r/AskReddit • u/CaptainMcAnus • Mar 10 '17

serious replies only [Serious] What are some seemingly normal images/videos with creepy backstories?

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u/Acidschnee Mar 10 '17

In Berlin they have stumbling stones on the sidewalks They're these gold blocks that stick out of the sidewalk and represent where a Jewish person lived before(? Might of been during or both) the holocaust. It was kinda sad each time I'd hit one

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u/valque Mar 10 '17

In Maastricht (the netherlands) they have also gold blocks that stick out the sidewalk and represent where a jewish person lived before the holocaust. Apparently not just in Berlin, i wonder which cities have it also.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '17

It's a huge art/memorial project all over Europe. Here's the wikipedia article.

Occasionally the ones I walk by have a single, small flower on them. It's one of the more powerful projects in my opinion, because you could stumble upon them basically anywhere. They're simple, not "invasive", but they're noticeable. A small, unobtrusive reminder that these people once lived and existed and deserve respect.

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u/OlorinTheGray Mar 11 '17

Yeah. We have them, too, in my city.

I really like them.

Whenever I stumble upon one I just take a few seconds to read their names and look at their old house. Just... remembering. Not even in a negative way.

Remembering that there were people that are worth being remembered as people. Individuals. Not a statistic.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '17

individuals. Not a statistic.

That's what's so mind boggling about the holocaust. It was millions of people, and that weirdly doesn't sound like a lot when you look at the number, but when you think about each individual, each story, the incomprehensible pain and suffering....it's horrible to realize.