Der „Stolperstein“ von Edit Stein (Goethestrasse 63, Freiburg). Ein musterhaftes und zugleich besonderes Kleindenkmal
The „stumbling block“ of Edit Stein; An exemplary and at the same time special small monument

Author(s): Michael Prosser-Schell
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Fórum Kisebbségkutató Intézet
Summary/Abstract: This article builds upon the extensive work of József Liszka on the research topic of „small-scale monuments in open air“ and, using a newly emerging type of monument as an example, explores questions of their specific materiality and form, their dissemination, and their representational function. This new type is the so-called „stumbling stones“, which have now been laid in streets throughout Europe. The example discussed here, the stumbling stone of Edith Stein at Goethestrasse 63 in Freiburg im Breisgau, also addresses the tension between religious and secular commemoration.

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