not forget!Great post!
Léia
Such a huge challenge for the artist VP but what a fantastic project.
thank you for posting this, vp.
Never forget... never.
They are also very popular in Berlin. Glad to see that they are taking hold in other cities. :)
great project.. never forget ...
I second all the comments above. This happened just 70 years ago...
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