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Autumn Stolperstein laying in Tempelhof-Schöneberg: dates 2025!
In autumn 2025, ten stumbling blocks will be laid in Berlin to commemorate victims of National Socialism.
Autumn Stolperstein laying in Tempelhof-Schöneberg: dates 2025!
In 2025, a series of Stolperstein-layings will take place in Tempelhof-Schöneberg until mid-November to commemorate the victims of National Socialism. A total of ten relocations are planned, inviting everyone interested to take part in this important remembrance process. This initiative, which was launched by the artist Gunter Demnig, aims to remember the people who were persecuted and murdered during National Socialism. The stumbling blocks, which are 10x10 cm brass plaques, contain the victim's name, date of birth and death and are placed in front of the victim's last voluntary place of residence, not in front of ghetto houses or camps. This reports berlin.de.
The next dates for the relocations are scheduled for September, October and November 2025. What is particularly noteworthy is that Gunter Demnig will personally take part in two of the transfers. These will take place on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. at Landshuter Straße 34 and on Wednesday, September 24th, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. at Kurfürstenstraße 126.
Stumbling blocks and their meaning
Since 1996, Gunter Demnig has laid over 70,000 stumbling blocks, making this initiative the largest memorial to the victims of National Socialism in Europe. The stones are widespread not only in Germany, but also in over 24 countries, including Russia and Ukraine, where they also commemorate the victims of Stalinism. In Germany, however, there are different opinions about the stumbling blocks. In some communities, such as Munich, the laying has been stopped, while many people find the effect of the stones significant and moving. Critics, particularly from Jewish communities and Sinti, express concerns about the placement on streets and the use of perpetrator language in the engravings. This emphasizes augsburger- Allgemeine.de.
The stumbling blocks not only have a descriptive function, but also activate many people. It is often school classes that research the victims' stories and thus ensure individualized commemoration. Members of the affected families often want advance information about the laying of a stumbling block. Despite the existing reservations and the sometimes critical discussions, the aim of the Stolpersteine remains to make it possible to remember the neighbors who were persecuted and to provide access to history. Deutschlandfunk emphasizes that Stolpersteine initiates a discussion about the role of the perpetrators and profiteers and raises questions that remain unanswered to this day.
The next series of relocations in Tempelhof-Schöneberg is eagerly awaited and is a further step towards keeping the memory of the victims alive and shaping the culture of remembrance in Germany.