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Stumbling blocks

The artist Gunter Demnig started this project. It was launched to commemorate people who were driven out, deported, murdered or driven to suicide by the Nazis.

The stones are inserted into the pavement in front of the victims´ houses and flats. They have a brass surface with a text that commemorates the former inhabitants.

The stumbling blocks are financed by donations and sponsoring. After they are laid they are owned by the city.

In Xanten, it is exclusively Jewish fellow citizens who are commemorated by the stumbling blocks.

Despite much effort, some addresses could not be found, so some of the stumbling blocks were laid in important public places, for example in front of the town hall. The project was initiated in Xanten by C. Dieter Hinnenberg and Dr Wolfgang Schneider.

The stumbling blocks commemorate

Rheinstraße 9:
Leo Buschoff
Adele Buschoff

Klever Straße, near the Mitteltor:
Alma Stern
Henriette Stern
Elsa Stern
Rosa Stern
Rosa Dahl, née Stern

Marsstraße 65:
Benny Oster
Regine Oster, née Vyth
Siegmund Oster
Cornelia Thalmann, née Oster
Frieda Krebs, née Oster

Marsstraße 30/31:
Hedwig Alexander
Johanna Alexander
Olga Alexander, née Simon
Ruth Alexander
Ilse Alexander

Orkstraße:
Albertine Wolf, née Isaak
Siegfried Fröhlich

Scharnstraße 14:
Levy Passmann
Jakob Passmann
Johanna Passmann, née Elsbach
Carl Passmann
Erna Passmann, née Willner
Hermann Passmann
Helga Passmann

Bemmelstraße/Nordwall:
Johanna Bruckmann
Hulda Bruckmann
Bertha Bruckmann
Frieda Wertheim, née Bruckmann

Town hall/market place:
Bernhardine Glaser, née Passmann
Elsa Brogholter, née Passmann
Bernhardine Liebmann, née Passmann

Marsstraße 71:
Arthur Seldis
Heinrich Seldis
Emma Misch, née Seldis

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