The "stumbling blocks" are small brass plates mounted on concrete cubes embedded in the pavement in front of homes of those who perished in the Holocaust. The plates bear the name of the victim and some information about the victim's life.
Around 11,000 of the blocks are to be found in several countries around Europe. The first ones in Hungary were installed in Ráday utca, in Budapest, in April.
The latest blocks will be placed in the cities of Nagykőrös, Szolnok, Kiskunhalas, Szeged, Makó, Újfehértó, Kisvárda, and Mátészalka. More blocks will be placed in Western Hungary starting in August.
The blocks are the brainchild of the German artists Günther Demnig, who said they "allow remembrance to take place where ostracism began - in the last place of residence."
The stumbling block project in Hungary is being supported by Germany's NS-Dokumentationszentrum and Hungary's 2B Galéria.
Source: Múlt-kor / Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
