List of stumbling blocks in Vas county

Stumbling block for József Mermelstein in Szombathely

The list of stumbling blocks in Vas County includes the stumbling blocks that were laid in Vas County in western Hungary . Stumbling blocks remind of the fate of the people who were murdered, deported, expelled or driven to suicide by the National Socialists . The stumbling blocks were laid by Gunter Demnig and are usually in front of the victim's last self-chosen residence. Stumbling blocks are called botlatókő in Hungarian . The first relocations in this county took place on August 29, 2007 in Szombathely .

The Hungarian spelling of names always puts the family name first. In addition, there is a tradition in Hungary that married women are referred to by the first and last name of their husband - with the additional ending -né after the husband's first name. So Bónis Adolf's wife is called Bónis Adolfné. On the stumbling blocks, the woman's maiden name is usually engraved in the line below.

Celldömölk

Stumbling block	translation	Location	Name, life
	HERE LIVED THE WOMAN OF BÉLA SINGER BORN IRMA POLLÁK JG. 1901 DEPORTED 1944 MURDERED ON 07/07/1944	Szabadság tér 9	Irma Singer born Pollák

Kőszeg

Stumbling block	translation	Location	Name, life
	REZSŐ BASS JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED IN 1882, MURDERED TO AUSCHWITZ, 1944	Árpád tér 13	Rezső bass

Szombathely

Stumbling block	translation	Location	Name, life
	MÁRK BENEDIKT JG LIVED HERE . 1858 4 July 1944 MURDERED DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ	Thököly Imre Utca 46	Mark Benedict
	ALBERT GÁBOR JG LIVED HERE . 1903 July 4th 1944 MURDERED DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ	Király Utca 9	Albert Gábor
	HERE LIVED DR. JÓZEF Mermelstein JG. 1870 July 4th 1944 MURDERED DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ	Fő tér 5	József Mermelstein
	DR. IMRE WESEL JG LIVED HERE . 1903 April 24 , 1944 Interned Murdered in Auschwitz	Bejczy István Utca 1-3	Imre Wesel

Laying data

The stumbling blocks in this county were laid by Gunter Demnig personally on the following days:

• August 29, 2007: Szombathely
• July 23, 2010: Kőszeg
• September 21, 2014: Celldömölk

Web links

Commons : Stolpersteine ​​in Celldömölk  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Stumbling blocks in Kőszeg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Stumbling blocks in Szombathely  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Stolpersteine.eu , Demnig's website

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Individual evidence

1. ↑ nyugat: Botlatókövek Szombathely belvárosában -Elhurcolt és megölt zsidóknak állít emléket , August 31, 2007, accessed on August 31, 2017
2. ↑ ALON: Botlatókő Kőszegen is: Bass Rezső és az elhurcolt kőszegi zsidóság emlékére , July 24, 2010, accessed on August 31, 2017
3. ↑ Vas Népe Online: Botlatókövet helyeztek el a kapuszín-ház előtt , October 14, 2014, accessed on August 31, 2017