List of stumbling blocks in the Weiß district of Cologne
The list of the stumbling blocks in the Cologne district White leads by artist Gunter Demnig laid stumbling blocks in the Cologne district of White on.
The list of stumbling blocks is based on the data and research of the NS Documentation Center of the City of Cologne , partially supplemented by information and comments from Wikipedia articles and external sources. The aim of the art project is to document biographical details of the people who had their (last) voluntarily chosen residence in Cologne in order to preserve their memory.
- Note: In many cases, however, it is no longer possible to comprehend a complete description of their life and their path of suffering. In particular, the circumstances of her death can often no longer be researched. Official death notices from ghettos, detention centers, hospitals and concentration camps can often contain information that conceals the true circumstances of death, but are also documented taking this fact into account.
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Here lived Else Hilbig , born Menko ( year unknown)
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Triftweg 26 ( location ) |
The Stolperstein, which was laid on March 1, 2011, is reminiscent of Else Hilbig (née Menko) .
Else Hilbig, a Jew, was the wife of the high school teacher Reinhold Hilbig. In 1939 they had to move their house in Bayenthal, Bernhardstr. 151 sold and moved to the Cologne suburb of Weiß. She was arrested in 1943 and taken to Fort V in Müngersdorf . There their trail is lost. The stumbling block was laid on the initiative of a group of white citizens. |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ youtube: Laying the Stumbling Stone for Else Hilbig , accessed on March 8, 2015