It is considered the largest decentralized memorial in the world: The Stumbling Stone Project, which commemorates the victims of National Socialism. The artist behind it just laid the 100,000 stone.
The artist Gunter Demnig now has his 100,000. Stolperstein laid to commemorate the victims of National Socialism.
The stone in Nuremberg’s Bartholomäusstrasse is dedicated to firefighter Johann Wild, who was executed by the Nazis in Munich in May 1941 with a guillotine for listening to and disseminating foreign radio reports. Until 1933, the Nuremberger was a member of the SPD, the Reichsbanner and the Iron Front.
He never thought that there would be so many stones over the years, said Demnig. Several media had previously reported.
Demnig usually lays stones himself
With the stumbling block project, the artist, who was born in Berlin in 1947, wants to commemorate the victims of National Socialism; it is considered the largest decentralized memorial in the world. The stones, which have small brass plates with the names of the victims on the top, have been laid in the street or pavement in front of their former homes since 1996 – mostly by Demnig himself. He is proud that over the years he has paid a price of 120 euros per stone could hold, said Demnig on Friday.
There are now also stumbling blocks in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia and Sweden. Also in Switzerland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Hungary and the United Kingdom.
Source: Stern
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