List of stumbling blocks in Aken (Elbe)

The list of stumbling blocks in Aken (Elbe) contains all stumbling blocks that were laid by Gunter Demnig in Aken (Elbe) as part of the art project of the same name . They are intended to commemorate the victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Aken (Elbe). In the only laying campaign to date, seven stones were laid at three addresses on June 19, 2018.

List of stumbling blocks

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address	Date of relocation	person	inscription	image	Picture of the house
Angerstrasse 2	19th June 2018	Karl Falkenberg (1904–1942) Karl Falkenberg came from Aken and was a trained skipper and member of the KPD . After being temporarily unemployed, he took a job at the IG-Farben plant in Aken in 1933 . Because of the distribution of illegal leaflets he was arrested on May 18, 1936 along with other Communists and in November 1936 initially to five years in prison convicted, he in prison Coswig dismounted. On May 10, 1941, he was deported to Sachsenhausen concentration camp . From there he was transferred to the Groß-Rosen concentration camp on September 8, 1941 , where he was murdered on May 5, 1942.
Bahnhofstrasse 15	19th June 2018	Berta Wilkenfeld (1928 – approx. 1942) Berta Wilkenfeld was the daughter of Isidor and Gitel Wilkenfeld. She was born in Dessau . After the November pogroms in 1938 , the family prepared to emigrate. Berta Wilkenfeld was supposed to move to her father in England , which was prevented by the German attack on Poland . She was deported to the Warsaw Ghetto on April 14, 1942, together with her mother and younger brother . Your further fate is not certain. She was probably taken to Treblinka in the summer of 1942 and murdered there.
		Gerhard Wilkenfeld (1926–2013) Gerhard Wilkenfeld was the eldest son of Isidor and Gitel Wilkenfeld. He was born in Berlin . After the November pogroms in 1938, the family prepared to emigrate. With the help of the Alijah for children and young people, Gerhard Wilkenfeld made detours to Palestine , which he reached in April 1941. After the war he moved to live with his father in Australia , where he died in 2013.
		Gitel Wilkenfeld born Wine (1901 – approx. 1942) Gitel Wein came from Pysznica and lived in Berlin from 1920. In 1928 she married Isidor Leib Wilkenfeld and moved to live with him in Aken. The couple had three children. After the November pogroms in 1938, the family prepared to emigrate. Gitel Wilkenfeld was supposed to move to her husband in England, which was prevented by the German attack on Poland. She was deported to the Warsaw Ghetto on April 14, 1942, together with her daughter and her younger son. Your further fate is not certain. She was probably taken to Treblinka in the summer of 1942 and murdered there.
		Isidor Leib Wilkenfeld (1901–1967) Isidor Leib Wilkenfeld was born in Żołynia and was a businessman. After the November pogroms in 1938, the family prepared to emigrate. Isidor Wilkenfeld was able to flee to England in 1939. His wife and two younger children were supposed to follow, which was prevented by the German attack on Poland. As a German citizen, Isidor Wilkenfeld was interned and deported to Australia in July 1940. There he was released from custody on November 9, 1942. After the war he stayed in Australia, where he died in Sydney in 1967 .
		Norbert Wilkenfeld (1935 – approx. 1942) Norbert Wilkenfeld was the youngest son of Isidor and Gitel Wilkenfeld. He was born in Dessau. After the November pogroms in 1938, the family prepared to emigrate. Norbert Wilkenfeld was supposed to move to his father in England, which was prevented by the German invasion of Poland. He was deported to the Warsaw Ghetto on April 14, 1942, together with his mother and sister. His further fate is not certain. He was probably taken to Treblinka in the summer of 1942 and murdered there.
Dessauer Landstrasse 28	19th June 2018	Friedrich Franz Zeibig (1885–1940) Friedrich Franz Zeibig came from Aken and was a worker. Presumably he served as a soldier in the First World War. He became a member of Jehovah's Witnesses in the 1920s . On May 19, 1938, he was deported to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where he died on March 7, 1940. "Heart failure, dropsy" was given as the official cause of death.

Web links

• stolpersteine.eu
• Stumble in Aken

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Dates of the stumbling blocks on June 19, 2018 in Aken - descendants from Australia expected as guests. In: Akener Nachrichtenblatt. No. 703, June 1, 2018, p. 8 ( PDF; 5.57 MB ). Retrieved June 22, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Stumbling in Aken: Biographies . Retrieved June 24, 2018.