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By Tilman Blasshofer

German artist nearing 100,000 cobblestones to mark victims of Nazis

Flowers are placed next to Stumbling stones (Stolpersteine) of artist Gunter Demnig following a stone laying ceremony for a former teacher and a former pupil of the Deutzer Gymnasium Schaurtestrasse in Cologne, Germany, March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

A German artist who is preparing to lay the 100,000th cobblestone commemorating a person who was deported and killed by the Nazis has no intention of giving up making the brass-capped blocks, saying demand is higher than ever.

By placing Stolpersteine ("stumble stones") outside the victims' last known address, 75-year-old Gunter Demnig aims to draw attention to the fate of individuals in the Holocaust.

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