January 23, 2025
An app to commemorate people who must never be forgotten.
In conjunction with the "Stolpersteine" art memorial, we would like to digitally support the culture of remembrance of the victims of National Socialism. To this end, we use and compile publicly available data from the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap. The personal stories and fates are thus made directly accessible at the places in Germany where they were written. There were already 20,000 Stolpersteine when the app was launched in November 2022. There are now over 36,000 in 93 cities and municipalities, which we regularly add to.
Stumbling Stones Germany is largely barrier-free and can be used by people with severe visual impairments and limited motor skills. The app was realized by us on our own initiative without taxpayers' money or donations.
The world's largest decentralized memorial: "A person is only forgotten when his name is forgotten," says Gunter Demnig, quoting the Talmud.
To commemorate the victims of the Nazi era, the artist places small brass memorial plaques in the sidewalk in front of their last chosen place of residence or work. Demnig began with the first Stolperstein in 1992 and there are now more than 100,000 in over 1,800 German municipalities and 30 countries. The art project is considered the largest decentralized memorial in the world and focuses attention on the people who were persecuted, murdered, deported or expelled during the Nazi regime.
Free app download for iOS and iPad OS, as well as for Androi devices.
Cities and towns in the app (as of January 2025):
Aachen, Arnstadt, Aschaffenburg, Bad Kissingen, Bad Kreuznach, Bad Segeberg, Bamberg, Berlin, Bernau bei Berlin, Bielefeld, Bochum, Bonn, Bottrop, Bremen, Castrop-Rauxel, Chemnitz, Coburg, Cottbus, Dahme-Spreewald (Landkreis), Darmstadt, Dortmund, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Eberswalde, Essen, Ettlingen, Falkensee, Frankfurt am Main, Freiberg (Sachsen), Freiburg, Geldern, Halle (Saale), Hamburg, Hannover, Hohen Neuendorf, Iserlohn, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Kiel, Kleinmachnow, Koblenz, Konstanz, Krefeld, Köln, Lahnstein, Leipzig, Ludwigshafen, Lübeck, Lüneburg, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Marburg, Meppen, München, Münster, Nabburg, Nassau, Neumünster, Nierstein, Nürnberg, Offenburg, Oppenheim, Oranienburg, Paderborn, Potsdam, Recklinghausen, Regensburg, Rendsburg, Saarbrücken, Schacht-Audorf, Remscheid, Schwerin, Schöningen, Siegen, Solingen, Stahnsdorf, Straubing, Stuttgart, Teltow, Uedem, Waltrop, Weinsberg, Wiesbaden, Woltersdorf, Worms, Wuppertal, Würselen, Würzburg.
