Every “stumbling stone” memorial to local residents of the eastern German town of Zeitz who fell victim to the Holocaust were apparently ripped from the pavement on Monday by unidentified perpetrators. Stumbling stones, called “Stolpersteine” in German, can be found across Germany and elsewhere in Europe. They are small brass plaques the size of a small cobblestone placed in front of the last place where identified Jewish people and others persecuted by the Nazi regime once lived. The plaques are inscribed with the names of victims as well as what is known of their fates. In Zeitz, local offic…