Outside the hall door of the Dominican Priory in Oldenburger Strasse in Berlin is a small brass plate, embedded in the pavement. It reads:
"Here lived Fr. G. Norbert M. Kubiak OP, J6 1892, Dominican. Deported to Sachenhausen, murdered 20.4.1942."
Some years back, probably within the last ten, an artist came up with the idea of placing these small brass plates to remember those who were murdered by the Nazis.
The plates are dotted all over Germany but especially so in Berlin. They are placed outside the homes and shops where the Nazis came and removed people, they deemed undesireable.
It's just the size of a small cobblestone but tells a horrific story. It brings the story of evil so close.
Who was Fr. G. Norbert M. Kubiak OP?
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