Something interesting I found while in Munster was how the town decided to memorialize the victims of the Holocaust. Usually when you think of memorials dedicated to the Holocaust you think about a giant tribute to all of the people who lost their lives during this time. For example, the ones in Washington D.C., New York City or Boston. But here in Munster, they have little bronze stones placed in the ground in front of the house where a victim lived before they were taken to a camp or a ghetto. Inscribed on these stones are the names of the victims, their year of birth, when they were taken and where they were taken. In this picture the stones are dedicated to two people who were brought to the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. There they they were subjected to the cruel treatments, such as low food rations (around 200 calories a day), and the unhealthy atmosphere of the largest, overcrowded, Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust.
I like that you chose to talk about the stumbling stones. I agree with you when you say that they’re a great way to memorialize the lives that were lost during the Holocaust. It might not seem like much, but the stones cause people to remember what happened all those years ago, even if it’s only for a moment. I walked past some of the stones today and found myself thinking about the Holocaust and the damage that it did. The stones are small, but the impact that they have is very large.