The Stolpersteine in Prague-Vršovice and Modřany lists the
Stolpersteine in the town quarters
Vršovice (Praha 10) and
Modřany
Modřany () is a suburb of Prague south of the city centre on the banks of the Vltava
Vltava ( , ; german: Moldau ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, throu ...
(Praha 12). Stolpersteine is the German name for stumbling blocks collocated all over Europe by German artist
Gunter Demnig
Gunter Demnig (born 27 October 1947 in Berlin) is a German artist. He is best known for his ''Stolperstein'' ("stumbling block") memorials to the victims of Nazi persecution, including Jews, homosexuals, Romani and the disabled. The project plac ...
. 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''.
Praha 10: Vršovice
Praha 12:
Modřany
Modřany () is a suburb of Prague south of the city centre on the banks of the Vltava
Vltava ( , ; german: Moldau ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, throu ...
Dates of collocations
According to the website of Gunter Demnig the Stolpersteine of Prague were posed on 8 October 2008, 7 November 2009, 12 June 2010, 13 to 15 June 2011 and on 17 July 2013 by the artist himself. Another collocation, not credited on Demnig's website, took place on 28 October 2012.
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.
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archive.is/6bh0z Stolpersteine in der Tschechischen Republik
', retrieved on 20 March 2017 (German)
See also
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List of cities by country that have stolpersteine
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Stolpersteine in the Czech Republic
External links
stolpersteine.eu Demnig's website
holocaust.cz
References
{{Stolpersteine in the Czech Republic
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