The article blends the history of justice finding or not finding Nazi perpetrators with details of her family story. One of those details is the placement of a Stolperstein on the street where Kolbert's great-grandmother last lived in Berlin. Readers may recall my post about Stolpersteine in December 2014. Kolbert attended the placement and spent time with Gunter Demnig, the artist. I do recommend reading the article.
Recently in Karlsruhe, I made a photograph of a particularly thought-provoking installation of Stolpersteine. The plaque at the top states these men were all members of the state legislature in Baden. In other words, they were elected by their fellow citizens to serve in the government. Some died in concentration camps. Other causes of death: by execution, during interrogation, in prison, in exile, from the effects of imprisonment.
It's a glittering patch of sidewalk next to what's now the city library. The location once housed the former state government of Baden* in the Ständehaus.
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| Stolpersteine for eight members of the Baden state legislature who died under Nazi oppression Ständehausstr. 2, Karlsruhe |
