The 100,000th golden Stumbling Stone is dedicated to Johann Wild and was laid in Nuremberg. The Stolpersteine are intended to commemorate the victims of National Socialism.
Nuremberg – The golden stumbling stones are intended to commemorate the victims of National Socialism. The 100,000th Stumbling Stone was dedicated to Johann Wild, who was sentenced to death in 1941. A sculptor laid the Stumbling Stone on Friday (26 May) in front of Wild's house on Bartholomäusstraße in Nuremberg.
The golden stumbling stones are intended to commemorate the victims of the Nazis. © Angela Roxel/Imago Images
Golden Stolpersteine in 1,200 German towns - but not in Munich
Wild was arrested in March 1941 for a "broadcasting crime". He listened to banned radio stations, disseminated their content and denounced Hitler and the Nazis. Two months later, he was executed in Munich.
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More than 30 years ago, the sculptor Gunter Demnig laid the first golden stumbling stone. They can be found in over 30 countries and 1,200 German cities and localities. In Munich, Demnig does not lay any stumbling stones because Charlotte Knobloch, the former president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, was against it. She didn't like the symbolism behind the stumbling blocks in Munich's sidewalk. She argued that people step on the stumbling stones and thus also on the people who are supposed to be commemorated by the stones. Even after the 100,000th golden stumbling block, more are to be laid.
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