In the footsteps of the Jews of Sopron

The stumbling stones

Read the following information about the stumbling stones.

At the initiative of German sculptor Gunter Demnig, copper-covered memorial stones, also known as Stolpersteine, are placed across Europe, commemorating Holocaust victims, in front of their last known homes, in the pavement of the streets, to give the people who "stumble upon" them a few minutes of remembrance and reflection.

The artist’s motto: “A person will only be forgotten forever, if their name is forgotten.”

The stumbling stones all carry the same information: the person’s name, the dates of their birth and death, where they lived and what happened to them. The artist has laid around 60,000 stones by hand in 22 countries across Europe. The stumbling stones have by now become the largest decentralised monument in the world. So far, almost 400 stones have been sunk into the pavement in Hungary. Many consider it a symbolic burial for those without a grave, the stumbling stone and the concrete block attached to it being a special urn with the person's name, thus creating a personal, unique memory.


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