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Source: https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-736447
How 100,000 Plaques Shape Holocaust Memory
(Jerusalem Post) Sheryl Abbey - German artist Gunter Demnig conceived of the idea of setting plaques inscribed with Holocaust victims' names and details of their fate atop stones laid in front of their last homes. To date he has installed nearly 100,000 Stumbling Stones plaques, including nine in front of my family's ancestral home in Bleichenbach. Stumbling Stones now appear on streets and sidewalks in 30 European countries. While the large majority have been placed for Jewish victims, there are also stones for Roma and Sinti, gays, dissidents, and the disabled. Unlike concentration camps, Holocaust museums, and other large-scale memorials, Demnig's project helps passersby relate to the Holocaust by focusing on individual victims, one at a time.