Ljubljana gets more stumbling stones for Holocaust victims

Ljubljana, 9 September - Another seven stumbling stones or Stolpersteine were laid in Ljubljana on Thursday to honour the memory of the city's Jewish citizens who were torn from their homes during WWII and taken to concentration camps in Europe. After that, an exhibition on the story of a Ljubljana Jewish family was opened.

Ljubljana
Seven new stumbling stones, or Stolpersteine, were laid at three locations in Ljubljana to honour the memory of the city's Jewish citizens who died in the Holocaust.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Seven new stumbling stones, or Stolpersteine, were laid at three locations in Ljubljana to honour the memory of the city's Jewish citizens who died in the Holocaust.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Seven new stumbling stones, or Stolpersteine, were laid at three locations in Ljubljana to honour the memory of the city's Jewish citizens who died in the Holocaust.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Seven new stumbling stones, or Stolpersteine, were laid at three locations in Ljubljana to honour the memory of the city's Jewish citizens who died in the Holocaust.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Robert Waltl, director of the Ljubljana Jewish Culture Centre, addressing a ceremony at which seven new stumbling stones, or Stolpersteine, were laid at three locations in Ljubljana to honour the memory of the city's Jewish citizens who died in the Holocaust.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Seven new stumbling stones, or Stolpersteine, were laid at three locations in Ljubljana to honour the memory of the city's Jewish citizens who died in the Holocaust.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Seven new stumbling stones, or Stolpersteine, were laid at three locations in Ljubljana to honour the memory of the city's Jewish citizens who died in the Holocaust.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Marko Rakovec from the Slovenian Foreign Ministry addressing a ceremony at which seven new stumbling stones, or Stolpersteine, were laid at three locations in Ljubljana to honour the memory of the city's Jewish citizens who died in the Holocaust.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Stolpersteine, concrete cubes with brass plates bearing the names of Jewish residents killed in the Holocaust, are installed at several locations in Ljubljana.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
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