Use the map on the website of Stichting 18 September. You can search by street, city or name, and see who is commemorated at each address. There is also a free app for iPhone and Android.
Search the map
Open the map and type your street, your city or a name. At an address, you can see which stones lie there and who is commemorated. Some entries show a photo of the person, when one is available. Since 2019 the foundation has kept a database of Stolpersteine in the Netherlands and Belgium, together with local organisations. It now also includes stones in other countries. In the Netherlands and Belgium together there are more than 15,600 Stolpersteine, according to the foundation.
Stones usually lie in front of the last home a person chose freely, before they had to move, go into hiding or were arrested. Sometimes they lie in front of a school or workplace instead. A stone in your street therefore marks a place where someone lived or worked. Families get stones side by side, so one street can have several stones for one family. If you know the name of someone who lived in your street, search for that name.
The app
The app is free and available for iPhone and Android. Stones lie in about 30 European countries, including the Netherlands and Belgium.
A walking route past stones
From an address on the map, you can make a walking route past stones nearby. You choose the duration, and you choose whether the route is a round trip or one way. This shows you which stones lie near you in one go. Choose an address you know, such as your own, and see which stones lie along the way.
Found a stone on your walk? Read the text by bowing, as at any other stone.
If a stone is damaged
If a stone is damaged, stolen or removed during roadworks, tell the local Stolpersteine group or the municipality, so that it can be put back or replaced. Stones lie on public ground, so the municipality is involved.
Search the map by your street to see the stones near your home.
Read on
A Stolperstein in front of my house: what does it mean?
A Stolperstein in front of a house marks the last home its person chose freely. You can look up the address on the map and keep the stone clean.
Why are there several Stolpersteine in front of one house?
Several Stolpersteine lie in front of one house because each stone is for one person and lies at the last home that person freely chose.
How do I make a walking route past Stolpersteine?
Open an address on the Stolpersteine.app map and choose a walking route past the stones nearby, as a round trip or one way, for the time you want to walk.
