The Stolpersteine in Prague-Vršovice and Modřany lists the

Stolpersteine A (; plural ) is a concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Literal translation, Literally, it means 'stumbling stone' and metaphorically 'stumbling block'. ...

in the town quarters

Vršovice Vršovice is a cadastral district of Prague. All of Vršovice lies within the Prague 10 administrative district. Vršovice is located south-east of the city centre. It borders Vinohrady to the north, Nusle to the south-west, Michle to the south and ...

(Praha 10) and

Modřany Modřany () is a suburb of Prague south of the city centre on the banks of the Vltava The Vltava ( , ; ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then nor ...

(Praha 12). Stolpersteine is the German name for stumbling blocks collocated all over Europe by German artist

Gunter Demnig Gunter Demnig (born 27 October 1947) is a German artist. He is best known for his ''Stolperstein'' ("stumbling block") memorials to the victims of Nazi persecution, including Jews, homosexuals, Romani people, Romani and the disabled. The project ...

. They remember the fate of the Nazi victims being murdered, deported, exiled or driven to suicide. Generally, the stumbling blocks are posed in front of the building where the victims had their last self chosen residence. The name of the Stolpersteine in Czech is: ''Kameny zmizelých''.

Praha 10:
Vršovice Vršovice is a cadastral district of Prague. All of Vršovice lies within the Prague 10 administrative district. Vršovice is located south-east of the city centre. It borders Vinohrady to the north, Nusle to the south-west, Michle to the south and ...

Praha 12:
Modřany Modřany () is a suburb of Prague south of the city centre on the banks of the Vltava The Vltava ( , ; ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then nor ...

Dates of collocations

According to the website of Gunter Demnig the Stolpersteine of Prague were posed on 8 October 2008, 7 November 2009, 12 June 2010, 13 to 15 June 2011 and on 17 July 2013 by the artist himself. Another collocation, not credited on Demnig's website, took place on 28 October 2012. The Czech Stolperstein project was initiated in 2008 by the ''Česká unie židovské mládeže'' (Czech Union of Jewish Youth) and was realized with the patronage of the Mayor of Prague.stolpersteine.cz:
archive.is/6bh0z Stolpersteine in der Tschechischen Republik
', retrieved on 20 March 2017 (German)

External links

stolpersteine.eu
Demnig's website
holocaust.cz

References

{{Stolpersteine in the Czech Republic Vršovice and Modřany

Praha 10: Vršovice Vršovice is a cadastral district of Prague. All of Vršovice lies within the Prague 10 administrative district. Vršovice is located south-east of the city centre. It borders Vinohrady to the north, Nusle to the south-west, Michle to the south and ...

Praha 12: Modřany Modřany () is a suburb of Prague south of the city centre on the banks of the Vltava The Vltava ( , ; ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then nor ...

Dates of collocations

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Praha 10:
Vršovice Vršovice is a cadastral district of Prague. All of Vršovice lies within the Prague 10 administrative district. Vršovice is located south-east of the city centre. It borders Vinohrady to the north, Nusle to the south-west, Michle to the south and ...

Praha 12:
Modřany Modřany () is a suburb of Prague south of the city centre on the banks of the Vltava The Vltava ( , ; ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then nor ...