List of stumbling blocks in Prešovský kraj

Stumbling blocks at 50 Hlavná ulica in Prešov

The list of stumbling blocks in Prešovský kraj contains the stumbling blocks in the Slovak region of Prešovský kraj (Eperieser Landschaftverband), which remind of the fate of the people of this region who were murdered, deported, expelled or driven to suicide by the National Socialists . The stumbling blocks were laid by Gunter Demnig .

The relocations in Prešov took place on July 23, 2013. The stumbling blocks are in Slovak pripomienkové Kamen or pamätné Kamen (both for "memorial stones"), alternatively also called "stumbling blocks".

On September 22, 2017, stumbling blocks were also laid in Humenné and Mlynica , but these are not yet recorded here.

The table is partially sortable; the basic sorting is done alphabetically according to the family name.

Prešov

Stumbling block	translation	Location	Name, life
	ANDREJ (BANDI) GELLÉRT JG LIVED HERE . 1908 DEPORTED 1942 AFTER AUSCHWITZ DIED THERE TO TYPHUS July 28, 1942	Hlavná ulica 50	Andrej Gellért , also called Bandi, was born on March 23, 1908 in Prešov. His parents were Emanuel and Hermine Gellért. He was a folk musician and his music was marketed by Columbia Records and Victor Records , among others . He also played with the Sio Aladar's Gypsy Orchestra , among others . On April 23, 1942, he was deported on an RSHA transport from a transit camp in Poprad to Auschwitz , where he died of typhus on July 28, 1942. His stumbling block is where the family's hotel, Hotel Gellért, was originally located. His parents, his sister Eta and his brothers Imre and Mikuláš were also deported in 1942 and did not survive the Shoah . His sister Edith and brother Alexander survived.
	EMANUEL GELLÉRT JG LIVED HERE . 1868 DEPORTED 24/7/1942 TO POLAND DIED ON TRANSPORT BECAUSE INSULIN WAS REFUSED	Hlavná ulica 50	Emanuel Gellért , also called Emil, was born on September 4, 1868 in Fridman near Nowy Targ . He was the son of Adolf Grasgrün and Sali Wix. Emanuel was married to Hermine, nee Waldmann, and they had six children. The family owned a hotel in Prešov, the Hotel Géllert. Until 1915, Emmanuel was trying addition the spa area and had tenant of spas in Cemjata . In 1915, he terminated the lease because the spa turned out to be unprofitable. On 12 July 1942 he was with his wife about the transit camp Žilina to the Sobibor extermination camp deported. It is possible that he died during the deportation. His wife Hermine, daughter Eta and sons Andrej, Mikuláš and Imre were also deported and did not survive the Shoah . Son Alexander and daughter Edith were able to save themselves.
	HERE LIVED HERMINE GELLÉRT GEB. WALDMANN JG. DEPORTED IN 1875, MURDERED TO POLAND IN 1942	Hlavná ulica 50	Hermine Gellért , b. Waldmann was born on February 26, 1875 in Prešov. She was married to Emanuel Gellért and the couple had six children: Andrej, Mikuláš, Imre, Eta, Alexander and Edith. The family ran a hotel in Prešov. On 12 July 1942 she was with her husband on the transit camp Žilina to the Sobibor extermination camp deported where Hermione Gellért was murdered. Her husband Emanuel probably died on the way to the extermination camp. The sons Andrej, Mikuláš and Imre as well as their daughter Eta were also deported and did not survive the Shoah . Son Alexander and daughter Edith were able to save themselves.
	HERE LIVED IMRE (BIMBI) GELLÉRT JG. 1904 DEPORTED 12.4.1942 MURDERED TO POLAND	Hlavná ulica 50	Imre Gellért , also called Bimbi, was born in Prešov in 1904. His parents were Hermione and Emanuel Gellért. He was married to Margit, nee Meitner. On 12 July 1942 he was with his parents on the transit camp Žilina to the Sobibor extermination camp deported. Imre Gellért did not survive the Shoah. His father Emanuel may have died during the transport to Sobibor, and his mother, his sister Eta and the brothers Andrej and Mikuláš did not survive the Shoah either. Brother Alexander and sister Edith were able to save themselves and survived.
	MARGIT GELLÉRT JG LIVED HERE . 1898 DEPORTED 24/7/1942 MURDERED TO POLAND	Hlavná ulica 50	Margit Gellért , b. Meitner was born on April 1, 1898 in Prešov . She was married to Imre Gellért, with whom she lived in Prešov. According to the inscription on the stone, she was deported on July 24, 1942; according to Yad Vashem, she was deported to Lublin on May 12, 1942. Margit Gellért did not survive the Shoah . Her husband, Imre Gellért, did not survive either.
	HERE LIVED MIKULÁŠ (MIKLÓS) GELLÉRT JG. 1900 DEPORTED 04/04/1942 MURDERED TO POLAND	Hlavná ulica 50	Mikuláš Gellért , also called Miklós, was born in Prešov in 1900. His parents were Hermione and Emanuel Gellért. He was married to Aranka. The Gellért family owned a hotel where Mikuláš worked as a hotel manager. Mikuláš was the first to be deported from his family. According to Yad Vashem, he was deported from the Žilina transit camp to Lublin on March 31, 1942 , and according to the inscription on the stone, he was deported on April 4, 1942. Mikuláš Gellért did not survive the Shoah . His father Emanuel was deported at a later point in time and possibly died during the transport to Sobibor, and his mother, his sister Eta and the brothers Andrej and Imre did not survive the Shoah either. Brother Alexander and sister Edith were able to save themselves and survived.
	HERE LIVED HELEN PRISZ GEB. ROTMAN JG. 1890 DEPORTED 10/12/1942 TO AUSCHWITZ MURDERED 1944	Sabinovská ulica č.15	Helen Preisz , nee Rotman, was born on May 10, 1890 or August 8, 1891 in Uzhhorod . She was married to Ludovít Preisz. The couple had at least two daughters - Kornelia, later married Gellért and Katarina. The family had a villa in Prešov. On October 12, 1944, she and her husband, both of whom were in Bratislava at the time, were deported to Auschwitz . Helen Preisz was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944, as was her husband Ludovít. Both daughters survived the Holocaust.
	HERE LIVED L'UDOVÍT PREISZ JG. 1885 DEPORTED 10/12/1942 TO AUSCHWITZ MURDERED 1944	Sabinovská ulica č.15	Ludovít Preisz , also Lajos, was born on August 29, 1885 in Prešov. He was married to Helen, nee Rotman. The couple had at least two daughters - Kornelia, later married Gellért and Katarina. The family owned a villa in Prešov and ran a business, Ludovít Preisz and Sons , in which rum and liqueurs were produced. In 1941 this company was forcibly liquidated. On October 12, 1944, he and his wife - both of whom were in Bratislava at the time - were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp . Ludovít Preisz was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944, as was his wife. Both daughters survived the Holocaust.
	HERE LIVED ETA SILBERSTEIN GEB. GELLÉRT JG. DEPORTED IN 1893 MURDERED TO POLAND IN 1942	Hlavná ulica 50 - Čierny orol.	Eta Silberstein (also Ethel), née Gellért, was born in Prešov in 1893. Her parents were Hermione and Emanuel Gellért. She was married to Arnold Silberstein. The couple lived in Betlanovce . On May 28, 1942, she and her husband were deported from Spišská Nová Ves to the Izbica ghetto . Eta Silberstein and her husband Arnold did not survive the Shoah .

See also

• List of places with stumbling blocks

Web links

Commons : Stolpersteine ​​in Prešov  - collection of pictures

• Večný odkaz pre lepšiu budúcnosť… Description of the Stolperstein project on the official website of the city of Prešov
• Stolpersteine.eu Website of the Stolperstein project

Individual evidence

1. ↑ V Prešove osádzali kamene, o ktoré sa potknete . Webnoviny.sk, July 23, 2013; accessed on May 6, 2016. (Slovak).
2. ↑ PREŠOV: Pamätné kamene za obete genocídy osadili v prítomnosti I pozostalých . Hlavné správy, July 23, 2013; accessed on May 6, 2016. (Slovak).
3. ^ Works by Andrej Gellért in the WorldCat bibliographic database
4. ↑ Andrej Gellert - Rozmarin, Ruza, Lalija (Rosemary, Rose, Lilac)  - Internet Archive
5. ^ Andrej Gellért in the Central Database of the Names of Holocaust Victims at the Yad Vashem Memorial
6. ^ Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (ed.): Auschwitz death books . tape 2 : Names Directory A-L . De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-097409-6 , pp. 342 (first edition: 1995, reprint).
7. ↑ Región Milana Országha: Nezabúdať a pripomínať. In: slovenskyrozhlad.sk. Retrieved May 6, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Patrik Derfiňák: Cemjata - Z Histórie Prešovských Prímestských Kúpeľov . In: Annales historici Presovienses . No. 9, 2010, p. 191. ISSN  1336-7528 .
9. ↑ Emanuel Gellert in the Central Database of the Names of Holocaust Victims of the Yad Vashem Memorial
   Emanuel Gellert in the Central Database of the Names of Holocaust Victims of the Yad Vashem Memorial
10. ↑ Hermine Gellert in the Central Database of the Names of Holocaust Victims at the Yad Vashem Memorial
11. ↑ Imre Gellért in the Central Database of the Names of Holocaust Victims at the Yad Vashem Memorial
12. ↑ Margit Gellért in the Central Database of the Names of the Holocaust Victims of the Yad Vashem Memorial
    Margit Gellert in the Central Database of the Names of the Holocaust Victims of the Yad Vashem Memorial
13. ↑ Miklos Gellert in the Central Database of the Names of Holocaust Victims of the Yad Vashem Memorial
    Mikulas Gellert in the Central Database of the Names of Holocaust Victims of the Yad Vashem Memorial
14. ↑ Helen Preisz in the Central Database of the Names of the Holocaust Victims of the Yad Vashem Memorial
    Helen Preisz in the Central Database of the Names of the Holocaust Victims of the Yad Vashem Memorial
15. ↑ upn.gov.sk
16. ↑ Ludovit Preisz in the central database of names of Holocaust victims the memorial Yad Vashem
17. ^ Arnold Silberstein in the Central Database of the Names of Holocaust Victims at the Yad Vashem Memorial
18. ↑ Eta Silberstein in the Central Database of the Names of the Holocaust Victims of the Yad Vashem Memorial
    Eta Silberstein in the Central Database of the Names of the Holocaust Victims of the Yad Vashem Memorial
    Eta Silberstein in the Central Database of the Names of the Holocaust Victims of the Yad Vashem Memorial

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