List of stumbling blocks in Gaukönigshofen

Memorial plaques on the former synagogue in Gaukönigshofen.

This list of stumbling blocks in Gaukönigshofen contains the stumbling blocks that were laid as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig in the Lower Franconian community of Gaukönigshofen , including the Acholshausen district . They are intended to commemorate the victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Gaukönigshofen.

Even if the Jewish community of Acholshausen was not officially dissolved until 1937, the Jewish residents of the then independent community of Acholshausen had already joined the Gaukönigshofen religious community in 1895 . Since 1988, the restored synagogue building in Gaukönigshofen has housed the memorial for the Jewish victims in the Würzburg district. The names of 29 former citizens who were abducted and murdered from Gaukönigshofen are listed on a plaque attached there.

The impetus for the laying of stumbling blocks in Gaukönigshofen was provided by a Gaukönigshofer who emigrated to the USA at the beginning of the Second World War . In 2004 he applied to be allowed to set stumbling blocks in front of his parents' house, the property at Königshof 7, in order to commemorate his relatives. The local council approved this with a large majority. On September 24, 2008, Gunter Demnig laid a total of 23 stumbling blocks in Gaukönigshofen: 2 in Acholshausen and 21 in Gaukönigshofen. A brass plaque is anchored on the top of each of the concrete blocks with an edge length of ten centimeters, which are embedded in the sidewalks in front of the former homes of the victims. This provides information about the names, year of birth and fate of the people who are to be remembered.

Relocated stumbling blocks in the Acholshausen district

address	Laying date	Surname	inscription	image	annotation
Obere Gasse ( location )	September 24, 2008	Moritz Weil	MORITZ WEIL JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED 1898 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Moritz Weil was a farmer by profession. For the November pogrom in 1938 , only he and his wife Betti were resident in Acholshausen. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Betty Weil	HERE LIVED BETTY BECAUSE GEB. KUHN JG. DEPORTED 1906 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Betty Kuhn was born in Aidhausen , when she married Moritz Weil and moved to Acholshausen with him is unknown. ( Entry in the BDJU.)

Relocated stumbling blocks in the Gaukönigshofen district

address	Laying date	Surname	inscription	image	annotation
Julius-Echter-Straße 4 ( location )	September 24, 2008	Elsa Mainzer	ELSA MAINZER JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED 1902 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Elsa Mainzer was born on December 20, 1902 in Gaukönigshofen. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Getta Berney	GETTA BERNEY JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED 1911 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Originally from Karbach , Getta Berney worked as a domestic worker in Gaukönigshofen. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
Mühlstrasse ( location )	September 24, 2008	Saly Grünebaum	HERE LIVED SALY GREEN TREE GEB. STEINHARD JG. DEPORTED 1895 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Saly Steinhard was born in Gaukönigshofen on October 9, 1895. Here she married an unknown man named Grünebaum. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Tilly Grünebaum	HERE LIVED TILLY GREEN TREE JG. DEPORTED 1923 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Tilly Grünebaum was born on July 14, 1923 in Würzburg. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
Am Königshof ( location )	September 24, 2008	Leo Kahn	LEO KAHN JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED 1901 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		The middle- minded Leo Kahn worked in Gaukönigshofen from 1931 as a (religious) teacher and probably also as a prayer leader and slaughterer . ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Mina Kahn	HERE LIVED MINA KAHN GEB. SÜNDERMANN JG. DEPORTED 1908 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Mina Sündermann was born in Westheim . She married Leo Kahn when he was working there as a teacher. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Hannelore Kahn	HANNELORE KAHN JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED 1933 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Hannelore Kahn was born as the only child of the Kahn couple in Gaukönigshofen. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
Am Königshof ( location )	September 24, 2008	Julius Katz	JULIUS KATZ JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED 1890 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Julius Katz came from Bastheim and was a merchant. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Käthe Katz	KÄTHE KATZ JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED 1924 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Käthe Katz, daughter of Julius and Therese Katz, was born in Gaukönigshofen. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Therese Katz	HERE LIVED THERESE KATZ GEB. STRAUSS JG. DEPORTED 1883 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Therese Strauss was born in Gaukönigshofen, where she last lived with her family. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Rosa Klara Strauss	HERE LIVED ROSA CLARA STRAUSS JG. DEPORTED IN 1881 1942 IZBICA MURDERED IN MAJDANEK		Klara Strauss was born in Gaukönigshofen. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
Am Königshof 7 ( location )	September 24, 2008	Sigmund Krebs	SIGMUND KREBS JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED 1884 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Sigmund Krebs came from Reichenberg and was a cattle dealer. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Sara Krebs	HERE LIVED SARA CANCER BORN BECAUSE JG. DEPORTED IN 1897 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Sara Weil was born in neighboring Acholshausen. After her marriage to Siegmund Krebs, the family last lived in Gaukönigshofen. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Siegbert Krebs	HERE LIVED SIEGBERT CANCER JG. DEPORTED 1937 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Siegbert Krebs, son of Sigmund and Sara Krebs, was born in Würzburg. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
Am Königshof 5 ( location )	September 24, 2008	Josef Thalheimer	JOSEF THALHEIMER JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED 1890 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Josef Thalheimer was born in Gaukönigshofen and was a businessman by profession. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Martha Thalheimer	HERE LIVED MARTHA THALHEIMER GEB. BERLINER JG. 1898 VICTIM OF THE POGROMS DEAD OF CONSEQUENCES 2.2.939
	September 24, 2008	Walter Thalheimer	WALTER THALHEIMER JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED 1926 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Walter David Thalheimer, son of Josef Thalheimer, was born in Gaukönigshofen. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
Am Königshof 2 ( location )	September 24, 2008	Ferdinand Weil	FERDINAND WEIL JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED 1889 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Ferdinand Weil came from the neighboring Acholshausen. He was a cattle dealer by profession and married Sitti Strauss with whom he had two sons ( entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Sitti Weil	HERE LIVED SITTI BECAUSE GEB. STRAUSS JG. 1904 DEPORTED IZBICA MURDERED		Sitti Strauss came from Schöllkrippen . ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Fritz Kurt Weil	HERE LIVED FRITZ KURT WEIL JG. DEPORTED 1927 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Kurt Weil was born in Gaukönigshofen. ( Entry in the BDJU.)
	September 24, 2008	Alfred Weil	ALFRED WEIL JG LIVED HERE . DEPORTED 1928 1942 IZBICA MURDERED		Alfred Weil was born in Würzburg. ( Entry in the BDJU.)

Web links

• Stones against oblivion. Main-Post , September 24, 2008, accessed on March 23, 2018 (paywall). 
• Stumbling blocks against oblivion. Main-Post , March 9, 2008, accessed on March 23, 2018 (paywall). 

• Gunter Demnig: Stolpersteine - website of the project

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Klaus-Dieter Alicke (Ed.): Acholshausen (Lower Franconia / Bavaria). In: From the history of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Klaus-Dieter Alicke (Ed.): Gaukönigshofen (Lower Franconia / Bavaria). In: From the history of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Stones against oblivion. Main-Post , September 24, 2008, accessed on April 15, 2018 (paywall). 
4. ↑ Stones for Reconciliation. Main-Post , September 24, 2008, accessed on April 15, 2018 (paywall). 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v} BDJU = Biographical Database of Jewish Lower Franconia: website of the BDJU

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