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Stolpersteine/ Blundering Stones/ Piedras De Escollo

Auf dem Bürgersteig vorm Haus Zwei Stolpersteine aus Messing Auf jedem zwei Namen Hier wohnten sie einst ohne Tadel 1943 im Konzentrationslager ermordet ----------------------------------------------- On the sidewalk in front the house Two blundering blocks of brass On each two names engraved Here they once lived without blame 1943 murdered in a concentration camp ----------------------------------------------- En la acera enfrente de la casa Dos piedras de escollo de bronce En cada una dos nombres Donde una vez vivían sin reprensión 1943 asesinados en campo de concentración ____________________________________________________________________________ Note: “Stolpersteine” are small concrete blocks with a brass plate in remembrance of people who have been pursued and murdered by the Nazis. These blocks are in line with the sidewalks's surface, have the names of the victims engraved and are placed in front of the houses were these persons once lived. These blocks should be a “Monument from below” according to the Cologne artist Gunter Demnig who initiated these installations. Now “Memorial Stones” are placed all over Germany and Europe where people lived who were murdered in concentration camps. This project is entirely financed with donations.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 6/23/2010 11:09:00 AM
This is a wonderful piece! Accept my colorful congrats on having this poem featured this week. You are such a nice poet! Please, keep your poetry pens dancing on your poetry pad. I wish you all the best with your writing. Love ~Adeleke~
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Date: 6/21/2010 8:40:00 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Gert. May you have many more features. Love, Carol
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Date: 6/19/2010 8:59:00 PM
aha! I think I figured it out in the end--"puna" being comments righty? Thanks for trying to translate it :) and also for all your wonderful comments--glad you liked my writes, old & new alike! --nikko :)
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Date: 6/19/2010 3:22:00 PM
great info. Touching, have a wonderful weekend. Are you doing anything special for fathers day? We went and ate Italian food. Per my husbands request.
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Date: 6/19/2010 11:38:00 AM
really appreciate your attempts at Tagalog, Gert :) who helped you? btw I wasn't too sure what you meant by this: Hindi basahin ang iyong puna sa Tagalog! --would appreciate it in English --Sana maganda rin ang linggo mo :) haha matutulog na muna ako ;) --nikko
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Date: 6/19/2010 8:58:00 AM
Gert this poem is just fabulous in its design and content.. the footnote is very helpful and so appreciate....as always your Italina response comments are quite impeccable and unique.. mili grazia... did I say that? haha.. luv Linda-Marie.
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Date: 6/19/2010 8:45:00 AM
Hi Gert!! Natuwa naman ako, haha marunong ka pala mag-Tagalog?? Sasagutin ko palang email mo eh ;) --nikko :) tell me if you understood this ok??
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Date: 6/17/2010 12:25:00 PM
Gert, really appreciate your notes with this one, once again bringing the message home of what ignorance can cause.. Great write once again, thank you for taking the time to read my work as well ~ tc WN
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Date: 6/16/2010 9:46:00 AM
Great write and interesting content. I guess to do that, is a good way to show sincere repentance about what happened during the Nazi reign. Thanks for sharing, Gert. Best wishes, Caroline.
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Date: 6/16/2010 7:38:00 AM
Wow reading this really made me sad--the atrocities during that bleak period are so unbelievable, and it is just right that we are reminded of it so we can pray for them as well--thanks for the added info that went with this tanka, Gert! and hmm gourmet piggies--I guess it would be hard to compete with them ;) btw hope you had a great dinner, soup sounds delicious as usual! --nikko :)
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Date: 6/15/2010 9:37:00 PM
Gosh, Gert, in reply to your last remark to me: you have just been so many places, and how amazing that you even know the weather in store for Utah!! Luv, Andrea
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Date: 6/15/2010 2:39:00 PM
Thank you for your informative notes accompanying your tanka. The whole thing makes for a very striking and poignant image ~ Sharon
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Date: 6/15/2010 12:00:00 PM
This was a horrible time in history, and I love how you remembered these people in your tanka here. LUv, andrea
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Date: 6/15/2010 8:24:00 AM
I simply enjoyed it. A good write, Gert
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Date: 6/15/2010 8:21:00 AM
Dear Gert, I will be checking in periodically to read your work, but the slamming and the bullying on this site have grown too much for me and some others feel this way as well. I wanted to send you a Soup Mail to explain, but you don't have this feature. My best wishes to you always, dear friend. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 6/15/2010 8:07:00 AM
This is a sad reflection on the low regard for human life, Gert. I like to think things have changed, but such treatment could happen again if mankind does not take a more spiritual approach to life. The thought of how people suffered in the concentration camps still causes people greaty dismay. Excellent poem, my friend. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 6/15/2010 7:27:00 AM
Thoughtful write Gert, I wasn't aware of the brass plates... they deserve the remembrance, a lot of meaning for your write, very thoughtful...P.D.
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Date: 6/15/2010 6:29:00 AM
Gert, what precisely do you mean by the word blundering in this poem...My understanding of the word blunder is to make a mistake..Does this mean that the people were mistakenly killed or something else...I got to thinking about this and I am not sure/??Sara
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Date: 6/15/2010 6:25:00 AM
This is so sad but glad the memorial stones are being placed there for people who go by to remember these families who died needlessly....Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my work..Sara
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