Here lived...

I keep finding Stolpersteine on my walks around Freiburg. Some critics have argued that the sidewalk stones are an inappropriate memorial--that it is crude and thoughtless to allow people to trample on the names of Holocaust victims. I'd argue that the victims were already trampled on long ago. The stones remind me that they were individuals, not just anonymous numbers.

Here lived Dr. Georg Pietrkowski, born 1874; 1933 forbidden to work; flight to Italy; 1940 Spain; Cuba; survived in USA.

Here lived Henny Schmuckler, born 1878, deported 1940 Theresienstadt; murdered 1942 Auschwitz.

Here lived Frieda Katz, born 1879; deported 1940 Gurs; murdered 1942 in Auschwitz.

Here lived Max Meyer, born 1888; deported 1940 Gurs; murdered in Auschwitz.

Here lived Abraham Neumark, born 1861; deported 1940 Gurs; dead 14.4.1943 in the concentration camp Noe.
Here lived Ludwig Meyer, born 1862; deported 1942 Theresienstadt; dead 14.9.1942.

Here lived Adolf Besag, born 1873; deported 1942 Theresienstadt; liberated--survived.
Here lived Pauline Besag, nee Maier, born 1875; deported 1942 Theresienstadt; murdered 23.10.42.

Here lived Albertine Haas, born 1875; deported 1940 Gurs; murdered 27.12.1941 in Recebedou.
Here lived Karoline Haas, born 1867; deported 1940 Gurs; murdered 20.2.1942 in Recebedou.
Here lived Sophie Haas, born 1872; deported 1940 Gurs; murdered 23.12.1941 in Recebedou.
Here lived Thekla Haas, born 1884; deported 1940 Gurs; murdered 3.1.1941.

Here lived Berthold Daube, born 1882; flight 1937 Holland; survived in hiding.
Here lived Frieda Daube, born 1889; flight 1937 Holland; survived in hiding.
Here lived Jakob Daube, born 1916; deported 1942; murdered in Auschwitz.

Here lived Prof. Dr. Robert Liefman, born 1874; deported 1940 Gurs; dead 20.3.1941 in Morlaas.
Here lived Martha Liefman, born 1878; deported 1940 Gurs; survived in Zürich.
Here lived Dr. Else Liefman, born 1881; deported 1940 Gurs; flight 1942; survived in Zürich.