List of stumbling blocks in Coswig (Anhalt)

The list of stumbling blocks in Coswig (Anhalt) contains all the stumbling blocks that were laid by Gunter Demnig in Coswig (Anhalt) 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 Coswig. The first three stones were laid in the villages of Buko and Zieko in 2009 , and another five followed in 2013 in the core town of Coswig. The five stumbling blocks in memory of the Rheinhold family were stolen in mid-November 2018. In March 2019 they were relocated in the same place.

Relocations

• March 4, 2009: three stones at three addresses
• December 3, 2013: five stones at one address

List of stumbling blocks

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

City of Coswig

address	Date of relocation	person	inscription	image	Picture of the house
Berliner Strasse 4	3rd December 2013	Heinz Emil Max Rheinhold (1894–?) Heinz Rheinhold was born in Celle . He was born with Eva Rheinhold. Rüdenberg married and had three children with her. He was arrested in 1938 for racial disgrace and sentenced to prison in Coswig prison. In 1942 he was deported to occupied Poland. His further fate is unknown.	HEINZ RHEINHOLD born in 1894 lived here . Arrested 1938 'Rassenschande' prison Coswig deported in 1942 murdered in occupied Poland
		Eva Rheinhold b. Rüdenberg (1882–?) Eva Rheinhold emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1938.	EVA RHEINHOLD nee lived here . Rüdenberg born in 1900, escaped 1938, survived England
		Marianne Rheinhold (1926–?) Marianne Rheinhold was the daughter of Heinz and Eva Rheinhold. In 1938 he was able to emigrate to the United Kingdom.	MARIANNE RHEINHOLD, born in 1926, lived here . Escape 1938, survived England
		Peter Rheinhold (1924–?) Peter Rheinhold was the son of Heinz and Eva Rheinhold. In 1938 he was able to emigrate to the United Kingdom.	PETER RHEINHOLD, born in 1924, lived here . Escape 1938, survived England
		Werner Rheinhold (1927–?) Werner Rheinhold was the son of Heinz and Eva Rheinhold. In 1938 he was able to emigrate to the United Kingdom.	WERNER RHEINHOLD born in 1927 lived here . Escape 1938 England survived

Buko locality

address	Date of relocation	person	inscription	image	Picture of the house
At the church	March 4, 2009	Friedrich Heinrich Georg Menke (1907–1939) Friedrich Menke came from Oldenburg . He studied Protestant theology in Halle (Saale) and Göttingen . In 1935 he passed the first theological exam, worked as an assistant preacher in Gernrode and married. In 1938 he took up a position as a parish administrator in Buko. Since he, as a member of the Confessing Church and a staunch opponent of National Socialism, refused to join the German Christians , he was temporarily arrested in 1938 and had to leave Buko again on October 1, 1939 and take up a position as a parish administrator in Roßbach , where he was merely an assistant preacher was employed and lived in a shabby rectory. The pressure from the rulers broke his mind and committed suicide on December 4, 1939.	Here FRIEDRICH MENKE, born in 1907, was arrested in 1938, humiliated / disenfranchised. Escape to death December 4, 1939

Zieko locality

address	Date of relocation	person	inscription	image	Picture of the house
? Coordinates are missing! Help.	March 4, 2009	Charlotte Lehmann (1921-1945) Charlotte Lehmann came from Apollensdorf and attended elementary school in Zieko as the foster child of her uncle and aunt. Together with her neighbor Fritz Puhlmann, she tried on April 29, 1945 to surrender Zieko to the US Army without a fight by running towards the troops with a white flag. They were shot in an ambush by SS members. They both died from their injuries on the night of April 30th.	CHARLOTTE LEHMANN, born 1921, lived here, shot by the SS on April 29, 1945, dead on April 30, 1945
? Coordinates are missing! Help.	March 4, 2009	Fritz Puhlmann (1931–1945) Fritz Puhlmann came from Zieko. Together with his neighbor Charlotte Lehmann, he tried on April 29, 1945 to achieve a surrender of Zieko to the US Army without a fight by running towards the troops with a white flag. They were shot in an ambush by SS members. They both died from their injuries on the night of April 30th.	FRIEDRICH 'FRITZ' PUHLMANN, born in 1931, lived here, shot by the SS on April 29, 1945, dead on April 30, 1945

Web links

• stolpersteine.eu
• Stumbling blocks in the city of Coswig (Anhalt)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alexander Baumbach: Stumbling blocks stolen - State security investigated in Coswig. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , November 21, 2018
2. ^ Stumbling blocks in the city of Coswig (Anhalt). (PDF; 1.6 MB) In: coswigonline.de. City of Coswig, March 14, 2019, accessed on August 3, 2019 (Elbe-Fläming-Kurier, Official Gazette of the City of Cowig (Anhalt)). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Five stumbling blocks remember the Jewish family in Coswig , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , December 4, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
4. ↑ Bundesarchiv - Gedenkbuch - Victims of the persecution of Jews under the National Socialist tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 - Rheinhold, Heinz Emil Max . Retrieved October 27, 2017.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Evangelical Hope Community Zieko - Stolpersteine . Retrieved July 29, 2014.