Stolpersteine - translated roughly as stumbling blocks or tripping stones - are small, square-shaped stones decorated in bronze. The are placed on streets, footpaths and walkways used by everyday pedestrians, designed to remind people of all victims of the Nazi regime and the Second World War. Each stone is engraved with an inscription containing details of the victims lives, their treatment - and their eventual fate. Stolpersteine can be seen in cities, towns and villages across Germany, with one notable exception. An old anti-semitic German saying when tripping on a protruding rock or stone while walking was “a Jew must be buried here”.

Source: The Local January 25, 2019 16:18 UTC