"Here lived Alfred Neumann. Born 1912. Deported Auschwitz. Murdered 30.1.1943."
Often, one would see these little shining pieces of brass plaques being embedded in front of a residence in Hamburg. They are called "Stolpersteine". I was shocked when I found out that they are names of victims of Nazi Holocaust lived in that particular residence. And even more astonished to know that it was all done by an artist, Gunter Demnig, alone himself! Enormous energy and determinations must have extorted out of him. Further reads..
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