Stolpersteine Digital

With this app, you can learn more about the lives and suffering of people at the stumbling blocks that were laid in memory of the victims of National Socialism.
Stumbling blocks are a project by the artist Gunter Demnig that began in 1992. Small memorial plaques, so-called stumbling blocks, laid in the ground are intended to commemorate the fate of people who were persecuted, murdered, deported, expelled or driven to suicide during the National Socialist era. Stumbling blocks are laid in front of the last freely chosen homes of the victims of National Socialism. A stumbling block contains the name of the victim and the year of birth, often the year of deportation, and usually the date and place of death.
App functions: A stumbling block can be scanned using the camera on your mobile phone, and the biography of the person being commemorated can be called up.
Stumbling blocks nearby can be searched for and found using the app's map function.
The app also contains a memorial function. With the help of augmented reality, a candle can be placed on the stumbling block and supplemented with a commemorative message and one's own name. Other users of the app can then see these candles. The candles remain in virtual reality for a period of seven days.
Cleaning instructions for the stumbling blocks can also be found in the app.
Stolpersteine ​​Digital is an app from the State Commissioner for Political Education in Schleswig-Holstein in cooperation with the State Center for Political Education in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the State Center for Political Education in Bremen. The responsibility for the content of the stumbling blocks lies with the respective state institutions. Dataport AöR is responsible for the graphic design and technical implementation.