• Blog
  • Stumbling block challenge

Stumbling block challenge

On November 9th 1938 was the peak of the so called November pogroms in Nazi Germany. A series of massive riots against the Jewish population. At the end over 7.000 Jewish business were either plundered or devastated. Over half of the synagoges were destroyed and over 30.000 Jews were imprisoned.

On November 9th, the Neuengamme Memorial in Germany one of the main initiators of this noble undertaking, wants to get as many people across Europe to either clean a "Stolperestein" or "Struikelsteen" in Dutch or "Stumbling block" in English. If you do not have a "Stolperstein" in your area you could light a candle for a victim of National Socialism during World War 2. Please upload your video on you social media accounts with the hashtag "November9". Thank you so much for your help!

This project of showing respect is so worthwhile and imporant, therfore I am gladly supporting this project! Let's try to make this a European challenge!

How to clean:

  • Wipe of the all of the rough dirt with a soft cloth (we do not want to scratch it)
  • Apply Brass Polishing using a non-abrasive sponge.
  • Rinse with water (No chemicals please!)
  • Wipe dry

Thank you so much!

 

This blogpost has been read 906 times
Additional images
Stumbling block challenge


Personal view or conclusion on this post

This project of showing respect is so worthwhile and imporant, therfore I am gladly supporting this project! Let's try to make this a European challenge!

This website is made out of respect for the victims, the civilians and the veterans of WWII. It generates no financial gain what so ever and it is merely a platform to educate the visitor about WWII.


The personal stories on this website are under copyright of the veterans themselves and the families or people who gave the stories to me. Pictures used on this webiste are owned by the veterans who made them or by whomever made the pictures/videos (mostly these images are in the public domain and can be freely used). Also bits of texts have been used with no harmful intent in any way.

If you are the owner of any picture(s) or fragments of texts that you wish to remove from this website please contact me. But I ask you to look at the nature of the website and it's goal, educating the viewer about WW2.

A big THANK YOU to the United States Army Center of Military History for their help in providing the input for these pages. All pages on this website are constantly being refitted with acurate data and texts and it is an ongoing process.



© 2000 - | D-Day, Normandy and Beyond. All rights reserved.