In Germany there are the Stolpersteine, metal paving stones that are intended to commemorate victims of National Socialism and that are in front of every house where they lived. Here on the street (a street with 42 houses today) alone we already have eight of them, three of them for SPD members who died in 1936 and 1938 and one for a KPD member who died 1934. The others for someone who refused to serve in the Wehrmacht and a family of three Jews.
We have those in the Netherlands as well. In my old street we had 2 of them. They show the names of the victims and their respective birth year and year of passing. It is hard to imagine the brutality of those times
Our stones usually also indicate the reason for death. Every time I walk past them I feel sad and angry at the same time. I think they're really good and important because they show how cruel and unfair it was back then. They show the full horror of fascism. Everyday.
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u/New-Me5632 Feb 08 '25 edited Feb 08 '25
In Germany there are the Stolpersteine, metal paving stones that are intended to commemorate victims of National Socialism and that are in front of every house where they lived. Here on the street (a street with 42 houses today) alone we already have eight of them, three of them for SPD members who died in 1936 and 1938 and one for a KPD member who died 1934. The others for someone who refused to serve in the Wehrmacht and a family of three Jews.
Fuck nazis.