urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:goldennokomis JaNell JaNell 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:goldennokomis:4353 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z <img src="http://hamburg.fawco.org/AWCH_GettingAround/images/Stolpersteine.jpg"><br /><br />Cologne artist Gunter Demnig has begun a project to memorialize Holocaust victims...<br /><a href="http://hamburg.fawco.org/AWCH_GettingAround/AWCH_InterestingFacts/AWCH_Stolpersteine.html" target="_new">One by one</a>.<br /><br />His project, known as <i>The Stumbling Blocks</i>, is to place a stone paver with a plaque about the birth and death of each victim in front of their last known residence. There's great significance in this for Jewish people, as it's very important to have a marked grave site, which concentration camp and missing victims often do not.<br /><br />I heard the story about this beautiful idea this morning on <a href="http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1679362" target="_new">NPR</a> and no, I'm not Jewish (this time around), but yes, I cried.