List of stumbling blocks in Überlingen

Stumbling blocks for Barbara and Hermann Levinger, who decided to commit suicide before being deported

The list of stumbling blocks in Überlingen contains the stumbling blocks that were laid in Überlingen . They 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 .

Stumbling blocks are usually laid before the last self-chosen place of residence. The two stumbling blocks in front of the Schloss Salem school are an exception to this rule.

List of stumbling blocks

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

image	inscription	Location	Name, biography
	ERIK BLUMENFELD JG LEARNED HERE . 1915 DEPORTED 1943 AUSCHWITZ 1943 BUCHENWALD RELEASED 1944 SURVIVED	Spetzgart Castle	Erik Blumenfeld was born on March 27, 1915 in Hamburg. His parents were Ernst and Edda Blumenfeld. He had a sister, Sonja. His father, a shipowner, coal importer and trader, died in 1927. His mother, daughter of a Danish landowner, died in 1946. He spent his early childhood in Denmark. Erik Blumenfeld, 1968 He graduated from high school at Salem Castle Boarding School , then went to England, where he completed a commercial training until 1935. Until 1939 he studied mining and metallurgy at the Technical University of Berlin . He was a private in the Second World War in 1939 and 1940, was then released as a “half-Jew”, arrested on December 7, 1942 for undermining military strength and in 1943 deported to Auschwitz . From there he was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp . In August 1944 he was released for forced labor because his mother had contact with Heinrich Himmler's body masseur Felix Kersten. On January 9, 1945, he was arrested again in Berlin for trying to hide a Jew. He was able to escape and hid from the family lawyer Gerd Bucerius from mid-April 1945 until the fall of the Nazi regime . After 1945 he rebuilt the family business, became Vice President of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Central Denazification Commission. He was a founding member of the CDU Hamburg , a member of the German Bundestag (1961–1980) and the European Parliament (1973–1989). Blumenfeld received honorary doctorates from two Israeli universities and in 1990 the Mayor Stolten Medal . He died on April 10, 1997 in Hamburg. After his death, the Blankeneser Bahnhofsplatz was named after him. The Erik Blumenfeld Medal has been awarded since 2015.
	HERE PAUL HINRICHSEN JG. 1912 FORCED LABOR 1941 GUT NEUENDORF DEPORTED 1943 AUSCHWITZ MURDERED 08/24/1943	Spetzgart Castle	Paul Hinrichsen was born in Leipzig on December 18, 1912. His parents were Henri and Martha Hinrichsen . He had five siblings: the brothers Max , Hans-Joachim, Robert and Walter and the sisters Charlotte and Ilse. His father ran the Leipzig music publisher, Musikverlag CF Peters . Stumbling blocks for the Hinrichsen family in Leipzig He studied agriculture, went to Brazil for a short time and returned to Germany in 1930 and lived in Berlin. In 1941 he was deported to a labor camp in Neuendorf (originally a facility of the Hachschara ), from where he was deported on April 19, 1943 with Transport 37 from Berlin to Auschwitz, where he was murdered. His parents had left Germany in 1940 and were hoping for a visa for England or the USA in Belgium, but they did not get one. His mother Martha, who was diabetic, died in Belgium in 1941 because, as a Jew, she was denied vital insulin; his father Henri Hinrichsen was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942. His brother Hans-Joachim was murdered in 1940 in Perpignan concentration camp in France. His brother Walter succeeded in emigrating to the USA, New York, in 1936, and returned to Leipzig in 1945 as an American officer. Both sisters also managed to survive the Holocaust, but Ilse's husband Ludwig Frankenthal and their sons Günther and Wolfgang were murdered in Auschwitz.
	FRANZ KLAUSER JG LIVED AND WORKED HERE . 1907 ARRESTED 8.1.1942 PRISON MANNHEIM DEAD 6.1.1944 IN LADELUND concentration camp	Ortisei retirement home	Franz Klauser was born on March 11, 1907 in Seebach. He was a bellhop and a nurse. Until 1934 he worked in the spa hotel Bad Peterstal, from 1937 he worked in the city hospital in Überlingen. Here he lived in a room in the hospital and attended the "Home School of the Kneipp Association" in Bad Wörishofen to continue his education. On January 8, 1942, he was arrested for “unnatural fornication” under Section 175 of the Criminal Code and sentenced on March 19, 1942 by the Constance Regional Court to two years and three months in prison. He served this sentence in the Mannheim prison. Immediately after imprisonment, he was taken to the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp . The camp was closed due to the approaching Allies and one month later he was deported with 249 other prisoners to the Dachau concentration camp . His inmate number was "111522 gay". Another month later he was transferred to Neuengamme concentration camp , but only stayed there for a few days. On November 1 or 2, 1944, he was transferred to the Ladelund satellite camp, where he died a few days later, on November 6, 1944, at the age of 37. The SS-Oberscharführer Friedrich Otto Dörge stated pneumonia as the cause of death. He was buried with seven other deceased prisoners on November 10, 1944 in the Ladelund cemetery. His name is remembered on a plaque there.
	HANNY LORE LEVI JG LIVED HERE . 1924 CHILD TRANSPORT 1938 ENGLAND USA	Munsterstrasse 12	Hanny Lore Levi was born in Überlingen in 1924. Her parents were Viktor and Julie, née Weil. She had a younger sister named Margot, born in 1926. After the Reichskristallnacht , her father was arrested and deported to Dachau, where he was released on condition that he sold his house and shop and emigrated with his family. Hanny and her sister Margot were able to flee to England on a Kindertransport. After the forced sale, the money was used up for the “Jewish property tax”, the “Reich flight tax”, the “moving goods tax” and other taxes, Hanny's parents and grandfather Wilhelm were also able to flee to England on August 25, 1939 and the family was reunited. The Levis emigrated to Louisville (Kentucky) , where their grandfather died in 1952, their mother in 1971, their father in 1977, Hanny died in 2007, and her sister survived by two years. Only Hanny had visited Überlingen again in 1946, wearing an American uniform.
	JULIE LEVI GEB. LIVED HERE BECAUSE JG. 1894 FORCED SALE OF ESCAPE BUSINESS 1939 USA	Munsterstrasse 12	Julie Levi , née Weil, was born in Stockach in 1894. She was married to Viktor Levi. The couple had two daughters, Hanny Lore (born 1924) and Margot (born 1926). The Levi family owned a textile shop in Überlingen at Münstererstrasse 12. After the Kristallnacht , her husband was arrested and deported to Dachau, where he was released on condition that he sold his house and business and emigrated with his family. Her daughters were able to flee to England on a Kindertransport. After the forced sale (Mayor Albert Spreng noted in the city chronicle: “With these sales the property in Überlingen has become completely free of Jewish property”), when the property and the house went to the neighbor (who enlarged his café), the warehouse went to a competitor, Julie, her husband and father-in-law Wilhelm were able to travel to England on August 25, 1939. Despite the sales without assets, because the sales proceeds for the “Jewish property tax”, the “Reich flight tax”, the “moving goods tax” and other taxes were on top. In England the family was able to reunite. The Levis migrated to Louisville, Kentucky , where Wilhelm Levi died in 1952, Julie in 1971, her husband in 1977, Hanny died in 2007 and daughter Margot in 2009.
	HERE LIVED MARGOT CAROLA LEVI JG. 1926 CHILD TRANSPORT 1938 ENGLAND USA	Munsterstrasse 12	Margot Carola Levi was born in Überlingen in 1926. Her parents were Viktor and Julie, née Weil. She had an older sister named Hanny Lore, born in 1924. After the Reichskristallnacht , her father was arrested and deported to Dachau, where he was released on condition that he sold the house and shop and emigrated with his family. Hanny and her sister Margot were able to flee to England on a Kindertransport. After the forced sale, the money was used up for the “Jewish property tax”, the “Reich flight tax”, the “moving goods tax” and other taxes, Hanny's parents and grandfather Wilhelm were also able to flee to England on August 25, 1939 and the family was reunited. The Levis emigrated to Louisville, Kentucky , where their grandfather died in 1952, their mother in 1971, their father in 1977, Hanny died in 2007 and Margot Levi in ​​2009.
	VIKTOR LEVI JG LIVED HERE . 1891 'PROTECTIVE' 1938 DACHAU FORCED SALE OF BUSINESS ESCAPE 1939 USA	Munsterstrasse 12	Viktor Levi was born in 1891. His parents were Wilhelm and Hannchen Levi. His father opened a textile shop in 1891 at Münstererstrasse 12 in Überlingen. He was married to Julie, née Weil. The couple had two daughters, Hanny Lore (born 1924) and Margot (born 1926). After the Reichskristallnacht Viktor was arrested and deported to Dachau, where he was released on the condition that he sold his house and business and emigrated with his family. The daughters were able to flee to England on a Kindertransport. After the forced sale (Mayor Albert Spreng noted in the city chronicle: “With these sales the property in Überlingen has become completely free of Jewish property”), in which the property and the house were given to the neighbor (who enlarged his café) and the warehouse became one Competitors had to be sold, Viktor, his wife and father Wilhelm were able to leave for England on August 25, 1939. Despite the sales without assets, because the sales proceeds for the “Jewish property tax”, the “Reich flight tax”, the “moving goods tax” and other taxes were on top. In England the family was able to reunite. The Levis emigrated to Louisville (Kentucky) , where Wilhelm Levi died in 1952, Julie in 1971, Viktor in 1977, Hanny died in 2007 and daughter Margot in 2009.
	WILHELM LEVI JG LIVED HERE . 1861 FORCED SALE OF ESCAPE BUSINESS 1939 USA	Munsterstrasse 12	Wilhelm Levi was born in Mühringen near Horb in 1861. He was married to Hannchen, who came from Buttenhausen. The couple had two sons: Karl, who died near Verdun in World War I in 1916, and Viktor. In 1891 Wilhelm opened a textile shop at Münsterstrasse 12 in a prime location in Überlingen. In 1909 Wilhelm Levi was elected to the citizens' committee. After the Kristallnacht , his son Viktor was arrested and deported to Dachau, where he was released on condition that he sold his house and business and emigrated with his family. His two granddaughters (Hanny Lore, born 1924 and Margot Carola, born 1926) were able to flee to England on a Kindertransport. After the forced sale (Mayor Albert Spreng noted in the city chronicle: “With these sales the property in Überlingen has become completely free of Jewish property”), in which the property and the house were given to the neighbor (who enlarged his café) and the warehouse became one Competitors had to be sold, Wilhelm, his son and his wife were able to leave for England on August 25, 1939. Despite the sales without assets, because the sales proceeds for the “Jewish property tax”, the “Reich flight tax”, the “moving goods tax” and other taxes were on top. In England the family was able to reunite. The Levis emigrated to Louisville, Kentucky , where Wilhelm Levi died in 1952, Julie in 1971, Viktor in 1977, Hanny died in 2007 and Margot in 2009.
	HERE LIVED BARBARA Levinger , BARBARA LEE ' JG. 1904 TOT 12/10/1944 warped 1930 WIESBADEN COMMON SUICIDE buried IN ÜBERLINGEN HERE LIVED District HERMANN Levinger JG. 1865 TOT 08/12/1944	Bahnhofstrasse 4	Barbara Levinger was born in Mannheim on December 26, 1904. Her parents were Hermann and Maria Levinger. In the 1920s she worked as an actress, she also devoted herself to writing. Her novel "Johann Zunder" was published in 1931 under the pseudonym Barbara Lee. In 1930 the family moved to Wiesbaden. When Barbara and Hermann found out in 1944 that they were about to be deported, they chose to commit suicide by poison on December 8th. Her father died immediately, Barbara Levinger only two days later, on December 10th.
			Hermann Levinger wasbornin Karlsruhe on August 25, 1865. He studied law, during which time he converted to Protestant Christianity. In 1902 he married the widow Maria Karolina von Bünau, née Staib. Their daughter Barbara was born in 1904. In 1930 Levinger retired. He moved to Wiesbaden with his family. In December, Hermann and his daughter learned that they were to be deported to Auschwitz and on December 8, 1944 they committed suicide by poison. Hermann died on the same day, daughter Barbara only two days later.
	HANS ULRICH VON OERTZEN JG LIVED / LEARNED HERE . 1915 IN RESISTANCE PARTICIPATES IN THE ATTENT OF HITLER JULY 20, 1943 ESCAPED TO DEATH July 21, 1944 BEFORE GESTAPO INTERESTING	Spetzgart Castle	Hans Ulrich von Oertzen was born on March 6, 1915 in Berlin. As a scholarship holder, he attended the Schloss Salem School from 1929and graduated from high school at Schloss Spetzgart in 1933. Then he went to the Reichswehr , following the example of his father, who died in the First World War. From 1943 he served under Henning von Tresckow in the Army Group Center and became part of the military resistance. He participated in plans for an attempted coup in 1943 and in the failed assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 . After his arrest, he committed suicide on July 21, 1944. (The stone was laid by Gunter Demnig on July 13, 2020)

Laying data

Stumbling blocks for three former students in front of Spetzgart Castle

The Stolpersteine ​​in Überlingen were laid by the artist himself on the following days:

• April 9, 2009: Überlingen, Bahnhofstrasse 4
• July 13, 2010: Überlingen, St. Ulrich retirement home
• May 21, 2014: Spetzgart Castle (Erik Blumenfeld and Paul Hinrichsen); Überlingen, Münsterstrasse 12
• July 13, 2020: Spetzgart Castle (Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen)

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• Stolpersteine.eu , Demnig's website
• Levi family
• Levi family on the memorial board of NS Documentation Oberschwaben
• Oswald Burger , Hansjörg Straub: The Levingers. A family in Überlingen. Edition Isele, Eggingen 2002, ISBN 3-86142-117-8

Web links

Commons : Stolpersteine ​​in Überlingen  - Collection of pictures

Individual evidence

1. ^ Irene Lawford-Hinrichsen: Five Hundred Years to Auschwitz: A Family Odyssey from the Inquisition to the Present . Bertrams 2008. ISBN 0953611213 .
2. ^ Franz Klauser
3. ^ Franz Klauser
4. ↑ Hanspeter Walter: Resistance fighter von Oertzen completed high school as a scholarship holder in Salem. In: Suedkurier.de . July 19, 2019, accessed July 17, 2020 . 
5. ^ Laying of the stumbling stone for Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen. Salem International College, July 17, 2020, accessed July 17, 2020 . 

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