Stolpersteine in Berlin: the memorial stones, where to find them and how to read them

Stolpersteine ("stumbling stones") are small 10 cm brass plates set into the pavement in front of the last freely chosen address of a victim of Nazism. The artist Gunter Demnig started the project; in Berlin they have existed since 1996 and now number more than 11,000 according to a May 2026 press source. You can see them freely at any time, no ticket needed. Allow 30 minutes for a short circuit in Mitte, 2 hours for a longer walk.

Highlights

One stone, one life

Each plate carries a name, a birth date and the person's fate (deportation, exile, suicide, murder). Lean down to read it: that is the gesture the project asks for.

Groups of stones

In Mitte, near Zimmerstraße, rows of stones recall a whole house or family. Districts with many Jewish residents before 1933, such as Mitte, Schöneberg or Wilmersdorf, have the most.

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