Friday, July 14, 2023

Stumbling Blocks.

Prague, Czechia – Taking an evening stroll, I trace tic-tac-toe boards of grey and white cobblestones.

Squares give way to crosses, then to diamonds and stars.

Three brass squares shimmer like gold teeth in the day's shrugging light. 

Inscribed with names of the building's former inhabitants, they're among 400 stumbling stones in the city – and 75,000 across Europe – commemorating individuals removed by the Nazis, never to return.

The stones are part of a decentralized Holocaust memorial that's not without controversy. But tonight, nobody else seems to take the time to look up or down.

There's another bar to visit.

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