Today's lower limb prostheses can be really high-tech – there's no comparison with the wooden legs of yesteryear.

Stolperstein, with its broad palette of information, makes a major contribution to this re-orientation process: only those who are well informed can understand the new situation and come to terms with it.

The "Principles" chapter will show that amputation has always been a part of peoples' lives – and how the situation has already improved along the way for those affected.