List of stumbling blocks in Dietzenbach

In the list of the stumbling blocks in Dietzenbach existing memorials are listed in the framework of the project pitfalls of the artist Gunter Demnig in Dietzenbach have been displaced.

Stumbling blocks

address	Surname	inscription	Laying date	image	annotation
Bahnhofstrasse 71 ( location )	Home of the Hermann and Emma Wolf family				The prayer room of the Jewish community in Dietzenbach was also located in the Wolf family home. Parts of the family moved to Frankfurt on July 13, 1938 and from there emigrated to the USA via Cuba in 1941. However, some family members had already left Dietzenbach and sought refuge in other countries.
	Hermann Wolf	Here lived Hermann Wolf Vol. 1875 involuntarily moved 1937 Frankfurt escape attempt in 1941 USA Dead in Cuba	17th February 2014		* 12. March 1872 in Dietzenbach - † November 25, 1941 in Havana. The term attempted escape is wrong because the family managed to escape. However, Hermann Wolf died while on the run on November 25, 1941 in Havana due to typhoid fever that he contracted during the crossing.
	Emma Wolf	Emma Wolf nee lived here . Moses born in 1883 involuntarily moved 1937 Frankfurt Escape 1941 USA survived	17th February 2014		* April 3, 1883 in Eppertshausen - † January 8, 1970 in New York. Emma Wolf was on her way to the USA with her husband and daughter Bertha (see below). Because of the illness and subsequent death of her husband, she and her daughter interrupted the trip in Havana. As a result, her visa for the USA expired, which was very difficult to get back because the USA had meanwhile declared war on Germany. In bad health, she reached New York in November 1941. There she lived with her daughter Bertha.
	Julius Wolf	Here lived Julius Wolf Vol. 1909 involuntarily moved 1937 Frankfurt flight 1941 United States survived	17th February 2014		* 17th August 1909 in Dietzenbach - † April 3, 1987 in New York. Julius Wolf fled to Holland in June 1938 and from there to the USA, where he arrived on September 10, 1938.
	Klemi Wolf	Here lived Klemi Wolf Vol. 1911 involuntarily moved 1937 Frankfurt flight 1941 United States survived	17th February 2014		* November 30, 1910 in Dietzenbach - † June 29, 1991 probably in New York. Clementine Wolf, nickname Klemi, was a tailor and worked in Hamburg from 1933. In 1934 she returned temporarily to her parents in Dietzenbach and from there prepared to emigrate to Palestine. She left for Italy on October 24, 1934 and reached Pakestine from here in August 1935. In March 1937 she married Eric Rothschild there. In 1947 the family emigrated to New York.
	Irene Wolf	Irene Wolf, born in 1913, lived here, escaped 1936, survived Palestine	17th February 2014		* 22. December 1911 in Dietzenbach - † November 4, 1994 in Cologne. Irene Wolf emigrated to Switzerland on April 27, 1934, where she was waiting for an entry certificate to Palestine. She left Switzerland on May 18, 1936 and traveled via Trieste to Haifa, where she arrived on May 25, 1936. On May 26, 1939, she married the merchant Yona Notea in Tel Aviv. He left Israel in 1951 and moved to Cologne. At the same time, his wife submitted an application for re-naturalization for the Federal Republic of Germany for herself and her two children, which was granted on September 13, 1952 by the district president in Cologne. On October 29, 1952, the three traveled back to Germany.
	Alfred Wolf	Here lived Alfred Wolf Vol. 1918 involuntarily moved 1937 Frankfurt flight 1941 United States survived	17th February 2014		* 25. January 1918 in Dietzenbach - † April 27, 1999 in the USA (probably in New York). The trained baker had to give up his work in Frankfurt in May 1938 and was then able to travel to the USA in the same year on the basis of a family affidavit. From 1941 he was able to work as a baker there again and get married.
	Ria Wolf	Here lived Ria Wolf Vol. 1920 involuntarily moved 1937 Frankfurt flight 1941 United States survived	17th February 2014		* 26. March 1920 in Dietzenbach - † probably in New York between December 1953 and January 1954. Ria Wolf's (actually Marie Wolf) biography is only sketchily documented. In May 1939 she was probably still living with her parents in Frankfurt and then possibly came to England on a children's transport . A nephew of hers, a son of Irene Notea, questioned that his sister had traveled from England to New York at an unknown time. Here she died giving birth to her third child.
	Bertha Wolf	Here lived Bertha Wolf Vol. 1921 involuntarily moved 1937 Frankfurt flight 1941 United States survived	17th February 2014		* 4. October 1921 in Dietzenbach - † 1998 in New York. Bertha Wolf originally wanted to travel to Palestine as well, but that was not possible. In 1941, together with her parents, she received the exit permits that entitle her to transit via France, Spain and Portugal. On September 9, 1941, the three of them left Lisbon for New York. Because of the illness and death of her father, the trip had to be interrupted in Havana, from where she first traveled on alone to the USA. In 1945 she married Günther Schloss, six years her senior, in New York.
Schmidtstrasse 12 ( location )	Home of the Max and Rosa Merkel family				The married couple Max and Rosa Merkel had to leave Dietzenbach in 1938 and only moved to Frankfurt. In the same year they emigrated from here to the USA, where their daughter Klara had already fled. Max and Rosa Merkel married on June 24, 1909 in Altwiedermus and then moved to Dietzenbach, the birthplace of Max Merkel. Rosa Merkel, nee Adler, was Johanna Wolf's sister (see below).
	Max Merkel	Max Merkel, born in 1881 , lived here, displaced in 1938 - USA	February 24, 2006		* 11. December 1881 in Dietzenbach - † 1950 in New York
	Rosa Merkel	Rosa Merkel nee lived here . Adler born in 1883 displaced 1938 - USA	February 24, 2006		* 9. April 1883 in Altwiedermus - † December 11, 1977 in New York
	Klara Merkel	Klara Merkel, born in 1910 , lived here, displaced in 1937 - USA	February 24, 2006		* 26. June 1910 - † probably in the late 1970s in New York. Klara Merkel, who married Max Strauss in the mid-1930s, fled to Switzerland with her husband in August 1937 and from then on called herself Claire. In 1938 the couple was able to move to the USA, where Klara's parents followed in September 1938.
Babenhäuser Str. 29 ( location )	Elisabethe Ebert	Elisabethe Ebert, born in 1882 , lived here, murdered October 20, 1941 Heilanstalt Weilmünster	February 24, 2006		* 28. August 1882 - † October 20, 1941 in the Heilanstalt Weilmünster Elisabeth Ebert lived unmarried in her parents' house and worked for years as a foreman in a soap factory in Offenbach. It is not known why she was admitted to the Weilmünster state hospital in 1941. That she did not die of natural causes there, but was murdered, can be considered certain.
Bahnhofstrasse 13 ( location ) (The stumbling blocks are located opposite the former home of the Wolf couple below the right window of the bookstore.)	Home of the Max and Johanna Wolf family				Max Wolf and his wife Johanna, née Adler, got married on January 8, 1908 in Altwiedmus and then moved to Dietzenbach. The roots of Max Wolf's family can be traced back here to the year 1766. Johanna Adler was Rosa Merkel's sister (see above). Max Wolf ran a cattle and feed store in Dietzenbach. Before 1933 he and his wife were among the wealthiest citizens of Dietzenbach. Under National Socialist rule they not only had to endure the destruction of their business, but also the shameless enrichment of Dietzenbach citizens at their own expense.
	Johanna Wolf	Johanna Wolf nee lived here . Adler born in 1882 involuntarily moved 1937 Frankfurt Escape 1939 USA survived	17th February 2014		* 11. February 1882 in Altwiedermus - † October 8, 1977 in New York Johanna Wolf worked in her husband's business. After it was broken up, the couple moved to Frankfurt in May 1938. In 1939 the family managed to leave the country. This took place in October 1939 and led first to Rotterdam and then to the USA.
	Max Wolf	Here lived Max Wolf Vol. 1879 involuntarily moved 1937 Frankfurt flight 1939 United States survived	17th February 2014		* 21. February 1879 in Dietzenbach - † July 21, 1956 in Binghamton (New York) In addition to his economic harassment, he also had to accept the fact that he was arrested during the Reichspogromnacht in Frankfurt and deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp . He survived and was able to return to Frankfurt at the end of December 1938. After he was later able to travel to the USA with his wife, he was no longer able to work there due to his age and lack of language skills. He was largely dependent on the support of his daughter Irma.
	Irma Wolf	Here lived Irma Wolf Vol. 1909 involuntarily moved 1937 Frankfurt flight 1939 United States survived	17th February 2014		*1. September 1909 in Dietzenbach - † August 18, 2000 in New York After attending primary school in Dietzenbach and the girls' school in Offenbach, she attended Philanthropin (Frankfurt am Main) from 1926 to 1929 . From April 1, 1929, she worked there in the daycare, of which she became director on June 1, 1935. On January 31, 1937, she stopped working there because she could no longer stand the fear and pressure from the Secret State Police . She secretly operated her departure and traveled to Brussels on May 7, 1937, where the US consulate issued her with a visa for entry into the USA. She arrived in New York on June 30, 1937. Irma Wolf met Gerhard Lowy in early 1940, whom she married soon after. He owned a piece of land in Windsor, New York State, where the couple began organizing summer camps. The "Summer Camp Lowy" still exists today. On August 19, 2000, The New York Times published an obituary notice that read: “Irma Lowy, a New York City resident, died at home after a long illness at the age of 90. She is survived by her daughter Ruth Lacey, her son Frank Lowy, and their three grandchildren Alexander, Evan and Andrew. Camp director for over 20 years, her campers remember her fondly as Aunt Iwo. She was a kind and generous woman who is missed by everyone who has known her. Donations can be made to their favorite charities: The Fresh Air Fund or God's Love We Deliver. Irma Lowy, for those of us who were lucky enough to have been to Farm Camp Lowy, was lovingly 'Aunt Iwo'. It will always be as precious to us as our memories of youth and summer. Nessa and Elisabeth. "
Schäfereck 1 ( location ) Today's little street "Schäfereck" is marked on old Dietzenbacher maps as Judeneck . This designation was still in use long after the Second World War.	Home of the David and Berta May family				Jettchen Wolf (nee Goldschmidt) is the mother of Bertha May. Her husband David, born on October 24, 1856 in Dietzenbach, died here on May 14, 1928. The shared house was located at Schäfereck 5, a few meters from the current Stolpersteine.
	David May	This is where David May, born in 1876 , lived . Expelled in 1937, deported in 1942, survived Theresienstadt	February 24, 2006		* 21. March 1876 in Büdingen - † October 3, 1959 in New York David May, fruit dealer, and Bertha Wolf married on August 31, 1910 in Dietzenbach. The childless couple initially lived in Büdingen, but moved to Dietzenbach to Bertha's mother in the summer of 1935 because they had to flee Büdingen. After the death of their mother-in-law, the May couple moved to Offenbach in 1937. On the night of November 15-16, 1938, David May was arrested in Offenbach and taken to the Dachau concentration camp - probably as part of an action following the Reichspogromnacht . After his release on December 15, 1938, he returned to Offenbach. In 1939 the couple moved to Frankfurt. On September 15, 1942, David and Bertha May were deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp , where they spent more than 28 months before they were liberated on February 7, 1945 and brought to Switzerland. Presumably at the beginning of July 1946 they came from Switzerland to Naples, from where they were embarked. They arrived in New York on July 16, 1946. From late 1946 to late 1955 he worked as a sausage carrier for a New York company.
	Berta May	Berta May nee lived here . Wolf born in 1877 expelled 1937 deported 1942 survived Theresienstadt	February 24, 2006		* 28. April 1877 in Dietzenbach † August 13, 1960 in New York There are no further details about Bertha May beyond those previously reported about her husband. Both tried to make amends after the war - with absurd effort, caused by the German authorities, and with rather shameful results. Some of the proceedings were continued by the heirs after the Mays had died. The last refusal concerned the assumption of the emigration costs in 1946. Because, as required by the Federal Compensation Act, they did not emigrate between January 30, 1933 and May 8, 1945, but only after their liberation from Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1946 No legal basis for compensation.
	Jettchen Wolf	Jettchen Wolf nee lived here . Goldschmidt born in 1875, expelled in 1937, dead in 1937	February 24, 2006		* 24. October 1856 in Dietzenbach - † October 4, 1937 in Dietzenbach Jettchen Wolf undoubtedly witnessed the anti-Semitic riots in Dietzenbach. Her death saved her from being driven from her hometown.
Darmstädter Str. 43 ( location )	Home of the Josef and Johannette Ostermann family				The three people for whom Stolpersteine ​​have been laid in front of Darmstädter Str. 43 are the married couple Josef and Johanette Ostermann and Johanette Ostermann's mother, Johannette (Hannchen) Wolf. Josef Ostermann was a Becker by profession. When exactly he and Johannette got married (probably before the First World War) is unknown. The couple remained childless.
	Josef Ostermann	Josef Ostermann, born in 1887 , lived here, expelled 1938 Imprisonment 1938 Dachau concentration camp, deported eastwards ? ? ?	February 24, 2006		*8th. April 1887 in Sobernheim ( Rheinhessen ) - probably in May or June 1942 deported from Frankfurt to the east (to Sobibor ) and murdered. Before that, he had not had an easy life, he lived quite poorly and had to put up with abuse by local NSDAP members. He and his wife were the last Jews living in Dietzenbach. On September 15, 1938, the Ostermanns also moved to Frankfurt, Dietzenbach was finally free of Jews , as the Nazis wanted . The real estate in Dietzenbach, the residential building at Darmstädter Str. 43, was almost completely expropriated. In November 1938 Josef Ostermann was presumably one of the action Jews who were temporarily brought to the Dachau concentration camp , but were released again in early 1939. When and how the Ostermanns were actually deported could only be reconstructed by the Jewish Museum Frankfurt on the basis of similar cases.
	Johannette Ostermann	Johannette Ostermann nee lived here . Wolf born in 1878 expelled 1938 deported to the east ? ? ?	February 24, 2006		* 14. February 1887 in Dietzenbach - probably in May or June 1942 deported from Frankfurt to the east (to Sobibor ) and murdered.
	Johannette Wolf	Johannette Wolf nee lived here . Finterwald born in 1856 died	February 24, 2006		* 21. December 1853 in Oberzell ( Sinntal ) - † January 16, 1939 divorced through suicide in Frankfurt. She is probably one of the more than 700 Frankfurt Jews who committed suicide after the Reichspogromnacht . Johannette Finsterwald married Wolf (Benjamin) Wolf from Dietzenbach on September 4, 1874 in Wächtersbach. In 1915 she became a widow.
Darmstädter Str. 57 ( location )	Martin Werwatzt	Martin Werwatz, born in 1908 , lived here, murdered October 16, 1942, Eichberg Sanatorium	February 24, 2006		* 31. December 1908 in Dietzenbach - † October 16, 1942 in the Eichberg sanatorium Martin Werwatz was in the mental hospital of the University Hospital in Frankfurt from July 23 to 25, 1928, from where he was discharged "as uncured". After another stay in May 1942 in the Frankfurt mental hospital, he was transferred from there on May 16, 1942 to the Eichberg state hospital. Dismissal requests from parents and petitions from Dietzenbach citizens remained unsuccessful. He was accused of having “profound dementia and epilepsy with a tendency to violence”. On October 16, 1942, Martin Werwatz allegedly died of "cardiac arrest". There are indications that the Nazi mayor of Dietzenbach, Heinrich Fickel, was responsible for referring Martin Werwatz to the mental hospital or sanatorium.
Republic Square 4 ( location )	Philipp Wurm	Philipp Wurm, born in 1912, lived here in the resistance / KPD arrested May 1935 Dieburg prison murdered May 29 , 1935	October 21, 2016		* 26. July 1912 - † May 29, 1935 in Dieburg prison. Based on testimony, his murder can be considered certain there. Philipp Wurm, who married Elisabethe Mahr, who was born in Dudenhofen on February 15, 1935 , was a supporter of the KPD . In May 1935 he was arrested by SA men in his parents' house and taken to Dieburg.

literature

• Magistrate of the city of Dietzenbach (ed.): 775 years of Dietzenbach. Heimat und Geschichtsbuch , collected and edited by Gisela Rathert and Detlev Kindel, Dietzenbach, 1995. In the section “The Dietzenbach Jewish Community” (p. 213 - p. 247) the fate of Dietzenbach's Jews during the Nazi era is presented in detail.
• Richard Becker: Family book Dietzenbach , published by the "Heimatverein 1963 Dietzenbach e. V. “, Dietzenbach, 2007. (The quotations from this book always refer to the consecutive family number of an entry, not to pages.)
• Horst Schäfer: ... and do not erase our thoughts. Research on the preservation of the dignity of the Nazi persecuted Dietzenbach , working group ACTIVE MEMORY IN DIETZENBACH and LIVING TOGETHER OF CULTURES IN DIETZENBACH eV, Dietzenbach, 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-054959-5 .

Web links

• Stumbling blocks in Dietzenbach
• Project website by the artist Gunter Demnig

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The information on the stumbling blocks laid in 2006 and 2014 reflect the research status at that time. In the meantime , a multitude of new facts have become known through Horst Schäfer's research, which led to the book ... and not eradicate our memory . The resulting deviations from the original stumbling block inscriptions are documented in the "Comments" column. As far as additional information from the family book Dietzenbach by Richard Becker is quoted, the page number is not quoted, but the consecutive family number under which an entry is recorded there.
2. ↑ Becker, No. 3650
3. ↑ Becker, No. 3650; According to Schäfer, p. 45, the date of birth comes from documents from the Dietzenbach registry office. However, a marriage certificate from the Eppertshausen registry office, which was presented in compensation proceedings in 1966, names March 12, 1872 as the date of birth.
4. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 50–59
5. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 45 and 104
6. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 56-65
7. ↑ Schäfer, p. 109 and p. 129
8. ↑ Schäfer, p. 110
9. ↑ Schäfer, p. 132 and p. 137
10. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 133-134
11. ↑ Schäfer, p. 138 and p. 162
12. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 140-145
13. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 164–168
14. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 168-174.
15. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 174-192.
16. ↑ Becker, No. 2454 and Schäfer, p. 221 and p. 225
17. ↑ Schäfer, p. 221 and p. 227
18. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 230-236
19. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 275-281
20. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 18–40
21. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 18–40
22. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 18–40
23. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 41-44 and Farm Camp Lowy
24. ↑ Summer Camp Lowy ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
25. ^ The New York Times, Paid Notice: Deaths LOWY, IRMA - AUG. 19, 2000
26. ↑ Magistrate of the City of Dietzenbach (ed.): 775 years of Dietzenbach. Heimat und history book , collected and edited by Gisela Rathert and Detlev Kindel, Dietzenbach, 1995, p. 388 and p. 244
27. ↑ Schäfer, p. 237
28. ↑ Schäfer, p. 240. There, Frankfurt is named as the place of arrest, which could not be corrected before going to press.
29. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 236-261
30. ↑ Becker, No. 2442, and Schäfer, p. 236, unanimously name April 28, 1877 as their birthday. In the letter printed by Schäfer, p. 252 and written by herself, she mentions April 20, 1977 as her birthday.
31. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 236-261
32. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 262-275
33. ↑ But possibly also in Meddersheim or in Nattenheim (both Rheinhessen); Schäfer, p. 262.
34. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 262-275
35. ↑ Becker, No. 3633
36. ↑ Schäfer, p. 264
37. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 281-297
38. ^ History of the Dieburg prison
39. ↑ Schäfer, pp. 299-314

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