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Upcoming events and layings of Stolpersteine in Frankfurt
The next Stolperstein installations in Frankfurt will take place in cooperation with the Cäcilienchor Frankfurt on April 25 and 26, 2026. In the neighborhoods of Bahnhofsviertel, Dornbusch, Fechenheim, Innenstadt, Nordend, Sachsenhausen, and Westend, 34 new stumbling stones will commemorate the families of choir members who were persecuted under National Socialism. The schedule and biographies will be posted on this site a few weeks in advance.
Past layings and events of Stolpersteine in Frankfurt:
December, 5, 2025, installation of Stolpersteine at Schützenstraße 7 (opposite no. 10) for Josef, Esther Erna, Hermann, Leo, and Helene Sonnenblick.
>> Flyer with the biography of the Sonnenblick family for December 5, 2025 (pdf, 351.68 KB)Public call for Stolpersteine cleaning for November 9
Before the remembrance day for the ‘Reichspogromnacht’ at November 9, we call all registered helpers as well as all citizens to clean and polish Frankfurt’s Stolpersteine. Also, flowers and candles may be placed at the stones.
October 29 and 30, 2025: Unveiling of Stolpersteine in Frankfurt in the neighborhoods of Bornheim, Innenstadt, Nied, Nordend, and Westend.
>> Schedule of the Stolpersteine unveiling ceremonies on October 29 and 30, 2025 (pdf, 122.39 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for October 29 and 30, 2025 (in German) (pdf, 1.7 MB)June 29 - July 2, 2025: Installation of 70 Stolpersteine in the neighborhoods of Altstadt, Bockenheim, Dornbusch, Heddernheim, Innenstadt, Nordend, Ostend, Sachsenhausen and Westend.
>> Updated schedule for the ceremonies of June 29 - July 2, 2025 (pdf, 131.47 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for June 29 and 30, 2025 (pdf, 1.54 MB) >> Flyer with biographies for July 1st and 2nd, 2025 (pdf, 1.44 MB)May 15/16, 2025: Unveiling of 14 Stumbling Blocks in the city center and in the Westend district for descendants of Rabbi Markus Horovitz who were persecuted under National Socialism (Horovitz, Freimann and Rapp families).
>> Flyer with biographies for Mai 15 and 16, 2025 (in English) (pdf, 1.18 MB)October 29/30, 2024
The unveiling of 29 new Stolpersteine in Frankfurt took place on October 29 and 30 in the neighborhoods of Bahnhofsviertel, Dornbusch, Innenstadt, Niederursel, Oberrad, Sachsenhausen, Sossenheim and Westend.
>> Updated schedule for the unveiling ceremonies on October 29 and 30, 2024 (pdf, 22.94 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for October 29 and 30, 2024 (in German) (pdf, 844.33 KB)September 5, 2024: Relocation of three Stolpersteine in Bergen-Enkheim
On September 5, 2024, the Stolpersteine laid in 2008 for Minna, Walter Siegfried and Richard Weil will be relocated from the address Am Berger Spielhaus 7 to the address Alt-Bergen 6, which according to recent findings actually was the Weil family’s last freely chosen home.
The ceremony starts ar 2 p.m., Am Berger Spielhaus 7
June 2024
The settings of Stumbling Stones in Frankfurt took place on June, 16th to 19th, 2024. On these four days 101 new Stolpersteine have been installed in the neighborhoods of Bahnhofsviertel, Bornheim, Ginnheim, Innenstadt, Nordend, Ostend, Riederwald, Sachsenhausen, and Westend, amongst them the 2000th Stolperstein in Frankfurt for Lorenz Weisbrod at Mainkurstr. 29 on June 17 at 10:45 am.
>> Detailed schedule for June 16th - 19th, 2024 (pdf, 27.75 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for Sunday, June 16, 2024 (in German) (pdf, 354.82 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for Monday, June 17, 2024 (in German) (pdf, 805.47 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (in English) (pdf, 767.97 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (in English) (pdf, 1.4 MB)Public event: 20 years of Stolpersteine in Frankfurt am Main, November 30, 2023
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the first laying of Stolpersteine in Frankfurt am Main, a public event was held at the Historisches Museum on November 30, 2023:
Art and Memory - 20 Years of Stumbling Stones in Frankfurt am Main, 23 Years of the Library of Generations
In addition to a review of 20 years of Stolpersteine in Frankfurt, there was a panel discussion on both art and remembrance projects with Gunter Demnig (artist and creator of the Stolpersteine), Jan Gerchow (Historisches Museum), and members of the Initiative Stolpersteine, among others.
September 25th, 2023
Laying of 18 Stolpersteine by the artist Gunter Demnig in the neighborhoods of Bahnhofsviertel, Bergen, Bockenheim, Ostend, and Westend
>> Schedule for September, 25th 2023 (pdf, 22.31 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for Monday, September 25th, 2023 (in German) (pdf, 1,015.97 KB)August 22nd, 2023, 2 pm - Unveiling of two Stolpersteine at former address Zeppelinallee 7 in Bockenheim
>> Flyer with biography for August 22nd, 2023 (in German) (pdf, 719.02 KB)July 1st and 2nd, 2023 - Unveiling of 48 new Stolpersteine in the neighborhoods of Bockenheim, Innenstadt, Niederrad, Nordend, Ostend, Schwanheim, and Westend
>> Updated schedule for July, 1st and 2nd 2023 (pdf, 23.23 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for Saturday, July 1st, 2023 (in German) (pdf, 610.77 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 (in German) (pdf, 930.83 KB)May 22, 2023 - Unveiling of Stolpersteine for Arthur und Carl von Weinberg and Leo Gans on company site of Allessa GmbH in Fechenheim
May 14th to 16th, 2023
Laying of 61 Stolpersteine by the artist Gunter Demnig and unveiling of further 22 new Stolpersteine in the neighborhoods of Bahnhofsviertel, Bockenheim, Dornbusch, Gallus, Innenstadt, Nordend, Ostend, and Westend
>> Detailed schedule for May 14th - 16th, 2023 (pdf, 26.34 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for Sunday, May 14 (in English) (pdf, 431.13 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for Monday, May 15 (in English) (pdf, 947.98 KB) >> Flyer with biographies for Tuesday, May 16 (in German) (pdf, 1 MB)Past layings, March 4th and 5th, 2023
Unveiling of 22 new Stolpersteine in cooperation with Cäcilienchor Frankfurt in remembrance of former members the choir and their families
>> Detailed schedule for March 4th-5th, 2023 (pdf, 37.48 KB) >> Memorial Concert Cäcilienchor Frankfurt, March 6th, 2023 (pdf, 80.13 KB) >> Flyer with biografies of the victims (in German) (pdf, 972.46 KB)Past layings, 12. December 2022
Laying of new Stumbling Stones by the artist Gunter Demnig in the neighborhoods of Nieder-Eschbach and Bergen-Enkheim
>> Detailed schedule for December 12, 2022 (pdf, 17.54 KB) >> Flyer with biografies of the victims (in German) (pdf, 793.19 KB)Past layings, September 14, 2022, 9:30 a.m.
Laying of a “Stolperschwelle” in front of the former home for elderly people of the “Henry und Emma Budge-Stiftung”, Hansaallee 146a by the artist Gunter Demnig
> Press announcement "Stolperschwelle Budge-Heim" (in German) (pdf, 246.09 KB)Past layings, June 11, 12, and 22, 2022
“Unveiling” of new Stumbling Stones in the Frankfurt neighborhoods of Ginnheim, Niederrad, Nordend, Ostend, Sachsenhausen, and Westend
» Detailed schedule for June 11-12, and 22, 2022 (pdf, 20.73 KB) » Flyer with biografies of the victims (in German) (pdf, 1.62 MB)Past layings, May 9, 10 and 11, 2022
Laying of new Stumbling Stones by the artist Gunter Demnig in the Frankfurt neighborhoods of Bockenheim, Bornheim, Dornbusch, Innenstadt, Nordend, Ostend, Sachsenhausen, and Westend