When walking the streets in Berlin, you may come across a golden-square plate next to a few others in front of apartments. The plates are called stolperstein, translated as “stumbling stone.” The stolperstein pays tribute to victims of Nazi oppression. The golden stones allow you to stop and reflect on the past and imagine the horrors that the people in these quiet neighborhoods experienced 70 years ago. The stones say who lived in the building, when they were born and when and where they were murdered.
A lot of the stones show that the victims were well into there 60’s and 70’s at the time. It’s sad to think that the victims lived a long, prosperous life just to be murdered in a concentration camp.
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