Stolpersteine In Prague-Malá Strana
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Stolpersteine In Prague-Malá Strana
The Stolpersteine in Prague-Malá Strana lists the Stolpersteine in the town quarter Malá Strana (Czech language, Czech for "Little Side (of the River)", ) of Prague. Stolpersteine is the German name for stumbling blocks collocated all over Europe by German artist Gunter Demnig. They remember the fate of the Nazi victims being murdered, deported, exiled or driven to suicide. Generally, the stumbling blocks are posed in front of the building where the victims had their last self chosen residence. The name of the Stolpersteine in Czech is: ''Kameny zmizelých''. Malá Strana Dates of collocations The Stolpersteine of Prague-Malá Strana were posed by the artist himself on the following days: * 13 June 2011: Karel Jelinek * 28 October 2012: Artur Lasch * 17 July 2013: Přemysl Šámal The Czech Stolperstein project was initiated in 2008 by the ''Česká unie židovské mládeže'' (Czech Union of Jewish Youth) and was realized with the patronage of the Mayor of Prague.stol ...
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Stolperstein Für Karel Jelinek 3
A (; plural ; Literal translation, literally 'stumbling stone', metaphorically a 'stumbling block') is a Sett (paving), sett-size, concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. The project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, aims to commemorate individuals at exactly the last place of residency—or, sometimes, work—which was freely chosen by the person before they fell victim to Nazi terror, Aktion T4, forced euthanasia, Nazi eugenics, eugenics, deportation to a Nazi concentration camp, concentration or extermination camp, or escaped persecution by emigration or suicide. , 75,000 have been laid, making the project the world's largest decentralized memorial. The majority of commemorate Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Others have been placed for Sinti#The Holocaust, Sinti and Porajmos, Romani people (then also called "gypsies"), The Holocaust in Poland, Poles, Persecution o ...
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