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Saw this new plaque on the way to the shop (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Live in Vallecas and these have been installed to commemorate people who lived here that died as a result of Nazism during WWII.

https://elpais.com/espana/madrid/2026-04-30/el-empedrador-y-su-adoquin.html

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Apparently they got him in France when he was part of the (Spanish?) Republican forces. Interesting. Important reminder that the Nazis didn't just murder Jews, they also murdered a lot of political activists, POWs, LGBT+ people, disabled, Roma and so on.

I hate that so many people in Germany and the US see and know this, and yet think that we need more of it. Propaganda works ...

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago

They murdered over 12 million people, about half of whom were Jewish.

[–] halfdane@piefed.social 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Hu, the"Stolperstein" art/remembrance project is very well known in Germany, but somehow I hadn't expected it to spread outside our borders as well.

I'm making sure that the one close to my home is always clean and well polished!

[–] logi@piefed.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

We have a bunch scattered around my neighbourhood here in Italy.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, we have them in the Netherlands as well

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

I recently saw some in the Czech Republic as well.

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 13 points 3 weeks ago

These are a worldwide project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolperstein