List of stumbling blocks in Jihočeský kraj

Stumbling blocks in Třeboň

The list of stumbling blocks in Jihočeský kraj contains the stumbling blocks ( Czech : Kameny zmizelých ) in the Czech region of Jihočeský kraj (South Bohemian region), which remind of the fate of the people who were murdered, deported, deported and deported during the occupation of the Czech Republic by the National Socialist German Reich or were driven to suicide. The stumbling blocks were laid by Gunter Demnig .

The Stolpersteine ​​in Třeboň were laid on June 6, 2010. This installation was the third stumbling block installation in the Czech Republic. The laying in Chlum u Třeboně took place on July 17, 2013 and the laying of the single stone in Budweis took place on September 14, 2014 and October 6, 2014.

The stumbling blocks are to Czech stumbling blocks called alternatively kameny zmizelých (stones of the disappeared).

Ceske Budejovice

Stumbling block	translation	Location	Name, life
	HARRY KENDE JG STUDED HERE . 1927 DEPORTED 1942 TO THERESIENSTADT TO AUSCHWITZ 1944 MURDERED IN 1945 IN FLOSSENBÜRG	Česká 142/64	Harry Kende was born on March 24, 1927 () in Budweis / České Budějovice. He worked for the Budweiser youth magazine Klepy . On April 18, 1942, he was deported from České Budějovice to the Theresienstadt ghetto on Transport Akb under number 222 . From there he was transferred to Auschwitz on September 28, 1944 with Transport EK under No. 586 . From Auschwitz he was deported to the Kauferin IV subcamp and finally transferred to the Flossenbürg concentration camp (his detention number was 42790), where he was murdered on March 8, 1945. The stumbling block that was laid for him is in front of his former school. There is also a memorial plaque in the school with which Harry Kende is remembered. With Harry Kende, other family members were deported on April 18, 1942. With the number 224 his father Vitezslav Kende, who was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. Vilém Kende (1883–1944), an uncle of Harry Kende, and his wife Valerie Kendeová (1888–1944) were murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. Their son Viktor, who was also deported on Transport Akb, survived. In March 1942, Harry Kende's uncle Josef, his wife and three sons Erich, Oto and Rudolf were deported to Theresienstadt in a small transport. Josef and his wife Helena were murdered in Auschwitz, son Erich was killed in Dachau. Son Oto Oto survived the liberation of Mauthausen, but died shortly afterwards. Rudolf returned to Budweis.

Chlum u Třeboně

Stumbling block	translation	Location	Name, life
	KAREL WEISSKOPF JG LIVED HERE . 1883 DEPORTED IN 1942 TO THERESIENSTADT MURDERED TO WARSAW 1942	Hejmanské hráze 11	Karel Weisskopf was born on February 26, 1883. He married Irma Weisskopfová and the couple had three children. They earned their living with their own distillery, which also had a bar. They were evicted from their home, lost the distillery. On April 18, 1942, the couple from České Budějovice were deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto. On April 26, 1942, he and his wife were transferred to the Warsaw Ghetto on Transport An, where they were both murdered.
	IRMA WEISSKOPFOVÁ JG LIVED HERE . 1889 DEPORTED TO THERESIENSTADT 1942 MURDERED TO WARSAW 1942	Hejmanské hráze 11	Irma Weisskopfová was born on October 20, 1889. She was married to Karel Weisskopf and the couple had three children. On April 18, 1942, you and your husband were deported from České Budějovice to the Theresienstadt ghetto on transport AK / B, nos. 820 and 821 . On April 26, 1942, both were transferred with Transport An, No. 967 and 968, to the Warsaw Ghetto , where they were both murdered.

Třeboň

Stumbling block	translation	Location	Name, life
	HERE LIVED KAREL BRADY Metzl JG. 1898 MURDERED July 14, 1942 IN AUSCHWITZ	Masarykovo nám. 96 / I	Karel Brady-Metzl was born on May 28, 1898 as the son of Emilie and Ludwig Metzl in Třeboň . He had six siblings. Since his uncle and aunt, Adolf and Karoline Brady, remained childless, they adopted two children from Karoline's sister Emilie, Karel and Hedvika. In 1927 he married Markéta Dubská. The couple had a retail store and a gas station in Nové Město na Moravě , where they formed the only Jewish family. Karel and Markéta Brady-Metzl had two children - Jiří (born 1928) and Hana (born May 31, 1932). In 1939 Karel was denounced, arrested by the Gestapo and sent to prison in Jihlava for two months . In March 1941, Markéta was arrested and deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp . On November 23, 1941, Karel was arrested again. The children were taken to the Theresienstadt ghetto in May 1942 . Karel was transferred to Auschwitz on June 11, 1942 , where he was murdered on July 14, 1942. His wife Markéta was murdered in Ravensbrück concentration camp on October 29, 1942 . His daughter, Hana, who was only thirteen, was also gassed by SS men immediately after her arrival . In 2000, Hana's suitcase with her drawings was found, the author Karen Levine told the story of the family in her book Hana's suitcase , a film was made from it in 2009.
	FELIX METZL JG LIVED HERE . 1906 MURDERED 3/3/1945 IN DACHAU	Masarykovo nám. 96 / I	Felix Metzl was born on April 13, 1906 as the son of Emilie and Ludwig Metzl in Třeboň . He had five siblings and worked as a trader. On April 18, 1942, he was deported from České Budějovice to Theresienstadt on Transport Akb, no. 751 . From there he was deported to Auschwitz on October 1, 1944 with Transport Em, No. 253. Felix Metzl was murdered on March 3, 1945 in Dachau.
	VIKTOR METZL JG LIVED HERE . 1903 MURDERED 7.4.1945 IN MAUTHAUSEN	Masarykovo nám. 96 / I	Viktor Metzl was born in Třeboň on January 13, 1903 . He was a lawyer and married Marie Vlasimska. The couple had two daughters - Alena (born 1932) and Nora Metzl (born 1934). Viktor Metzl was actually supposed to be deported on the first transport from Budweis in 1942. He was suffering from angina pectoris at the time and a doctor gave "terrible" results. Viktor was arrested on October 4, 1944 and first deported to Theresienstadt and then to Mauthausen concentration camp , where he was murdered on April 7, 1945. His wife was arrested in December 1944 and returned to live with their daughters after the war ended. After her parents' arrest, Alena lived with her uncle Arnošt Vlašimský and his friend Vlasta Matulová in Prague, while Nora lived with relatives in Chotěboř .

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• Yad Vashem , Database of Holocaust Victims
• Holocaust.cz , Czech Holocaust database (German version)
• Stolpersteine.eu , Demnig's website
• Kameny zmizelých ( Memento from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Czech stumbling block project
• Jewish Museum Prague , biography of the Brady family (Czech)

Web links

Commons : Stolpersteine ​​im Jihočeský kraj  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

1. ↑ 2 sources on Yad Vashem also give March 24, 1924 as the date of birth, so yvng.yadvashem.org and mostly in the sources 1927 is given as the year of birth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harry Kende on Holocaust.cz
2. ^ Institute Theresienstädter Initiative: Theresienstädter Studies and Documents, 2004, p. 63
3. ↑ Harry Kende on Yad Vashem , accessed August 23, 2017.
4. ↑ Harry Kende in the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial Book of the Dead , accessed on August 23, 2017.
5. ^ Harry Kende, holocaust.cz , accessed on February 22, 2016
6. ↑ Antonin Sekyrka: Z history budovy Gymna Ziav České 64, Ceske Budejovice . 1939-1942 (with a photograph by Harry Kende), pdf p. 6) , accessed on February 22, 2016
7. ↑ Report on the laying of the stumbling block
8. ↑ Viteszlav Kende on Holocaust.cz , accessed on August 23, 2017.
9. ^ Vilém Kende, holocaust.cz
10. ↑ Valerie Kendeová, holocaust.cz
11. ↑ Josef Kende on Holocaust.cz , accessed on August 28, 2017.
12. ↑ Helena Kendeová on Holocaust.cz , accessed on August 23, 2017.
13. ↑ Erich Kendel on Holocaust.cz , accessed on August 23, 2017.
14. ↑ Short biography with mention of family members , accessed on August 23, 2017.
15. ^ Institute Theresienstädter Initiative: Theresienstädter Studies and Documents, 2004, p. 63–65 and p. 68
16. ↑ Karel Weisskopf, holocaust.cz ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 22, 2016 
17. ↑ About Irma and Karel Weisskopf, in: Jitka Válková: Kameny zmizelých v Chlumu u Třeboně , alternativa.estranky.cz, July 3, 2013, accessed on February 22, 2016
18. ↑ Irma Weisskopfová, THE CENTRAL DATABASE OF SHOAH VICTIMS 'NAMES, Jad Vashem, accessed on February 22, 2016.
19. ↑ Entry: Brady-Metzl, Karl in: Staatliches Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau (Ed.): Auschwitz death books, Volume 2/3: List of names AZ (reprinted 2012) . De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 1995, ISBN 978-3-11-097409-6 , pp. 125 .
20. ↑ Felix Metzl on Holocaust.cz , accessed on August 24, 2017.
21. ↑ Interview with Alena Popperová , accessed on August 23, 2017.

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