List of stumbling blocks in Berlin-Siemensstadt

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The list of stumbling blocks in Berlin-Siemensstadt contains the stumbling blocks in the Berlin district of Siemensstadt in the Spandau district , which remind of the fate of the people who were murdered, deported, expelled or driven to suicide under National Socialism. The columns in the table are self-explanatory. The table covers a total of six stumbling blocks and can be partially sorted; the basic sorting is done alphabetically according to the family name.

image Surname Location Laying date Life
Stolperstein Lenther Steig 19 (Siemens) Bruno Borchardt.jpg Bruno Borchardt Lenther Steig 19 location Nov 18, 2008 * November 17, 1859 in Bromberg - Bruno Borchardt came from a German-Jewish merchant family. After finishing school, he studied mathematics and physics in Berlin and received his doctorate in Kiel in 1895. Then he was a teacher at the Royal High School in Spandau. From 1900 he worked as a writer and at various levels as a social democratic politician, from 1919 as President of the Brandenburg Provincial Parliament and from 1921 to 1926 as a member of the Prussian State Council (the second chamber of the Prussian Parliament) for Berlin. He was unmarried and childless. As a prominent opponent of National Socialism , he was persecuted and severely mistreated after the " seizure of power " in 1933. He experienced the November pogrom of 1938 in his home town of Falkensee , where the SA attacked him directly. He was injured so badly that he died of the consequences on August 14, 1939. The Stolperstein in Siemensstadt was moved in front of his last place of residence in Berlin at 19 Lenther Steig. Another stumbling block has been located at Schönwalder Strasse 35 in Falkensee since July 20, 2007.
Stumbling Stone Rieppelstrasse 2 (Siemens) Erna Jacobi.jpg Erna Jacobi Rieppelstrasse 2 location Oct 26, 2010 * December 12th, 1890 in Berlin as Erna Jacoby - Erna Jacobi was a primary school teacher, but worked in forced labor since 1935, most recently as a cleaner at Scherli & Schwer. Like her husband Dr. Max Jacobi considered her an active Protestant church member; she had left the Jewish community in adulthood and had been baptized as a Protestant. For reasons of faith, the couple was actively involved in the fight against the Nazi regime as part of the opposition Confessing Church . Politically, they were close to the German People's Party . After the Nuremberg Race Laws were enacted in 1935, Erna Jacobi was considered Jewish and dismissed from her job. His parents made it possible for his son Helmut Jacobi, who was born on September 9, 1922, to emigrate and thus save him from the atrocities of the National Socialists. He emigrated, first to England and later to Canada. On January 28, 1943, the Jacobi couple were deported to Theresienstadt, where Max Jacobi was murdered on August 14, 1943. Erna Jacobi went on to Auschwitz in 1944, where she was also killed.
Stumbling Stone Rieppelstrasse 2 (Siemens) Max Jacobi.jpg Max Jacobi Rieppelstrasse 2 location Oct 26, 2010 * May 12, 1878 in Insterburg - Dr. Max Jacobi was an authorized representative of Siemens and Halske AG until he was dismissed in 1939 because of his Jewish origins. Like his wife Erna Jacobi, he was considered an active Protestant church member; he had left the Jewish community in adulthood and had been baptized as a Protestant. For reasons of faith, the couple was actively involved in the fight against the Nazi regime as part of the opposition Confessing Church . Politically, they were close to the German People's Party . However, after the Nuremberg Race Laws were enacted in 1935, Max Jacobi was considered a Jew. His parents made it possible for his son Helmut Jacobi, who was born on September 9, 1922, to emigrate and thus save him from the atrocities of the National Socialists. He emigrated, first to England and later to Canada. On January 28, 1943, the Jacobi couple were deported to Theresienstadt, where Max Jacobi was murdered on August 14, 1943. Erna Jacobi was killed in Auschwitz in 1944.
Stolperstein Nonnendammallee 82 (Sieme) Adolf Stein.jpg Adolf Stein Nonnendammallee 82 location May 24, 2019 * 1863 - Adolf Stein came from a German-Jewish merchant family. The family of Jewish origin had been running the 'Berlin Adolf Stein Department Store' in Nonnendammallee since 1912, where their apartment was also located. Since 1933 the family has been repeatedly attacked and harassed by Nazis. On the night of the pogrom in 1938, Adolf and his son Erwin Stein were severely mistreated by the police. Adolf died shortly afterwards on November 20th, 1938 as a result of the abuse.
Stolperstein Nonnendammallee 82 (Sieme) Luise Stein.jpg Luise Stein Nonnendammallee 82 location May 24, 2019 * 1896 - Luise Stein came from a German-Jewish merchant family. The family of Jewish origin had been running the 'Berlin Adolf Stein Department Store' in Nonnendammallee since 1912, where their apartment was also located. Since 1933 the family has been repeatedly attacked and harassed by Nazis. Luise Stein was deported to Theresienstadt with her mother Rosalie on June 5, 1942 and murdered there in 1944.
Stolperstein Nonnendammallee 82 (Sieme) Rosalie Stein.jpg Rosalie Stone Nonnendammallee 82 location May 24, 2019 * 1871 - Rosalie Stein, b. Cohn, came from a German-Jewish merchant family. The family of Jewish origin had been running the 'Berlin Adolf Stein Department Store' in Nonnendammallee since 1912, where their apartment was also located. Since 1933 the family has been repeatedly attacked and harassed by Nazis. Rosalie Stein was deported to Theresienstadt on June 5, 1942 with her daughter Luise. She survived the agony of the concentration camp.

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Individual evidence

  1. Erna Jacobi. Stumbling blocks in Berlin. Coordination Office Stolpersteine ​​Berlin, accessed on February 4, 2013 .
  2. Max Jacobi. Stumbling blocks in Berlin. Coordination Office Stolpersteine ​​Berlin, accessed on February 4, 2013 .
  3. Adolf Stein. Stumbling blocks in Siemensstadt. Daniel Buchholz, accessed on May 26, 2019 .
  4. Luise Stein. Stumbling blocks in Siemensstadt. Daniel Buchholz, accessed on May 26, 2019 .
  5. Rosalie Stein. Stumbling blocks in Siemensstadt. Daniel Buchholz, accessed on May 26, 2019 .