Nine more memorial stones will be laid on April 28th
The City of Darmstadt has announced that nine more Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) will be laid in the city on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. The public event, organized by the Darmstadt Stolpersteine Working Group, will begin at 10:45 a.m. on Kirchstraße.
Several stations within the city area
The first installation will take place at Kirchstraße 12, where Helene Ketsch will be commemorated. Subsequent installations will take place at Ernst-Ludwig-Straße, Saalbaustraße, Riedeselstraße, and Stauffenbergstraße.
At Ernst-Ludwig-Straße 29, three memorial stones will be laid for Gertrude, Heinz, and Walter Rosenberg. The family was forced to emigrate due to Nazi persecution. Relatives from Argentina, Chile, and Israel are traveling to attend the ceremony. A total of 18 descendants are expected, for whom the gathering will also represent a family reunion.
Mayor Hanno Benz will welcome the participants and give a speech.
Students participate
Further Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) will be laid, including one at Ernst-Ludwig-Straße 17 for Edith Steinberg and Antonie Feitler. Students from the Martin-Behaim-School have studied the history of the Nazi victims in class and will present their research at the event.
Later in the day, Regina Oppenheimer, Klara Gutmann and Margarethe Mayer will also be remembered.
Memorial in public space
The Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) project by artist Gunter Demnig commemorates the victims of the Nazi dictatorship. The memorial stones are embedded in the sidewalk in front of the former residences of those persecuted and bear their names.
Further information is available on the website of the City of Darmstadt:
www.darmstadt.de
(DARMSTADT – RED/PSD/stip)
