List of stumbling blocks in the Oberallgäu district

Stumbling blocks for a Roma and Sinti family in Weitnau

The list of the stumbling blocks in the district Oberallgäu performs in Oberallgäu laid stumbling blocks on. They are part of the Europe-wide project “Stolpersteine” by the Cologne artist Gunter Demnig . These are decentralized memorials that are intended to remind of the fate of those people who lived in the Oberallgäu district and were deported by the National Socialists , murdered in concentration camps and extermination camps or driven to suicide .

The stumbling blocks are made of concrete cubes with an edge length of 10 centimeters. Labeled brass plates with brief information on the names, dates of birth, fates, dates and places of death of the victims are attached to their tops . As a rule, the memorial stones are set into the sidewalks in front of the houses in which the victims were born or in which they last lived or worked. In individual cases, a different installation location was chosen for the stumbling blocks, such as those in Weitnau -Hellengerst.

This list is based on the data provided by the Stolpersteine ​​für Kempten und Umgebung eV initiative , unless otherwise stated in the individual entries.

Stumbling blocks in Burgberg in the Allgäu

So far, a stumbling block has been laid in Burgberg im Allgäu .

Stumbling block	inscription	Location	Name, life
	WALBURGA KESSLER JG LIVED HERE . 1918 ACCOMMODATED IN DIFFERENT HOSPITALS / HOSPITALS 'RELOCATED' IRSEE HOSPITAL MURDERED July 31, 1944	Burgberg im Allgäu, Alt-Bgm.-Köberle-Str. 2 (at that time house no.32)	Walburga Kessler was born on October 9, 1918 in Burgberg im Allgäu. She was killed on July 31, 1944 in Irsee.

Stumbling blocks in Weitnau-Hellengerst

In memory of Johanna Rötzer and her seven children

In Weitnau eight stumbling blocks were laid for a family. Contrary to Gunter Demnig's usual laying practice, these stumbling blocks are in the cemetery in the village of Hellengerst.

The victims were a widowed mother and her seven children. The pregnant Johanna Rötzer and her six children were deported to the Auschwitz gypsy camp , a separate section of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, in the spring of 1943 simply because they belonged to the Sinti and Roma group , where they arrived on March 14, 1943. The youngest son Joseph was born in the camp in June 1943. The whole family was murdered there. The eight stumbling blocks for the Rötzer family were relocated on July 1, 2014 at the western entrance to the Hellengerst cemetery. Another stone gives her last address in Hellengerst, Ettensberger Weg 10.

Stumbling block	inscription	Location	Name, life
	HELLENGERST ETTENSBERER WEG 1O LIVED	Hellengerst, at the western entrance to the cemetery	Since the Stolpersteine ​​for the Rötzer family were not laid before their last, this stone gives the address.
	ANNA RÖTZER JG. 1933 DEPORTED 1943 MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU	Hellengerst, at the western entrance to the cemetery	Anna Rötzer
	FRANZ RÖTZER JG. 1939 DEPORTED 1943 MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU	Hellengerst, at the western entrance to the cemetery	Franz Rötzer
	FERDINAND RÖTZER JG. 1935 DEPORTED 1943 MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU	Hellengerst, at the western entrance to the cemetery	Ferdinand Rötzer
	JOHANNA RÖTZER JG. 1909 DEPORTED 1943 MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU	Hellengerst, at the western entrance to the cemetery	Johanna Rötzer
	JOSEF RÖTZER JG. 1929 DEPORTED 1943 MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU	Hellengerst, at the western entrance to the cemetery	Josef Rötzer
	JOSEPH RÖTZER BORN 6/10/1943 AUSCHWITZ MURDERED IN 1943 AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU	Hellengerst, at the western entrance to the cemetery	Joseph Rötzer
	LUDWIG RÖTZER JG. 1930 DEPORTED 1943 MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU	Hellengerst, at the western entrance to the cemetery	Ludwig Rötzer
	ROSINA RÖTZER JG. 1938 DEPORTED 1943 MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU	Hellengerst, at the western entrance to the cemetery	Rosina Rötzer

Laying data

The stumbling blocks of both communities were laid by Gunter Demnig personally on July 1, 2014.

See also

• List of stumbling blocks in Kempten (Allgäu)

Web link

Commons : Stolpersteine ​​in the Oberallgäu district  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ^ Initiative Stolpersteine ​​für Kempten und Umgebung eV; c / o Martin Huss; Wiggensbach
2. ↑ ^{a b} Neue Stolpersteine ​​im Allgäu (fates of the victims), DKP Munich online, dkp-muenchen.de, accessed on August 12, 2016.
3. ↑ Database of Prisoners , Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum , auschwitz.org, accessed on August 16, 2016. (English)
4. ↑ Database "Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database" (search term "Rötzer") , United States Holocaust Memorial Museum , ushmm.org, accessed on August 16, 2016. (English)
5. ↑ Press reports about the laying of the Stolpersteine ( memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Allgäuer Zeitung , July 2014, bv-opfer-ns-militaerjustiz.de, .pdf (2 pages), accessed on August 15, 2016. 

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