List of stumbling blocks in Eichstetten

Stumbling blocks for the siblings Karl and Rosa Hauser

The list of the stumbling blocks in Eichstetten results by artist Gunter Demnig laid stumbling blocks in the southern Baden wine village Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl on.

Jews in Eichstetten

The first people of the Jewish faith came to Eichstetten at the beginning of the 18th century as refugees from Switzerland and Alsace. They settled in the area of ​​the "Judengasse" (today "Eisengasse", popularly "Judengäßle") and the Altweg. In 1721 six Jewish families were counted, in 1777 92 people of Jewish faith lived in Eichstetten. Their number grew gradually, in 1871 420 people of Jewish faith lived here, which made about 13% of the total population, after that the number of Jews slowly decreased. The Jewish community of Eichstetten, which from 1827 belonged to the district rabbinate of Breisach and from 1885 to the district rabbinate of Freiburg, also included the people of the Jewish faith living in Endingen and Rigel . Most of the Jewish families lived from the cattle trade, some families from the retail trade. The local community had a synagogue with a religious bath, a school, and from 1840 the schoolhouse with school and teacher's apartments was located at Bahlinger Strasse 7 and a cemetery. The last teacher in the community was Leopold Mirwis, who was deported in 1940. During the First World War , Jews from Eichstetten were also drafted, some died in the war, they are mentioned by name on the memorial for the fallen. around 1924 there were 130 people in the Jewish community, that is 6.2% of the total population. In 1933 only 91 Jewish residents were counted. Due to boycotts, reprisals and disenfranchisement, 50 people of Jewish faith left the city, eleven more died by 1940.

Memorial stone in memory of the Jews deported to Gurs

As early as 1938, years after the introduction of mandatory identification in the German Reich with a Jewish star , the village policeman ordered that all Jews must wear a yellow armband. During the November pogroms the synagogue was destroyed, the Jewish population had to help with the clean-up work, and the costs were billed to the Jewish community. 18 men were arrested in the course of the pogroms, led through the village and deported to Dachau concentration camp . 17 of them gradually returned, and Siegfried Bloch lost his life in Dachau. On October 22, 1940, the last 30 Jewish residents were deported to Camp de Gurs . Eichstetten was thus " Jew clean ".

Memorial work in Eichstetten

In 1988 a plaque was unveiled at the Jewish cemetery in memory of the Jewish victims of the Nazi regime in Eichstetten. Schoolchildren designed a memorial stone as part of the Neckar Room Memorial project and in 2010 a plaque commemorating the Reichspogromnacht was placed on the wall of the former synagogue.

The first stumbling block in Eichstetten was moved in April 2003 in Hauptstrasse for Abraham Dreifuss, who was murdered in the Dachau concentration camp . The Stolperstein was initiated by Ursula Kügele. A total of 47 stumbling blocks were laid in Eichstetten. The costs for manufacturing and laying most of the stumbling blocks were collected through fundraising campaigns by the Eichstetten local history and history association. The laying of the stumbling blocks was embedded in a series of lectures, encounters with contemporary witnesses and visits from survivors and their families.

Stumbling blocks

The table is partially sortable; the basic sorting is alphabetical according to the victim's family name. The laying data can be found in a separate paragraph below the list.

image	inscription	Location	Life
	ILSE BIEDERMANN GEB. LIVED HERE HOFELER JG. 1905 DEPORTED 10/22/1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Bahlinger Strasse 5	Ilse Biedermann , née Hofeler, was born on January 26, 1905 in Eichstetten. Her parents were the cattle dealer Alfred Hofeler and Marie, née Maier. She had two brothers: Max (born 1906) and Arthur (born 1910). Her grandmother was Auguste Hofeler , a well-known person in Eichstetten. Her mother died in June 1932. From 1935 onwards, her father was affected by the restrictive measures of the so-called “ Reichsnährstand ” of the Nazi regime. On February 21, 1936, Ilse Hofeler married the 35-year-old Isidor Biedermann from Randegg. In April 1936 the couple moved to Gailingen am Hochrhein . Also in April 1936 her brother Max, who until then had been helping in his father's cattle trade, emigrated to Argentina. In 1937 her father lost his license for racist reasons. This also jeopardized the livelihoods of her grandmother and her two widowed aunts. Ilse Biedermann and her husband became parents on February 7, 1938. Marianne was born in the Jewish hospital in Gailingen. Her brother Arthur, who was a traveler for the Epstein paper mill until 1935, emigrated that same year. He and his wife Else first moved to Schmieheim and then emigrated to England and finally emigrated to the USA. Ilse Biedermann and her husband also tried to obtain the necessary papers for the emigration. However, it did not succeed. On October 22, 1940, the couple, their two-year-old daughter and Isidor Biedermann's brother were deported to Gurs. Her father, his 87-year-old mother, and two widowed aunts were also arrested. The grandmother died. Alfred Hofeler and his sister Regine Kleefeld were moved to a French retirement home and were able to survive the Nazi regime. The Biedermann couple separated from their daughter and handed her over to an aid organization that brought them to safety. The evacuation of the Jewish prisoners began in mid-1942. They came to the Drancy assembly camp near Paris. On November 4, 1942, she and her husband were deported to Auschwitz on Transport 40, train DA 901/35 . Ilse Biedermann and her husband were murdered there. Brother Arthur Hofeler ran a grocery store in New York for over 20 years and was married there one more time. In June 1970 he was ambushed and shot. The daughter survived. She came to the USA in 1946 as an 8-year-old girl and was adopted by Marcel Dreifuss (born 1901, original name Max Dreifuss), a family friend, and his wife Erna. The adoptive parents also came from Eichstetten. Marianne Dreifuss-Biedermann died early.
	AUGUSTE BLOCH GEB. LIVED HERE. BECAUSE JG. 1884 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Hauptstrasse 54	Auguste Bloch , née Weil, was born on March 8, 1884 in Breisach. She was the daughter of the grocer Ernestine Weil and her husband Isak Weil. She had the older brother Emil (born 1938). The family moved to Buffalo in the USA for a few years, where her father had fled from the threat of bankruptcy. Her younger brother Jakob was born there in 1897. Her father died and her mother moved her and her younger brother to Eichstetten. Jakob died there in 1890. In 1906 she married Siegfried Bloch from Schmieheim . The couple ran a haberdashery shop in Hauptstrasse 54 and lived there too. They had a son, Isidor Weil, born on November 17, 1907. As part of the November pogroms of 1938, all of Eichstetten's Jewish men were arrested and deported to the Dachau concentration camp , including her husband. According to the Eichstetten Stolperstein project, he could not survive "the conditions of detention, arbitrary acts and tortures". After the November pogroms, no Jew in Germany could feel safe anymore. Auguste Bloch's mother also lived with the Blochs by the end of 1938 at the latest, and in January 1940 she moved to an Israelite retirement home in Unna . In February 1940 Auguste Bloch moved to Freiburg im Breisgau , but still stayed in Eichstetten several times. She was arrested and deported on October 22, 1940 to Camp de Gurs north of the Pyrenees. In Gurs she met her brother Emil and his son Manfred again. On August 10, 1942 she was taken to Auschwitz via Drancy on Transport 17, Train 901-12 . Auguste Bloch did not survive the Shoah . Her mother was deported to Theresienstadt in 1942, where she lost her life on the day Auguste Bloch was deported to Auschwitz. Her brother Emil was also murdered in Auschwitz in 1942. Her son was able to emigrate to the USA in time and survive.
	BERNHARD BLOCH JG LIVED HERE . 1863 DEPORTED 1940 DEAD IN GURS	Bahlinger Strasse 3	Bernhard Baruch Bloch was born on February 8, 1863 in Eichstetten. He was a shoe dealer and married Lina, née Hofeler, on December 10, 1890. The couple had four children: Sophie called Sowe (born 1891), Bella (born 1892) and Emma (born 1898) and one other child who died in childhood. Emma emigrated to the USA after the end of the First World War , where she married and was called Emmy Hamburger. His daughter Bella also emigrated to the USA, she died in Cedarhurst in 1935. Bernhard Bloch's wife Lina died in 1931 and his daughter Sophie looked after her father. On October 22, 1940, he and his daughter were deported to Camp de Gurs . Due to the storage conditions, Bernhard Baruch Bloch lost his life there on November 17, 1940. His daughter Sophie Bloch was deported to Auschwitz in 1942 and murdered there.
	GUSTAV BLOCH JG LIVED HERE . 1878 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Hauptstrasse 27	Gustav Bloch was born on July 2, 1878 in Eichstetten. His parents were Maier Hirsch Bloch and Theresia, née Guggenheimer. He was the fifth child in the family, and his siblings all died when they were young. Bloch took over his father's cattle trade. He was married to Mathilde, nee Lehmann. The couple had four children: Margarethe (born 1908), Maier Max (born 1909), Hermann (born 1911) and Ludwig (born 1916). From 1937 he was no longer allowed to work as a cattle dealer. Gustav Bloch was arrested on November 11, 1938 and deported to Dachau, but was released again. On October 22, 1940, he and his wife were deported to Gurs. Three of his children were also deported to Gurs, each from a different location. His wife Mathilde only survived the camp for barely two months. On August 10, 1942, he was deported to Auschwitz together with his sons Hermann and Meier Max. Gustav Bloch did not survive the Shoah . His daughter Margarethe had a child in Gurs and managed to escape to Canada. His son Ludwig did an apprenticeship as a baker, then an agricultural training in preparation for emigration to Palestine, where he emigrated in 1932.
	HERMANN BLOCH JG LIVED HERE . 1911 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Hauptstrasse 27	Hermann Bloch was born on November 15, 1911 in Freiburg im Breisgau . His parents were the cattle dealer Gustav Bloch and Mathilde, née Lehmann. He had three siblings: Margarethe (born 1908), Maier Max (born 1909) and Ludwig (born 1916). He helped his father in his parents' cattle trade. Hermann Bloch tried to flee to France, but failed. On October 22, 1940 he was deported to Gurs, it is believed that he was deported from Paris. His parents and two of his siblings were also in Gurs, only his brother Ludwig was able to get to safety by emigrating to Palestine. On August 10, 1942, he was deported to Auschwitz together with his parents and brother Meier Max. Hermann Bloch did not survive the Shoah . From his close family, his sister Margarethe was able to save herself to Canada with her child who was born in Gurs.
	MAIER MAX BLOCH JG LIVED HERE . 1909 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Hauptstrasse 27	Maier Max Bloch was born on September 7, 1909 in Eichstetten. His parents were the cattle dealer Gustav Bloch and Mathilde, née Lehmann. He had three siblings: Margarethe (born 1908), Hermann (born 1911) and Ludwig (born 1916). He was an assistant in the parental cattle trade. Meier Max Bloch was arrested on November 11, 1938 and deported to Dachau; on December 28, 1938 he was released again. In 1940 he moved to Freiburg. On October 22, 1940 he was deported to Gurs. His parents and two of his siblings were also in Gurs, only his brother Ludwig was able to get to safety by emigrating to Palestine. On August 10, 1942, he was deported to Auschwitz together with his parents and brother Hermann. Meier Max Bloch did not survive the Shoah .
	HERE LIVED MATHILDE BLOCH GEB. LEHMANN JG. DEPORTED 1876 1940 GURS MURDERED 12/18/1940	Hauptstrasse 27	Mathilde Bloch , née Lehmann, was born on February 13, 1876 in Offenburg . She was married to Gustav Bloch, a cattle dealer. The couple had four children: Margarethe (born 1908), Maier Max (born 1909), Hermann (born 1911) and Ludwig (born 1916). Mathilde Bloch ran the household. On October 22, 1940, she and hers were deported to Gurs. Three of their children were also deported to Gurs, each from a different location. Mathilde Bloch only survived two months in the camp; she lost her life on December 18, 1940. Her husband was deported to Auschwitz on August 10, 1942, together with their sons Hermann and Meier Max. All three did not survive the Shoah. Her daughter Margarethe had a child in Gurs and managed to escape to Canada. Her son Ludwig did an apprenticeship as a baker, then an agricultural training in preparation for emigration to Palestine, where he emigrated in 1932.
	HERE LIVED RACHEL 'RESCHA' BLOCH JG. 1885 DEPORTED 1940 GURS ? ? ?	Hauptstrasse 22	Rahel Bloch called Rescha was born in Eichstetten in 1885. Her parents were the businessman Leopold Bloch (1846-1910) and Klara (born 1857), née Maier. She had a total of eleven siblings, three of whom came from her father's first marriage to Babette, née Maier (born 1853), who died at the age of 26. In the 1930s she lived with her half-sister Julie, widowed Moses. Julie Moses managed to travel to Switzerland. Rahel Bloch was deported to Gurs on October 22, 1940. From there she was probably deported to Auschwitz via Drancy. Rahel Bloch did not survive the Shoah.
	SIEGFRIED BLOCH JG LIVED HERE . ARRESTED IN 1881 1938 MURDERED DACHAU December 8, 1938	Hauptstrasse 54	Siegfried Bloch was born on September 9, 1881 in Schmieheim , Baden . In 1906 he married Auguste , née Weil. The couple had a haberdashery shop in Hauptstrasse 54 and lived there too. They had a son, Isidor Weil (born 1907). As part of the November pogroms of 1938, all of Eichstetten's Jewish men were arrested and deported to the Dachau concentration camp. Siegfried Bloch lost his life there on December 8, 1938 due to the torture he suffered. His wife was deported to Auschwitz in 1942 and did not survive the Shoah either; his son emigrated to the USA in good time.
	SOPHIE BLOCH JG LIVED HERE . 1891 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Bahlinger Strasse 3	Sophie Bloch was born on November 1, 1891 in Eichstetten. Her parents were the shoe dealer Bernhard Bloch and Lina, née Hofeler. She had three siblings: Bella (born 1892) and Emma (born 1898), another sister died as a child. Her sisters emigrated early, and her mother died in 1931. She stayed with her father and looked after him. On October 22, 1940, she and her father were deported to Camp de Gurs . Her father did not survive the camp. She was transferred to Auschwitz on October 14, 1942. Sophie Bloch did not survive the Shoah either.
	ABRAHAM DREIFUSS JG LIVED HERE . 1865 DEPORTED 1938 DACHAU MURDERED ON 11/22/1938	Hauptstrasse 42	Abraham Dreifuß was born on May 15, 1865 in Eichstetten. He had several siblings, including his brother Max. In 1882 Abraham Dreifuss became an apprentice in the Diebold and Sons manufacturing business. After completing his apprenticeship, he left Eichstetten, returned and worked again for Diebold and Sons. Until the beginning of the First World War he worked as a traveling salesman for the company. In 1895 he married Johanna Dreifuss, née Alexander. The couple had two children, Lilly (born 1896) and May (born 1899). In 1914 Diepold and Sons were taken over, Dreifuss became unemployed. His son Max had to serve in the war and came back seriously ill. Johanna Dreifuss died in 1923. His daughter Lilly married Siegfried Sommer and opened a textile business, for which she received all the support from Abraham Dreifuss. On November 11, 1938, in the course of the November pogroms in 1938 , Abraham Dreifuss and his son, like all male Jews in Eichstetten, were arrested and deported to Dachau. Abraham Dreifuss was tortured in Dachau in front of his son: "Now let's show you how to deal with Jews". Abraham Dreifuss died of the consequences on November 22, 1938. His children had to buy the body from the murderous regime for 1,000 Reichsmarks. A stumbling block for him was laid in Freiburg in Breisgau. His son Max Dreifuss had been married to Irma since 1937. After they were released from Dachau, the family tried to get exit papers. In September 1940, Max and his wife received an exit permit for Uruguay , and a month later, his sister with her husband and their son Armin. On October 22, 1940, however, the mass deportation of the Jews from Baden took place, the two families could no longer leave the country and were deported to Camp de Gurs. Max Dreifuss wrote from the camp to the Consulate General of the Republic of Uruguay in Vichy, they fetched the documents from Hamburg, issued the visas and Max Dreifuss and his sister were able to be freed from the camp with their spouses in the spring of 1941 and leave the country. Max Dreifuss died in 1978. He left behind at least one son, Renè.
	HERE LIVED BABETTE DREIFUSS GEB. DREIFUSS JG. 1863 DEPORTED 1940 GURS TOT 9.1.1941	Eisengasse 8 (formerly Judengässle)	Babette Dreifuss was born on June 22, 1863 in Altdorf. She had several siblings, including Jette. She was married to the merchant Moritz Dreifuss (born 1853), but died in childbed in 1883 after the birth of their daughter Fanny, who also died in 1884. According to Jewish tradition, the widower married an unmarried sister, Babette, in 1884. The couple had three children of their own: Arnold, Hermina and David (born 1893). David probably died in childhood. Her husband died in 1923, her daughter Hermine in 1925. Arnold emigrated to Australia. The rest of the family died. Brother-in-law Abraham Dreifuss was tortured to death in Dachau, his children moved to Freiburg, brother-in-law Max Dreifuss moved to live with his son Marcel in the USA. In 1939, Babette Dreifuss was the last of the Dreifuss family to still live in Eichstetten. She therefore also moved to Freiburg. On October 22, 1940 she was deported to Gurs. Babette Dreifuss lost her life there on January 9, 1941. A stumbling block was also laid for them in Freiburg in Breisgau.
	JOHANNA DREIFUSS JG LIVED HERE . 1902 EXIT REFUSED 1938 RESIDENTIAL HOME KARLSRUHE BERLIN-WEISSENSEE ? ? ? DECLARED DEAD	Nimburger Strasse 8	Johanna Dreifuss was born on October 23, 1902 in Eichstetten. Her parents were the cattle dealer Max Dreifuss and his wife Klara. She had a brother, Max, born in 1901. She was mentally handicapped. Her mother Klara died in 1931. Her Burder Max emigrated to New York, called himself Marcell there, and did business there successfully. Johanna's father also wanted to emigrate, but since this was not approved for her, he also stayed with his daughter. In 1938 her father had to give up his business. On November 10, 1938, in the course of the November pogroms in 1938 , her father, like all male Jews in Eichstetten, was arrested and deported to Dachau. After his return, Max Dreifuss brought Johanna into a home in Karlsruhe in January 1939. Her father had received an affidavit from her brother and fled to live with him in February 1939. Johanna Dreifuss was later transferred to the Israelite permanent residence in Berlin-Weissensee. Her further fate could never be clarified, her father and her brother could not find out anything. She was declared dead on May 8, 1945. Her brother adopted Marianne, the daughter of the Biedermann family .
	SOPHIE EPSTEIN JG LIVED HERE . 1895 DEPORTED 10/22/1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Altweg 17	Sophie Epstein was born on April 15, 1895 in Eichstetten. Her parents were the flour dealer David Epstein and Mathilde, née Veit. She had a brother, Siegfried (born 1891). Her brother emigrated to the United States at an early age. Sophie Epstein and her parents also thought about emigrating, but her father no longer dared to do so. He died in 1938. Her mother left for the United States in 1939 with an affidavit from her brother. In September 1939, Epstein moved to Freiburg in order to speed up her departure. She was deported to Gurs on October 22, 1940, and her emigration plans were ruined. In 1942 she was transferred to Drancy. From there Sophe Epstein was deported to Auschwitz on November 6, 1942 and murdered.
	KARL HAUSER JG LIVED HERE . 1881 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Altweg 23	Karl Hauser was born in Eichstetten on February 23, 1881. His parents were the merchant Salomon Hauser and Karoline, née Weil. He had three siblings: Herrmann (1883) and Rosa (1888), as well as another sibling who was born death . His mother died in 1922, his brother Hermann in 1931 and finally his father in 1936. Karl Hauser and his sister stayed at the address to rent. On November 11, 1938, in the course of the November pogroms, Karl Hauser, like all male Jews in Eichstetten, was arrested and deported to Dachau. He was not released until January 6, 1939. Probably another move to Mühlenstrasse 16 followed, with the house owner Mathilde Rothschild there was a pledge agreement. In November 1939 Mathilde Rothschild managed to escape to the USA to live with her son, from then on the Hauser siblings probably lived in this house. On October 22, 1940, Hauser was deported to Gurs with his sister. In 1942 he was transferred to Drancy. From there he was deported to Auschwitz on August 10, 1942. Karl Hauser did not survive the Shoah.
	HERE LIVED ROSA HAUSER JG. 1888 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Altweg 23	Rosa Hauser was born on May 21, 1888 in Eichstetten. Her parents were the tradesman Salomon Hauser and Karoline, née Weil. she had three siblings: Karl (1881) and Herrmann (1883) and another sibling who was born death . She was an ironer. Her mother died in 1922, a few years later, in 1931, her brother Hermann and in 1936 also her father. Rose Hauser and her brother stayed at the address to rent. In 1938 her brother was arrested and deported to Dachau and was only released from the camp in January 1939. On October 22, 1940, Hauser was deported to Gurs with her brother. In 1942 she was transferred to Drancy and deported from there to Auschwitz. Rosa Hauser did not survive the Shoah.
	HERE LIVED FLORA HENE GEB. JUDAS JG. 1898 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Hauptstrasse 22	Flora Hene née Judas, was born on March 10, 1898 in Ihringen . She had at least one brother, Gustav, and a sister, Anna, 20 years older. Flora Hene was married to the textile merchant Siegmund Hene. The couple had five children: Wiltrude (born 1927), Karl (born 1929), Vera (born 1931), Sonja (born 1932) and Harry (born 1934). The family lived in Hassloch . In 1935 her husband was denounced and deported to Dachau concentration camp. She alone could no longer keep the textile goods business that they had run in Haßloch, since the Jewish boycott of 1933 there were hardly any customers. She moved with the children to her sister Anna in Diedelsheim. With the help of her brother Gustav Hene, she found accommodation in Eichstetten in May 1936. He had bought a house there for her and the children. Her eldest daughter moved to live with Flora Hene's brother in Freiburg, where she attended the Jewish compulsory school . Released from Dachau, her husband tried to flee to France, he was arrested, deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp and murdered there in 1942. Flora Hene tried to get the children and herself to safety. In 1938 she brought her daughter Sonja with her cousin Susanne Silberschmidt, who lived in Melun , Karl and Vera were brought to Switzerland in a children's transport in 1939, Flora Hene applied for an exit visa for the USA. With Wiltrude, who had also come to Eichstetten in the meantime, and Harry, Flora Hene moved from Hauptstrasse 14 to two rooms in Hauptstrasse 22. In October 1940, they were forcibly accommodated, like all Jewish residents of Eichstetten, at Altweg 6-8 . On October 22, 1940, Flora hene was deported to the Gurs internment camp with her children Wiltrude and Harry. Aid organizations tried to rescue the children interned in the camp, Wiltrude came to the Cevennes in 1941 , Harry to a place near Limoges . Flora Hene was transferred to the Noé camp, where her older sister was. Her sister was supposed to be deported in 1942, the Nazis lied to the inmates of the camp, the transport was going to work. Hene took her sister's place in this transport, posing as Anna. Since she was physically fitter, she believed she could survive a work assignment better. The transport went to Auschwitz. Flora Hene was murdered there on August 28, 1942. Her older sister survived in the Noe camp but died in a nursing home shortly after the war ended. Four of their children also survived. Wiltrude was placed in French children's homes in 1941, then she lived until 1945 as Marie Louise Lagier , with false ID and protected by the local residents, in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon . She then stayed with religious sisters in a Catholic home in Lyon and began an apprenticeship as a hairdresser. Three of her aunts lived in the USA, from one of them she received a guarantee and she emigrated on the first ship that sailed from Bordeaux to New York. There she married a French Jewish man from Morocco whom she had already met in France and was now called Wiltrude Lavelle. She died in California in November 2014, leaving two children and one grandchild. Harry Hene came to the Château de Chabannes Jewish children's home . In 1942 it became too dangerous for the children there, and a leader took the children to Switzerland. She was shot at the border and the children were taken to a prison near Annemasse. There they were liberated by French freedom fighters that night. Harry Hene lived with the freedom fighters in the forest for two years until the end of the war. After the war, his sister Wiltrude found him and brought him to live with the other two siblings who were still alive in Switzerland. Karl Hene also emigrated to the USA. He died on October 5, 2016, leaving four children and numerous grandchildren. Sonja was taken from school in 1942 and deported to Auschwitz via Drancy, where she was murdered. The Silberschmidts were also deported to Auschwitz three months after Sonja and murdered.
	SIGMUND HENE JG LIVED HERE . MURDERED IN BUCHENWALD in 1894	Hauptstrasse 22	Sigmund Hene was born on September 14, 1894 in Haßloch . He served in the First World War. Hene was married to Flora, née Judas. The couple had five children: Wiltrude (born 1927), Karl (born 1929), Vera (born 1931), Sonja (born 1932) and Harry (born 1934). The family lived in Hassloch , where the textile merchant ran a business. In 1935 he was beaten up by the Nazis in the courtyard and then taken into so-called "protective custody" and deported to Dachau. With the requirement to leave Germany as soon as possible, he was released again. He sold the house and business in Haßloch and went to his family, who now lived in Eichstetten. He tried to flee to France, was captured while trying to escape and was imprisoned again in Dachau on June 28, 1938. His prisoner number was 17786. Almost three months later, on June 23, 1938, he was transferred to the Buchenwald concentration camp. Sigmund Hene was murdered there on September 16, 1942. Four of his children were able to survive; his wife and daughter Sonja were murdered in Auschwitz.
	SONJA HENE JG LIVED HERE . 1932 DEPORTED MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Hauptstrasse 14	Sonja Hene was born on January 3, 1932 in Haßloch. Her parents were the textile merchant Sigmund Hene and Mrs. Flora, née Judas. She had four siblings: Wiltrude (born 1927), Karl (born 1929), Vera (born 1931) and Harry (born 1934). After her father was arrested in 1935, the mother moved with the children to Eichstetten. After a failed attempt to escape to France and the re-arrest of her father, her mother decided to bring all the children to safety. In 1938 Sonja came to live with one of her mother's cousins, the Silberschmidts, in Melun in France. In 1942 Sonja was taken out of school and deported. She was deported to Auschwitz via Drancy on November 6, 1942 in convoy no. 42. Sonja Hene did not survive the Shoah. The Silberschmidt family, their host family, were also deported three months later and murdered in Auschwitz. Her father was murdered in Buchenwald, her mother also in Auschwitz in 1942. Her siblings were all brought to safety and survived.
	AUGUSTE HOFELER GEB. LIVED HERE. BERNHEIM JG. 1853 DEPORTED 1940 GURS TOT 8.1.1941	Hauptstrasse 35	Auguste Hofeler born Bernheim was born on April 15, 1853 in Eichstetten. She was the youngest child from the second marriage of Alexander Levi Bernheimer to Magdalena Geismar, who came from Breisach . In 1872 she married the trader Theodor Hofeler (1843-1936). The couple had five children: Alfred (born 1873), Regina (born 1874), Thekla (born 1878) and the twins Sigmund and Anna (born 1880). The family was respected and wealthy. They lived in their own house at 33 Hauptstrasse. The twins died early, Anna the day after the birth, son Sigmund probably later. The older daughters both married in Breisach, had children, but returned to their parents' household after their husbands died. Auguste Hofeler's husband died in 1936 after 64 years of marriage. Her daughter-in-law died that same year. The following year, her son Alfred, a cattle dealer, had her license revoked. The family was thus deprived of their livelihood. On October 22, 1940, the then 87-year-old Auguste Hofeler was arrested and deported to the Gurs camp in southern France together with her children Alfred, Regina and Thekla and their daughter Johanna. Auguste Hofeler died there on January 8, 1941 as a result of the hardships and privations "We bury her, far from the resting place of her blessed husband, in the camp cemetery, in the midst of almost 900 fellow sufferers as victims of our struggle." Thekla Kleeberg, her daughter, and her daughter, Johanna Kleeberg, were murdered by the Nazi regime in Auschwitz. The fate of Auguste Hofeler's other children: Alfred Hofeler , cattle dealer in Eichstetten, was born on May 15, 1873. He was married to Marie, nee Maier. The couple had three children: Max (born 1906), Arthur (born 1910) and Ilse . His wife died in 1936. He supported his mother and sisters. In February 1937 he was forbidden to trade in cattle anywhere in the Reich due to the racist Nazi laws. His sons were able to emigrate in time, Max to Argentina, Arthur and his wife to Great Britain and later to the United States. Ilse married Isidor Biedermann from Gailingen in 1936 and had a daughter, Marianne (born 1938). The girl was saved and emigrated to the United States, Ilse and Isidor Biedermann were murdered in Auschwitz. Alfred Hofeler was arrested with his mother and sisters and deported to the Gurs camp. He and his sister Regine Kleefeld were moved to a French retirement home and were able to survive the Nazi regime. After its downfall, he emigrated to the United States, where he died in 1955. Regina Kleefeld was born on August 21, 1874 in Eichstetten. Like her sister Thekla, she married a man named Kleefeld and moved to Breisach. At least she had one child. Together with her mother, brother and sister, she was arrested in October 1940 and deported to the Gurs camp. She and her brother were moved to a French retirement home and were able to survive the Nazi regime. The brother emigrated, but Regina Kleefeld decided to stay in Germany and fight for the restitution of her parental home. She didn't succeed. The Eichstetten Stumbling Stone Project describes this as "an oppressive, unprocessed chapter". She lived in Freiburg i. Br. To sublet and died on October 1, 1959 in the Freiburg clinic.
	ISAAK HOFELER JG LIVED HERE . 1848 DEPORTED 1940 GURS TOT 11/22/1940	Altweg 11	Isaak Hofeler was born on June 14, 1846 in Eichstetten. His parents were Leopold Hofeler and Judith, née Haas. He was the fourth of eight children. Three siblings died in childhood. One of his brothers was Theodor Hofeler . Isaak Hofeler fought in the Franco-German War of 1870/71. In 1925 he was made an honorary member of the Reich Association of Jewish Front Soldiers (RjF). On October 13, 1878, he married the 20-year-old Mina, née Palm, from Grötzingen. She died in 1891 and, following Jewish tradition, he married an unmarried sister of his late wife, Fanny. She was 20 years younger than Isaak Hofeler. The couple had four children: Johanna (born 1894) and Leo (born 1897) as well as two stillborn children. Leo Hofeler was disabled. Johanna married the cattle dealer David Klein, who was born in 1896 and who also came from Eichstetten. In 1922 his wife Fanny died. Isaak Hofeler lived with his daughter at Altweg 11 and her husband did not know whether his son Leo was also there, at least in 1938 he was not in Eichstetten. Johanna Hofeler died in 1936, childless. Isaak Hofeler and his son-in-law were deported to Dachau during the Reichspogromnacht. In 1939 David Klein became head of the Jewish community, after the compulsory settlement of financial matters relating to the burned down synagogue and the associated premises, Klein also fled to England at the end of 1939. In March 1939 Isaak Hofeler was naughty in the Jewish retirement home in Gallingen. On October 22, 1940, Isaak Hofeler, over 90 years old, was deported to Gurs. There he could not survive the camp conditions for long. Isaak Hofeler lost his life on November 22, 1940. His son Leo was murdered in the Grafeneck killing center in April 1940 .
	HERE LIVED LEO HOFELER JG. 1897 DETECTED 'HEILANSTALT' GRAFENECK MURDERED 2.4.1940	Altweg 11	Leo Hofeler was born on February 17, 1897 in Eichstetten. His parents were Isaak Hofeler and Fanny, née Palm. He had a sister, Johanna (born 1894). Leo Hofeler had a disability. At least in the 1930s he no longer lived with his father; his mother had died in 1922. He was deported on March 5, 1940 from the Emmendingen sanatorium to the Grafeneck killing center. Leo Hofeler was murdered there on April 2, 1940. His sister died in 1936, his father did not survive the Gurs camp.
	HERE LIVED THEKLA KLEEFELD GEB. HOFELER JG. 1878 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Hauptstrasse 35	Thekla Kleefeld b. Hofeler was born in Eichstetten on July 6, 1878. Like her sister Regina, she married a man named Kleefeld and moved to Breisach. She had a daughter, Johanna. After the death of her husband, she returned to her parents' household. In 1940 she lived with her daughter in Freiburg, who worked there as a secretary for the Jewish community. On October 22, 1940, she was deported to the Gurs camp together with her mother, her siblings and her daughter. Her mother did not survive the hardships of the camp, her siblings were transferred to an old people's home. Thekla Kleefeld and her daughter were transferred to Drancy, where they were deported to Auschwitz on August 10, 1942, and murdered.
	BERTA KLEIN JG LIVED HERE . 1888 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Bahlinger Strasse 7	Berta Klein was born on March 17, 1888 in Eichstetten. Her parents were the merchant Lehmann (Ascher) Klein and Sara, née Bloch. She had five siblings: Betty (1892) and David (1896) and three siblings who did not survive childhood. Her father died in 1927. Berta Klein lived with her sister and mother in the former Jewish school on Bahlinger Strasse by 1936 at the latest, this is assured by the "List of Jews living in the Eichstetten community". Berta Klein remained unmarried. On October 22, 1940, she was deported to the Gurs camp with her mother and sister. On August 12, 1942, she and her sister were deported to Auschwitz via Drancy. Berta Klein did not survive the Shoah. Her mother was transferred to the Noel camp and did not survive either, and her sister Betty Klein did not survive either. Her brother David had emigrated to England in 1939 and wanted to support his family from there.
	HERE LIVED BETTY SMALL JG. 1892 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Bahlinger Strasse 7	Betty Klein was born on September 28, 1892 in Eichstetten. Her parents were the merchant Lehmann (Ascher) Klein and Sara, née Bloch. She had five siblings: Berta (1888) and David (1896) and three siblings who did not survive childhood. She was a clerk at the Epstein paper mill. Her father died in 1927. By 1936 at the latest, Betty Klein lived with her sister and mother in the former Jewish school on Bahlinger Straße. Betty Klein remained unmarried. On October 22, 1940, she was deported to the Gurs camp with her mother and sister. On August 12, 1942, she and her sister were deported to Auschwitz via Drancy. Betty Klein did not survive the Shoah. Her mother was transferred to the Noé camp and did not survive either, and her sister Betty Klein did not survive either. Her brother David had emigrated to England in 1939 and wanted to support his family from there.
	SARA KLEIN GEB. LIVED HERE. BLOCH JG. 1861 DEPORTED 1940 GURS TOT IN NOÉ	Bahlinger Strasse 7	Sara Klein born Bloch, was born on April 8, 1861 in Sulzburg . She was married to the trader Lehmann (Ascher) Klein (1859-1927). The couple had six children: Berta (1888), Betty (1892) and David (1896) and three children who did not survive childhood. Her son David became a cattle dealer and married Johanna Hofeler, both daughters remained unmarried. Sara Klein's husband died in 1927. David Klein lost his license to trade cattle in December 1938 at the latest. He briefly became head of the Jewish community and in 1939 emigrated to England. On October 22, 1940, she and her daughters were deported to the Gurs camp. From there she was transferred to the Noé camp. Sara Klein did not survive the Shoah. Her daughters were deported to Auschwitz and did not survive either.
	HERE LIVED HERMINE MIRWIS GEB. BICKART JG. 1880 DEPORTED 1940 GURS TOT IN RÉCÉBÉDOU	Bahlinger Strasse 7	Hermine Mirwis b. Bickart was born on November 4, 1877 in Eichstetten. Her parents were the merchant Gustav Bickart and his wife Jeanette, née Rieser. Hermione Mirwis was the fifth of seven children. In 1906 she married the cantor Leopold Mirwis. The couple had two children: Julius (born 1906) and Kurt (born 1912). On October 22, 1940, Hermien Mirwis was deported to the Gurs camp with her husband. From there she was transferred to the Récébédou camp. Hermine Mirwis lost her life there on November 6, 1940. Her husband lost his life in Gurs, on the same day as Hermione Mirwis, according to the memorial book. Her two sons emigrated to Palestine in 1933 and thus survived the Shoah.
	LEOPOLD MIRWIS JG LIVED HERE . 1874 DEPORTED 1940 DEAD IN GURS	Bahlinger Strasse 7	Leopold Mirwis was born on June 14, 1874 in Schadow (Lithuania). In 1898 he went to Cologne and trained at the Rheinische Musikschule until 1901 . Then he went to Eichstetten and became cantor there. He was considered a strict scholar and was responsible for the religious education of young people. He was also the shochet of the Jewish community. On January 30, 1906, he married Hermione, nee Bickart. The couple had two sons: Julius (born 1906) and Kurt (born 1912). On October 22, 1940, Leopold Mirwis and his wife were deported to the Gurs camp. He was suffering from heart and asthma and did not survive the camp. According to the memorial book, Leopold Mirwis died on November 6, 1940, on the same day as his wife, although she was in the Récébédou camp. His two sons emigrated to Palestine in 1933 and thus survived the Shoah.
	FANNY ROSENBUSCH JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED IN 1884 THERESIENSTADT MURDERED 1943	Hauptstrasse 22	Fanny Rosenbusch was born in Schwebheim on May 22, 1864 . She was related to Simon Rosenbusch. When his wife Charlotte, née Weil, died in 1930, she probably moved to Eichstetten and looked after the widower and his son Kurt (born 1913). Simon Rosenbusch died in 1936. In 1940 Fanny Rosenbusch moved back to Schwebheim to live with relatives. On September 10, 1942, she was deported from Nuremberg to Theresienstadt. Fanny Rosenbusch lost her life there on April 11, 1943.
	HERE LIVED KAROLINA SEELIG GEB. BECAUSE JG. 1864 DEPORTED 1940 DEAD IN GURS	Hauptstrasse 69	Karolina Seelig born Weil was born in Eichstetten in 1864. Her parents were David Weil and Rosa (Reichel), née Bickart. She had ten siblings, two of whom died in childhood. She married Bendix Seelig from Solz near Kassel on January 17, 1893. She moved in with her husband. After he died, she returned and lived with her brother Isaak Weil . On October 22, 1940, she and her brother were deported to Gurs. Karoline Seelig did not survive the Shoah. Her brother Isaak Weil also lost his life in Gurs.
	BETTY BECAUSE JG LIVED HERE . 1903 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Altweg 6 and 8	Betty Weil was born on May 27, 1903 in Eichstetten. Her parents were the cattle dealer Samuel Weil and Rahel, née Epstein. She had at least one sister, Paula (born 1896). She moved to Odenheim , but after her mother's death in 1939 she returned to Eichstetten to live with her father. On October 22, 1940, she and her father were deported to Gurs and from there on August 12, 1942, via Drancy to Auschwitz. Betty Weil did not survive the Shoah.
	EMIL WEIL JG LIVED HERE . 1883 ESCAPE BELGIUM INTERNS ST. CYPRIEN DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED 2.9.1942 AUSCHWITZ	Hauptstrasse 54	Emil Weil was born on January 24, 1883 in Breisach . His parents were the merchant Isak Weil and Ernestine Weil . He had two siblings: Auguste (1884) and Jakob (1887). His father Isak Weil was threatened with bankruptcy and he fled to the USA, to Buffalo. His mother stayed in Germany for the time being, gave birth to his sister Auguste and moved with him and her to their grandparents in Eichstetten. In 1885 the family followed their father to the USA, where his second brother was born. His father died between 1887 and 1890. His mother returned to Eichstetten with his two siblings. His brother Jakob died there in October 1890. Emil stayed with a wealthy uncle in the USA. There he suffered from the lovelessness of his uncle and he moved as a young adult, went away, toured South America and went to sea until he fell ill with malaria . He was advised to go to the Tropical Institute in Hamburg, which he did and got well. Since he was a German citizen, he was drafted in 1914 and had to serve in the First World War. he received two medals of bravery. After the war he lived in Cologne and married the Catholic Emma Bremen there. The couple had two sons: Manfred (born 1920) and Anatol. Weil was a businessman, but didn't put anything aside. At the end of the 1920s, with all their savings exhausted, the family moved to a cheaper apartment in the working-class district. The boss of the company in which Emil Weil worked as an authorized signatory received threatening letters in 1933 that the business would be boycotted if he continued to employ a Jew in a managerial position. One day Weil found the striker on his desk. He gave up and resigned. He then became a partner in a glass grinding company, after the decree that forbade it to do business together with non-Aryans, he also lost this income. He wanted to enable his sons to travel to Palestine and pressed for jobs that would be needed there. Manfred and Anatol joined the Zionist youth organization and became carpenters. The Weils separated to better protect the family. Emil Weil fled to Antwerp via the High Fens in mid-1937 , his son Manfred tried to follow him in 1938, wanted to cross the border illegally twice, both attempts failed, and it was only when he and his brother Anatol started to flee that they managed to escape to Luxembourg , but they almost drowned in the border river and they got to Antwerp. Emil Weil gave English lessons there. His son Manfred was accepted at the Artesis Hogeschool Antwerp , Anatol was still a minor and was sent to the Eksaarde youth labor camp. After rumors arose that the Germans would attack Belgium, Weil and his sons were considered hostile foreigners, they had to report to the authorities, Emil Weil and Manfred were deported to France, Anatol stayed in a youth labor camp in Belgium. From the Franco-Belgian border, they were deported to the St. Cyprien camp in cattle wagons and without food or drink . Typhus broke out there and in October 1940 the camp was so badly hit by a storm that many drowned, the surviving 3,600 prisoners were distributed to other camps, Emil Weil and his son were brought to Gurs. There he met his sister Auguste. Son Manfred planned his escape from the camp, Emil Weil encouraged him, was meanwhile too sick to think about escape himself and gave his son some of his bread. This managed to escape. In September 1942 his sister was deported to Auschwitz, on August 31, 1942 Weil was also deported to Auschwitz. Emil Weil was murdered there on September 2, 1942. Manfred Weil fled via France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland, was in several camps in Switzerland, and he was also able to save his brother Anatol's life by posing as Chief War Inspector Gangsor . In 1945 he returned to Cologne, where he studied at the Cologne factory schools and taught painting at the adult education center in Bonn for 19 years. He is a holder of the Federal Cross of Merit , a biography and two documentaries deal with his life. Present at the laying of the stumbling block for his father in 2011. He died in 2015. His younger brother Anatol died a few years before the stumbling block for his father was laid. The brothers did not learn of their father's death until many years after the end of the war.
	HERE LIVED ERNESTINE 'ESTERLE' BECAUSE GEB. BECAUSE JG. 1859 DEPORTED IN 1942 DEAD IN THERESIENSTADT	Hauptstrasse 54	Ernestine 'Esterle'Weil , née Weil, called Esterle , was born on February 28, 1859 in Eichstetten. Her parents were Meier Jakob Weil and Judith, née Wertheimer. She was the second of 12 children. Three siblings died in childhood, four siblings stayed in Eichstetten, four moved away. Ernestine also left Eichstetten. She married Isak Weil and had two children in Breisach: Emil was born in 1883, and daughter Auguste followed in the following year . Her husband was threatened with bankruptcy and fled to the USA, to Buffalo. Ernestine Weil stayed in Germany for the first time and moved in with her parents. In 1885 she followed her husband to Buffalo with her children. The third child, Jakob, was born there in 1887. Her husband died and she returned to Eichstetten with her two younger children, Augustine and Jakob. Emil stayed with a relative in the USA. Her son Jakob died in Eichstetten in October 1890, he is buried in the local cemetery. Ernestine Weil opened a grocery store at Hauptstrasse 18 (the building no longer exists today). The shop lasted until 1938, the last Jewish shop to be forcibly closed. From the end of 1938 at the latest, she lived with her daughter Auguste at Hauptstrasse 54. Auguste Bloch's husband was imprisoned during the Reichspogromnacht and deported to Dachau, where he only survived a few days. In January 1940 Ernestine Weil moved to the Israelite old people's home in Unna . On July 29, 1942, she was deported to Theresienstadt. Ernestine Weil lost her life there on August 10, 1942. Her daughter Auguste was murdered in Auschwitz on the day Ernestine Weil was deported to Theresienstadt. Her son Emil was also murdered in Auschwitz in 1942.
	ISAAK BECAUSE JG lived here. 1866 DEPORTED 1940 DEAD IN GURS	Hauptstrasse 69	Isaak Weil was born on November 16, 1866 in Eichstetten. His parents were David Weil from Orschweier / Lahr and his wife Rosa (Reichel), née Bickart. He was the eighth of eleven children, two of his siblings died in childhood. He was married to Mathilde (called Hedwig), nee Bickart. The couple had five children: Theophil (born 1902), Julius (born 1903), Meta (born 1907), Siegfried Fritz (born 1909) and Walter (born 1913). His wife died before the end of the 1930s. His sister Karoline moved in with him after her husband's death. On October 22, 1940, he and his sister were deported to the Gurs camp. Isaak Weil lost his life there on November 8, 1941. His sister Karoline also lost her life in Gurs. His daughter Meta emigrated to Rotterdam as early as 1935 and fled from there to Great Britain in 1939. His son Theophil went to Freiburg in 1935 and, like Julius, fled to the USA via Shanghai . His sons Siegfried and Walter were murdered in Auschwitz.
	HERE LIVED LEOPOLDINE BECAUSE GEB. KLEEFELD JG. 1862 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN PAU CONCENTRATION CAMP	Altweg 16	Leopoldine Weil b. Kleefeld was born on May 12, 1862 in Breisach. She was married to the trader David Weil (1857-1936) from Eichstetten. The couple had four children: Jakob (born 1883, died shortly after his birth), Bella (born 1885), Thekla (born 1887) and Rina, born in 1895. David Weil died in 1936. Rina Weil remained unmarried and lived with her mother. On October 22, 1940, Leopoldine Weil was deported to Gurs with her daughter. In 1941 she was transferred to the Pau camp. Leopoldine Weil lost her life there on April 20, 1943. Her daughter Rina was murdered in Auschwitz. Her daughter Thekla managed to escape in time, she survived.
	MORITZ WEIL JG LIVED HERE . 1862 DEPORTED 1940 MURDERED IN GURS	Altweg 6 and 8	Moritz Weil was born on March 5, 1862 in Eichstetten. He was the fifth child of Isaak Weil and his wife Karoline and became a cattle dealer. In 1893 he married Klara, née Epstein (1871-1936), who was also from Eichstetten. The couple had at least three children: Paula (born 1894), Berthold (born 1895) and Isidor (born 1899). His wife died in 1936. Moritz Weil was deported to Dachau during the Reichspogromnacht and released on November 20, 1938. Moritz Weil and his unmarried daughter who lived with him were born on October 22, 1940. Moritz Weil lost his life in Gurs on November 25, 1940. His daughter Klara Weil was probably murdered in Auschwitz.
	MORITZ WEIL JG LIVED HERE . 1877 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Altweg 31	Moritz Weil was born on September 10, 1877 in Eichstetten. He was one of five children of the butcher Hermann Weil and his wife Julie. Between 1901 and 1909 he took over his father's kosher butcher's shop. Around 1906 he married Rosa Hofeler. The couple had a daughter, Rena, born in 1908. The family's economic situation got worse and worse, its customers were mainly Jews who gradually moved away, but in 1933 slaughtering was forbidden. Daughter Rena went to Stuttgart for a few years in the 1930s, but returned to her parents' household in 1938. In March 1939 she went to the Netherlands. Moritz Weil and his wife were deported to Gurs on October 22, 1940. On August 12, 1942, they were deported to Auschwitz via Drancy. Moritz Weil and his wife did not survive the Shoah. His daughter Rena was no longer able to flee to England to her friend and relative Meta Weil; she was also deported to Auschwitz and murdered.
	PAULA WEIL JG LIVED HERE . 1894 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Altweg 6 and 8	Paula Weil was born on August 3, 1894 in Eichstetten. She was the oldest child of the cattle dealer Moritz Weil and his wife Klara, née Epstein (1871–1936). She had three siblings: Berthold (born 1895), Isidor (born 1899) and Martha (born 1907). Paula Weil remained unmarried. Her mother died in 1936. There are two versions of her fate: According to Stolpersteine ​​Eichstetten, she lived with her father in a household. On October 22, 1940, both were deported to Gurs. From there she was probably transferred to Auschwitz. According to the memorial book, she emigrated to France and was deported by Drancy to Auschwitz on September 4, 1942. Paula Weil did not survive the Shoah. Her father only survived the poor conditions in Gurs for a few months. Her sister Martha, married Michels, emigrated to Palestine in time and survived. The fate of the two brothers is not known.
	HERE LIVED RENA BECAUSE GEB. HOFELER JG. 1908 ESCAPE 1939 HOLLAND DEPORTED MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Altweg 31	Rena Weil was born on September 6th, 1908 in Eichstetten. Her parents were the butcher Moritz Weil and Rosa, née Hofeler. In the 1930s she left Eichstetten and went to Stuttgart, but returned to her parents' house in 1938. In March 1939 she fled to the Netherlands and tried to come to England to see her relatives and friend Meta Weil who had previously emigrated. She didn't succeed. She was arrested and deported from the Westerbork camp to Auschwitz. Rena Weil did not survive the Shoah. The date of death is given as September 30, 1942. Her parents were also murdered in Auschwitz.
	RINA WEIL JG LIVED HERE . 1895 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Altweg 16	Rina Weil was born on June 18, 1895 in Eichstetten. She was the youngest child of the merchant David and his wife Leopoldine, née Kleefeld. She had three siblings: Jakob (born 1883, died shortly afterwards), Bella (born 1885) and Thekla (born 1887). Rina Weil remained unmarried and continued to live in her parents' household. Her father died in 1936. On October 22, 1940, Rina and her mother were deported to Gurs. In 1942 she was transferred to Auschwitz. Rina Weil did not survive the Shoah. Her mother did not survive either. Sister Thekla was able to flee Germany in time and survived.
	HERE LIVED ROSA BECAUSE GEB. HOFELER JG. 18 ?? DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Altweg 31	Rosa Weil born Hofeler was born in Eichstetten on September 23, 1885. Her father was Sigmund Hofeler. She at least had one more sister, Bella. Around 1906 Rosa Weil married the butcher Moritz Weil. In 1908 daughter Rena was born. On October 22, 1940, she and her husband were deported to Gurs. From there the couple was transferred to Auschwitz on August 12, 1942. Rosa Weil and her husband were murdered in Auschwitz. Their daughter Rena tried to flee to England via the Netherlands. The escape failed; she too was murdered in Auschwitz. Her father and sister were also deported to Gurs, where all three met again. A stumbling block was laid for her father in Offenburg.
	SAMUEL 'SEMI' LIVED HERE BECAUSE JG. 1866 DEPORTED 1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Altweg 6 and 8	Samuel Weil , called Semy or Semi , was born on May 9, 1866 in Eichstetten. He was one of six children of Baruch and Zerline Weil and became a cattle dealer. On December 16, 1895, he married Rahel Epstein (1872–1939). The couple had at least two daughters: Paula (born 1896) and Betty (born 1903). Paula married and moved away from Eichstetten, Betty Weil moved to Odenheim , she returned to her father's household in April 1939 after the death of her mother. On October 22, 1940, he and his daughter Betty Weil were deported to Gurs. From there both were transferred to Auschwitz on August 12, 1942. Samuel Weil and Betty Weil were murdered in Auschwitz. Paula, married Kurz, was also deported to Auschwitz and did not survive the Shoah.
	SAMUEL BECAUSE JG. LIVED HERE . 1868 deported MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Hauptstrasse 32	Samuel Weil was born on June 15, 1868 in Ihringen. His parents were the dealer couple Seligmann and Henriette Weil. Samuel Weil ran a wine and coal trade. On November 14, 1898, he married Klara Epstein. The couple had at least one son, Leo (born 1900). They probably also had another son named Benno. A Benno Weil made a request for a birth certificate in 1951, and named Klara, née Viktor Epstein, as his mother. From 1933 business became increasingly difficult for Samuel Weil, from 1935 it was only possible to obtain a dealer license for one year, so he stopped trading in 1936. He was arrested during the Reichspogromnacht in 1938 and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp until November 20 . The marriage of Samuel and Klara Weil failed, his ex-wife moved to Nuremberg, Samuel Weil to Haigerloch . The Eichstetten memorial book and the stumbling block project represent two versions of the path leading up to the murder: according to the stumbling block project, he was deported to Auschwitz; according to the memorial project, he was deported to Theresienstadt on November 22, 1942, and from there, about a month later, on September 26 1942, to the Treblinka extermination camp . Samuel Weil did not survive the Shoah .
	HERE LIVED SIEGFRIED FRITZ BECAUSE JG. 1909 DEPORTED MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Hauptstrasse 69	Siegfried Fritz Weil was born on May 19, 1909 in Eichstetten. His parents were Isaak Weil and Mathilde, née Bickart. He had four siblings: Theophil (born 1902), Julius (born 1903), Meta (born 1907) and Walter (born 1913). From 1938 he did an agricultural training in preparation for emigration to Palestine. During the Reichspogromnacht he was arrested and imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp. He was released on December 28, 1938. The planned emigration no longer succeeded. On March 1, 1943, he was deported to Auschwitz via Essen . Siegfried Fritz Weil lost his life there on May 18, 1943. His sister Meta managed to escape to Great Britain, his brothers Julius and Theophil fled to the USA. Brother Walter was also murdered. His father and aunt Karoline Seelig did not survive the storage conditions in Gurs.
	HERE LIVED SOPHIE WEIL GEB. EPSTEIN JG. 1869 DEPORTED 1940 DEAD IN GURS	Hauptstrasse 42	Sophie Weil b. Epstein, was born on July 11, 1869 in Eichstetten. She was one of seven children of the cattle dealer Heinrich Marx Epstein and his wife Regina, née Burger. The family was wealthy. On June 24, 1895 she married the trader Ludwig (Elieser) Weil (born 1864). The couple had a daughter, Amalie, born in 1896. Ludwig Weil died in 1916, her daughter moved to Mannheim . After the Reichspogromnacht in 1938, Sophie Weil moved into the old people's home in Gailingen provided by Heinrich Epstein . On October 22, 1940, she was deported from there to the Gurs camp. Sophie Weil lost her life here.
	HERE LIVED THEKLA BECAUSE GEB. BECAUSE JG. 1888 DEPORTED 10/22/1940 GURS MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Altweg 13	Thekla Weil was born on May 31, 1888 in Eichstetten. Her parents were David Weil (born 1855–1888) and his wife Pauline, née Bloch. She had an older brother, Joseph (born 1887). Her father died shortly after she was born. Her mother in 1939. On October 22, 1940, Thekla Weil was deported to the Gurs camp. From there she was deported two years later to Drancy and on August 12, 1942 to Auschwitz. Thekla Weil did not survive the Shoah. Her brother Joseph had moved from Eichstetten, became a merchant and last lived in Berlin. From there he was deported to Theresienstadt in 1943 and finally to Auschwitz in 1944. He did not survive the Shoah either.
	WALTER WEIL JG LIVED HERE . 1913 DEPORTED MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ	Hauptstrasse 69	Walter Weil was born on March 20, 1913 in Eichstetten. His parents were Isaak Weil and Mathilde, née Bickart. He had four siblings: Theophil (born 1902), Julius (born 1903), Meta (born 1907) and Siegfried Fritz (born 1909). He became an agent for silver cutlery, and in 1938 his business license was revoked because he was Jewish. During the Reichspogromnacht he was arrested and imprisoned in Dachau. He was the last of the surviving prisoners from Eichstetten to return and was only released on January 23, 1939. Like his brother Siegfried Fritz, he went to Paderborn to undergo agricultural training in preparation for emigration to Palestine. The emigration was no longer successful. He stayed in Riehen , Switzerland, among other places , as a refugee, but the Swiss government sent him back to Germany. In 1941 he came to the Radinkendorf Jewish work center . On April 14, 1942, according to the memorial book, he was deported to the Warsaw ghetto ; according to the Eichtetten Stumbling Stone Project, he was deported to Auschwitz. Walter Weil did not survive the Shoah. His sister Meta managed to escape to Great Britain, his brothers Julius and Theophil fled to the USA. Brother Siegfried Fritz was also murdered. His father and aunt Karoline Seelig did not survive the storage conditions in Gurs.

Laying data

Memorial plaque for the destroyed synagogue

The stumbling blocks of Eichstetten were laid personally by Gunter Demnig on the following days:

1. April 2003, Hauptstrasse 42
2. April 8, 2005, Hauptstrasse 27
3. September 16, 2006, Altweg and Hauptstraße (11 stumbling blocks)
4. September 29, 2007, Bahlinger Strasse 3 and 7, Hauptstrasse 32, 35, 42 (Sophie Weil), 54 (Auguste and Siegfried Bloch) and 69
5. July 24, 2008, Altweg 11, 23 and 31, Eisengasse 8
6. May 23, 2009, Altweg 13 (Thekla Weil), Altweg 17 (Sophie Epstein), Hauptstraße 54 (Ernestine "Esterle" Weil), Bahlinger Straße 5 (Ilse Biedermann) and Nimburger Straße 8 (Johanna Dreifuss)
7. July 14, 2011, Hauptstrasse 54 (Emil Weil)

Web links

Commons : Stolpersteine ​​in Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Chronicle of the laying of the stumbling blocks on the website of Gunter Demnig's project
• Stolpersteine ​​in Eichstetten on the website of the municipality of Eichstetten

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alemannia Judaica: Eichstetten mit Riegel (Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district) and Endingen (Emmendingen district) Jewish history / prayer hall / synagogue , accessed on June 10, 2020
2. ↑ Badische Zeitung: Witnesses to a Bad Time , accessed on June 10, 2020
3. ↑ From the history of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area: Eichstetten / Kaiserstuhl (Baden-Württemberg) , accessed on June 10, 2020
4. ^ Community of Eichstetten: Jewish history of Eichstetten / Stolpersteine ​​in Eichstetten , accessed on July 27, 2019
5. ↑ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names : Ilse Biederman , accessed December 22, 2019
6. ↑ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: Isidore Biederman , accessed December 22, 2019
7. ^ New York Times digitalized version , accessed December 22, 2019
8. ↑ Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Johanna Dreifuss , created by Ursula Kügele, status August 2009, accessed on December 23, 2019
9. ↑ Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Stumbling stone laying for Ilse Biedermann , created by Ursula Kügele, status August 2009, accessed on December 22, 2019
10. ↑ Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Ernestine (Esterle) Weil (short biography) , created by Ursula Kügele, as of September 2007, accessed on December 31, 2019 (with a portrait of Ernestine Weil)
11. ↑ Yad Vashem has three entries on the person, all accessed on December 31, 2019:
    * Gustl Augusta Bloch , based on a commemorative sheet from 2019, submitted by Xavier Messalati, then living in Israel,
    * Auguste Augusta Gustl Bloch , based on the Memorial Book of the Federal Archives
    * Augusta Bloch , based on the Memorial Book of the Jews deported from France 1942-1944.
12. ↑ ^{a b c} Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Biography Emil Weil , accessed on July 27, 2019
13. ↑ Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Siegfried Bloch and his wife Auguste Bloch, b. Weil (short biographies) , prepared by Ursula Kügele, as of September 2007, accessed on December 31, 2019 (with a portrait of Auguste Bloch)
14. ↑ ^{a b} Stolperstein project Eichstetten: Stumbling stone laying for Auguste and Siegfried Bloch , accessed on December 31, 2019
15. ↑ ^{a b} Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Bernhard Bloch and Sophie Bloch (short biographies) , accessed on August 3, 2019
16. ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Bloch, Baruch Bernhard , accessed on April 2, 2020
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18. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Bloch, Gustav , accessed on April 2, 2020
19. ↑ Eichstetter Nachrichten, No. 45, p. 4
20. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Bloch, Hermann , accessed on April 3, 2020
21. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the National Socialist tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Bloch, Meier Max , accessed on April 3, 2020
22. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the National Socialist tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Bloch, Mathilde , accessed on April 3, 2020
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24. ↑ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names : RESCHA BLOCH , accessed April 3, 2020
25. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Bloch, Siegfried , accessed on April 3, 2020
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27. ↑ freiburg-schwarzwald.de: Memorial for the deportation of Jews at the former Jewish schoolhouse , accessed on April 4, 2020
28. ↑ Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Abraham Dreifuß (short biography) , accessed on July 27, 2019
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31. ^ Badische Zeitung : In the warehouse , accessed on April 4, 2020
32. ↑ Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Babette Dreifuss, Eisengasse 8 (formerly Judengässle) (short biography) , accessed on August 3, 2019
33. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Dreifuss, Babette , accessed on April 5, 2020
34. ↑ Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Johanna Dreifuss (short biography) , accessed on July 27, 2019
35. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Dreifuss, Johanna , accessed on April 5, 2020
36. ↑ Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Stumbling stone laying for Sophie Epstein , accessed on July 27, 2019
37. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Epstein, Sofie , accessed on April 5, 2020
38. ↑ ^{a b} Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Karl and Rosa Hauser, Altweg 23 (short biographies) , accessed on August 3, 2019
39. ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Hauser, Karl , accessed on April 5, 2020
40. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Hauser, Rosa , accessed on April 6, 2020
41. ^ History workshop of the Lessing-Realschule Freiburg: Wiltrude Hene - saved by civil courage , accessed on April 6, 2020
42. ^ Karl Erwin Hene , accessed April 7, 2020
43. ↑ ^{a b c} Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Sigmund and Flora Hene, Sonja Hene (short biography) , accessed on August 4, 2019
44. ↑ Flora Hene: She sacrifices herself for her sister , with photos of the children, accessed on April 6, 2020
45. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Hene, Flora , accessed on April 6, 2020
46. ↑ Südwestrundfunk : Sigmund Hene: Arrested on the flight to France , accessed on April 7, 2020
47. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Hene, Sigmund , accessed on April 7, 2020
48. ↑ according to the 1939 memorial book
49. ↑ Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Stumbling stone laying for Sonja Hene, September 16, 2006 , accessed on August 4, 2019
50. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Hene, Sonia , accessed on April 7, 2020
51. ↑ Südwestrundfunk: Sonja Hene: Only tolerated on the last school desk , accessed on April 7, 2020
52. ↑ Südwestrundfunk: Sonja Hene, Eichstetten , Stolperstein zum Hören, told by her sister Wiltrude hene, accessed on April 7, 2020
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54. ↑ ^{a b} Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Stumbling stone laying for Isaak and Leo Hofeler, July 24, 2008, Altweg 11 , accessed on August 2, 2019
55. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Hofeler, Isak Isaak , accessed on April 8, 2020
56. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Hofeler, Leo , accessed on April 9, 2020
57. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Kleefeld, Thekla , accessed on April 10, 2020
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59. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Klein, Berta Bertha , accessed on April 10, 2020
60. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the National Socialist tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Klein, Betty , accessed on April 10, 2020
61. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Klein, Sara , accessed on April 10, 2020
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63. ↑ Memorial book victims of the persecution of Jews under the National Socialist tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Mirwis, Hermine , accessed on April 11, 2020
64. ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Mirwis, Leopold , accessed on April 11, 2020
65. ↑ Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Fanny Rosenbusch (short biography) , accessed on August 4, 2019
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67. ↑ ^{a b c d} Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Isaak Weil, Karoline Seelig geb. Weil, Siegfried Fritz Weil, Walter Weil (short biographies) , accessed on August 3, 2019
68. ↑ ^{a b} Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Samuel (Semy) Weil and Betty Weil (short biography) , accessed on August 4, 2019
69. ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Weil, Betty , accessed on April 12, 2020
70. ↑ Manfred Frietsch: A stone that tells a lot , Badische Zeitung (Freiburg im Breisgau), July 16, 2011
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72. ↑ Manfred Weil gave an insight into his memories , accessed on April 13, 2020
73. ↑ You won't get me - Manfred Weil's adventurous odyssey , accessed on April 12, 2020
74. ^ Homepage of Manfred Weil
75. ↑ "I do not contrite myself" , accessed on April 13, 2020
76. ↑ Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Stumbling stone laying for Ernestine "Esterle" Weil , accessed on July 27, 2019
77. ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Weil, Ernestine , accessed on April 17, 2020
78. ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Weil, Isaak Isak Isaac , accessed on April 17, 2020
79. ↑ ^{a b} Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Leopoldine Weil and Rina Weil (short biography) , accessed on August 4, 2019
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81. ↑ ^{a b c} Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Thekla Weil , accessed on June 3, 2020
82. ↑ ^{a b} Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Moritz Weil and Paula Weil (short biography) , accessed on August 4, 2019
83. ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Weil, Moritz , accessed on May 2, 2020
84. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Weil, Moritz , accessed on June 1, 2020
85. ↑ ^{a b c d} Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Moritz Weil, wife Rosa born. Hofeler, and daughter Rena Weil (short biographies) , accessed on July 27, 2019
86. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Weil, Paula , accessed on June 1, 2020
87. ↑ Martha Weil , accessed June 1, 2020
88. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Weil, Rena , accessed on June 1, 2020
89. ↑ Martin Ruch: "Nothing like hope and wait ...": October deportation of the Baden and Saar Palatinate Jews 1940; Letters from the camps in the south of France to the last head of the Jewish community in Offenburg, Emil Neu, Offenburg 2010, p. 160
90. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Weil, Samuel , accessed on June 2, 2020
91. ↑ United State Holocaust Memorial Museum: Paula Kurz , accessed June 2, 2020
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94. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Weil, Samuel , accessed on June 2, 2020
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96. ↑ Stolpersteinprojekt Eichstetten: Sophie Weil geb. Epstein (short biography) , accessed August 3, 2019
97. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the National Socialist tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Weil, Thekla , accessed on June 3, 2020
98. ^ Deportation list from November 10, 1938 in Lahr , accessed on June 3, 2020
99. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Weil, Joseph , accessed on June 3, 2020
100. ↑ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: WALTER WEIL , accessed June 3, 2020
101. ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945: Weil, Walter Semmy , accessed on June 3, 2020