List of stumbling blocks in Bernburg (Saale)

The list of stumbling blocks in Bernburg (Saale) contains all stumbling blocks that were laid by Gunter Demnig in Bernburg (Saale) 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 Bernburg (Saale). Between 2017 and 2019 a total of 21 stones were laid at seven addresses.

Relocations

• March 25, 2017: ten stones at two addresses
• February 25, 2019: eleven stones at five addresses

List of stumbling blocks

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

address	Date of relocation	person	inscription	image	Picture of the house
Friedensallee 27 (formerly Kaiserstraße 27)	February 25, 2019	Sidonie Simonsohn b. Fried (1880-1944) Sidonie born Fried came from Vienna , where she began training in singing and acting. In 1898 she moved to Berlin with her family . In 1900 she met Alfred Simonsohn, whom she married on January 7, 1902. Alfred Simonsohn owned a cigar factory and an artificial flower factory in Bernburg. Sidonie Simonsohn and her mother moved to live with her husband in Bernburg. The couple had two sons and a daughter. In 1911 the family moved into an apartment at Kaiserstraße 27. The hyperinflation of 1923 caused the family to lose a significant part of their wealth. The cigar factory had to close in 1928. After the seizure of power by the National Socialists, the artificial flowers factory was on 1 April 1933 on the boycott list. Alfred Simonsohn died on September 21, 1936. In the same year the family lost their apartment because Jews were no longer allowed to live in the same house as non-Jews. They first moved to Friedrichstrasse 9 and after the death of the rental company in 1938, they moved to the Jewish community center. In 1939 Sidonie Simonsohn moved to live with her son Berthold in Hamburg . On July 19, 1942, she was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto with her son Berthold and daughter Ilse . Sidonie Simonsohn died there on August 7, 1944, from the effects of an inflammation of the kidneys. Their children survived World War II .	SIDONIE SIMONSOHN nee lived here . Fried born in 1880 deported 1942 Theresienstadt murdered August 7, 1944
Hallesche Strasse 25	March 25, 2017	Denny Sally Freiberg (1942–?) Denny Sally Freiberg was born on March 9, 1942, the second child of Ilse and Rolf Freiberg. It was named after Ilse's late father Sally Lewy (see Markt 8/9). On April 13, 1942, at the age of only one month, he and his family members who had remained in Bernburg were deported via Magdeburg to the Warsaw Ghetto , where he was later murdered. His exact date of death is unknown.	DENNY SALLY FREIBERG, born in 1942 , lived here, deported in 1942, murdered in Warsaw Ghetto
		Gittel Freiberg (1939–?) Gittel Freiberg was born in 1939 as the first child of Ilse and Rolf Freiberg. On April 13, 1942, she and her family members who had remained in Bernburg were deported via Magdeburg to the Warsaw Ghetto, where she was later murdered. Her exact date of death is unknown.	GITTEL FREIBERG, born in 1939 , lived here, deported 1942, murdered in Warsaw Ghetto
		Ilse Freiberg born Lewy (1915-?) Ilse Lewy worked as a saleswoman in a branch of her father's shop at Halleschen Strasse 25d. She later married her colleague Rolf Freiberg and had two children with him. On April 13, 1942, she and her family members who had remained in Bernburg were deported via Magdeburg to the Warsaw Ghetto, where she was later murdered. Her exact date of death is unknown.	ILSE FREIBERG born here lived here . Lewy born 1915 deported 1942 Ghetto Warsaw murdered
		Rolf Freiberg (1912–?) Rolf Freiberg came from Kroppenstedt and worked for Sally Lewy as a decorator. He later married his daughter Ilse and had two children with her. On April 13, 1942, he and his family members who had remained in Bernburg were deported via Magdeburg to the Warsaw Ghetto, where he was later murdered. His exact date of death is unknown.	ROLF FREIBERG, born in 1912 , lived here, deported 1942, murdered in Warsaw Ghetto
Hallesche Strasse 43	February 25, 2019	Alfred Katzenstein (1881–?) Alfred Katzenstein came from Bad Salzuflen and had been running a metal goods shop in Bernburg since 1911. In 1933 and again in 1935, his business was affected by calls for boycotts by the Nazi rulers. On August 13, 1935, Katzenstein was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine for tax evasion. He was initially sent to the Bernburg prison and transferred to the Brandenburg-Görden prison on November 27, 1935 . Katzenstein's last sign of life is a signature on a form dated April 22, 1936, with which the deletion of his company from the commercial register was confirmed. After that his track is lost.	ALFRED KATZENSTEIN, born in 1881 , lived here . Arrested 1935 Bernburg prison, Brandenburg-Görden prison, fate unknown
		Jenny Katzenstein (1883 – approx. 1942) Jenny Katzenstein was Alfred Katzenstein's sister. She was born in Bad Salzuflen, later lived in Bernburg and then in Leipzig . Before the war began, she emigrated to Belgium . After the German occupation, she was arrested and on August 11, 1942, deported from Mechelen to Auschwitz , where she died. Her exact date of death is unknown.	JENNY KATZENSTEIN, born 1883, lived here . Fled Belgium interned Mechelen deported 1942 murdered in Auschwitz
Lindenstrasse 5	February 25, 2019	Mathilde Madelong b. Rosenbaum (1877–1944) Mathilde born Rosenbaum was the wife of the businessman Eugen Madelong. In 1939, her husband became the shop steward for the Saxony-Thuringia district office of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany for Bernburg. In this function he had to regularly prepare overviews of the Jews living in Bernburg and also transport lists for the deportations. On the last transport list was his own name, that of his wife and that of his brother-in-law. All three were deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1942. Mathilde Madelong was murdered there on September 9, 1944. Her husband survived captivity and returned to Bernburg, where he died in 1954.	MATHILDE MADELONG nee lived here . Rosenbaum born in 1877 deported 1942 Theresienstadt murdered 9.9.1944
		Richard Madelong (1910-1942) Richard Madelong was the son of Eugen and Mathilde Madelong. He was deported to the Litzmannstadt ghetto in 1941, where he was murdered on March 29, 1942.	RICHARD MADELONG born in 1910 lived here, deported 1941 Łódź / Litzmannstadt murdered March 29, 1942
		Irmgard Schönstädt b. Madelong (1906–?) Irmgard born Madelong was born in Bernburg and was the daughter of Eugen and Mathilde Madelong. She was married to Julius Schönstädt. The couple had a daughter. In April 1942 Irmgard Schönstädt, her husband and daughter were deported to the Warsaw Ghetto. Her further fate is unknown. A stumbling block was also laid for Irmgard Schönstädt in Emmerich am Rhein , see the list of stumbling blocks in Emmerich am Rhein .	IRMGARD SCHÖNSTÄDT nee lived here . Madelong born in 1906 deported 1942 Ghetto Warsaw murdered
		Julius Schönstädt (1904–?) Julius Schönstädt was Irmgard Schönstädt's husband. He came from Arolsen and lived with his family in Pömbsen , Emmerich am Rhein and most recently in Bernburg. In April 1942 Julius Schönstädt, his wife and their daughter were deported to the Warsaw Ghetto. Her further fate is unknown. A stumbling block was also laid for Julius Schönstädt in Emmerich am Rhein.	JULIUS SCHÖNSTÄDT born in 1904 lived here, deported 1942 Ghetto Warsaw murdered
		Regina Schönstädt (1934–?) Regina Schönstädt was born in Kleve and was the daughter of Julius and Irmgard Schönstädt. In April 1942 she and her parents were deported to the Warsaw ghetto. Her further fate is unknown. A stumbling block was also laid for Regina Schönstädt in Emmerich am Rhein.	REGINA SCHÖNSTÄDT born in 1934 lived here, deported in 1942, murdered in Warsaw Ghetto
		Richard Schönstädt (1874–1943) Richard Schönstädt was the father of Julius Schönstädt. Between May 1939 and December 1940 he moved into the apartment of his brother-in-law Eugen Madelong. In 1942 he was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto with his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, where he was murdered on August 1, 1943.	RICHARD SCHÖNSTÄDT born in 1874 lived here, deported 1942 Theresienstadt, murdered August 1st, 1943
Louis-Braille-Platz 16 (formerly Waisenhausplatz 12)	February 25, 2019	Ida Böhm (1874–1941) Ida Böhm came from Bernburg. She lived for more than 20 years in the city poor house on what was then Waisenhausplatz. Because of "mental disorders in old age" she was admitted to the State Infirmary in Hoym on December 5, 1938 . After an interim stay in the Altscherbitz state hospital , she was transferred to the Bernburg killing center on April 21, 1941 as part of the T4 campaign and murdered there on the same day.	IDA BÖHM, born in 1874, lived here . 1938 Infirmary Hoym 'relocated' April 21, 1941 Bernburg murdered April 21, 1941 'Aktion T4'
Market 8/9	March 25, 2017	Julius Freiberg (1887–?) Julius Freiberg was the father of Rolf Freiberg (see Hallesche Straße 25). In the early 1940s he lived with his daughter-in-law Ilse's family. On April 13, 1942, he and his family members who had remained in Bernburg were deported via Magdeburg to the Warsaw Ghetto, where he was later murdered. His exact date of death is unknown.	JULIUS FREIBERG, born in 1887 , lived here, deported 1942, murdered in Warsaw Ghetto
		Frieda Lewy (1885–?) Frieda Lewy had been Sally Lewy's wife since 1907. On April 13, 1942, she and her family members who had remained in Bernburg were deported via Magdeburg to the Warsaw Ghetto, where she was later murdered. Her exact date of death is unknown.	FRIEDA LEWY, born in 1885 , lived here, deported 1942, murdered in Warsaw Ghetto
		Günther Lewy (1919–1941) Günther Lewy was a son of Frieda and Sally Lewy. He committed suicide in 1941.	GÜNTHER LEWY, born in 1919, lived here, humiliated / disenfranchised. Escape to death in 1941
		Sally Lewy (1882-1941) Sally Lewy was born in Küstrin and ran a shop for lingerie, fabrics and women's fashion in Bernburg, and later also a factory. Lewy was a member of the Anhalt State Parliament and served as an officer in World War I , for which he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class. He was married to Frieda Lewy and had five children. He opened branches of his business in Staßfurt , Calbe , Könnern , Wernigerode and Aken . Shortly after the seizure of power by the Nazis, he was exposed to reprisals. In April 1933 a boycott list appeared , which also listed his company. On November 9, 1938, Sally Lewy was arrested along with all the other Jewish men in Bernburg and taken to Dessau . While most of the others were deported to Buchenwald concentration camp , Lewy was sent back and locked up in Bernburg prison the following day. At the same time, his shops in Bernburg and Staßfurt were devastated and " Aryanized " in December 1938 . Sally Lewy remained in custody until 1941. Shortly after his release, he died of a heart attack on March 21, 1941 . Of his family, only his son Gerhard survived by fleeing in good time via Czechoslovakia to Palestine . A stumbling block was also laid for Sally Lewy in Staßfurt, see the list of stumbling blocks in Staßfurt .	Here lived SALLY LEWY Jg. 1882 "protective custody" 1938 prison Dessau prison Bernburg dead 21.03.1941
		Irmgard Sander b. Lewy (1908-?) Irmgard Lewy was the daughter of Frieda and Sally Lewy. The address of the Staßfurt branch of her father's business served her temporarily as an apartment in 1935/36. In 1937 she became a partner in the company. In the same year she married Kurt Sander. On April 13, 1942, she and her family members who had remained in Bernburg were deported via Magdeburg to the Warsaw Ghetto, where she was later murdered. Her exact date of death is unknown.	Here IRMGARD SANDER, nee. Lewy born in 1908 deported 1942 Ghetto Warsaw murdered
		Kurt Sander (1904–?) Kurt Sander was a businessman and the husband of Irmgard geb. Lewy. On April 13, 1942, he and his family members who had remained in Bernburg were deported via Magdeburg to the Warsaw Ghetto, where he was later murdered. His exact date of death is unknown.	KURT SANDER born in 1904 lived here, deported 1942, murdered in Warsaw Ghetto
Steinstrasse 34	February 25, 2019	Dietrich Rüter (1880–1935) Dietrich Rüter came from Hagenburg and worked as a lathe operator . He was married and had three daughters. In 1905 he became a member of the SPD . In 1907 he became district manager of the German Metalworkers' Association (DMV) in Hanover . Between 1908 and 1914 he was chairman of the local DMV administration. In 1922 Rüter moved to Bernburg and also worked here as DMV managing director. After the forced dissolution of the DMV in the course of the synchronization , Rüter was briefly arrested in 1933. In 1935 he was suspected of being part of an illegal information network. In February 1935 he was first taken to the police prison in Leipzig. in April he was transferred to the prison there and on August 7th to the remand prison in Berlin-Moabit . There he was found dead on September 25, 1935.	DIETRICH RÜTER, born in 1880, lived here in the resistance / DMV 'Schutzhaft' 1933 Bernburg prison arrested 1935 Leipzig prison Berlin-Moabit prison dead September 25, 1935

Web links

• stolpersteine.eu
• Stumbling blocks in Bernburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Stolpersteine ​​for Bernburg (Saale). An art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig . Retrieved March 2, 2019.
2. ↑ A STOLPERSTEIN for Sidonie Simonsohn - Friedensallee 27. Accessed March 2, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ten stumbling blocks moved in Bernburg . In: bbglive.de. March 25, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Hallesche Strasse 25 . Retrieved April 4, 2017.
5. ↑ ^{a b} stumbling blocks for the siblings Alfred u. Jenny Katzenstein - Hallesche Str. 43.Retrieved on March 2, 2019.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} STOLPERSTEINE for 6 members of the Madelong / Schönstädt family - Lindenstr. 5. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
7. ^ The Federal Archives: Schönstädt, Irmgard. Memorial Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny 1933–1945 , accessed on March 2, 2019 . 
8. ^ The Federal Archives: Schönstädt, Julius. Memorial Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny 1933–1945 , accessed on March 2, 2019 . 
9. ^ The Federal Archives: Schönstädt, Regina. Memorial Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny 1933–1945 , accessed on March 2, 2019 . 
10. ↑ A STOLPERSTEIN for Ida Böhm - Louis-Braille-Platz 16. Accessed on March 2, 2019.
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Markt 8/9 . Retrieved April 4, 2017.
12. ↑ ^{a b} stassfurt.de - Sally Lewy
13. ↑ A STOLPERSTEIN for Dietrich Rüter - Steinstr. 34. Retrieved March 2, 2019.