Lunch and a Program: Stolpersteine: Memorializing the Victims of Nazism

Join Senior Caucus for lunch and a program on Tuesday, May 19, at 12:30 pm. Stolpersteine (German for stumbling stones) are 4×4 inch brass plaques set into the sidewalk in front of a building where a victim of the Nazis lived or worked. They were created by German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992. Since then, more than 100,000 stones have been set in European cities. In 2008, Marsha Rehns went to Wuerzburg, Germany, for the setting of a stone for her great-uncle, Ignaz Rindskopf. Marsha will describe the emotional stone-setting and the book she wrote about the project and her family’s history in Germany. Howie Stein, whose relatives were also memorialized with Stolpersteine, will add his reflections. A list of congregants who have had stones placed for their family members, as well as details about the loved ones, will be distributed. Contact Pat Danoff at pat.danoff@gmail.com to provide information or with questions.

While this program is sponsored by Senior Caucus, all congregants who are interested are invited to join us.

Cost: $10 per person, includes lunch. Registration deadline is noon on May 15. There is no cost to attend the talk only, which begins at 1:30 pm, but please tell Ricardo you are coming.