List of stumbling blocks in Loštice

Stumbling blocks in Lostice

The list of stumbling blocks in Loštice lists the stumbling blocks that were laid in the town of Loštice . Stumbling blocks remind of the fate of the people who were murdered, deported , expelled or driven to suicide by the National Socialists . The Stolpersteine ​​were designed by the Cologne artist Gunter Demnig and are usually laid by himself. They are mostly in front of the last self-chosen place of residence of the victim and are called stolpersteine in Czech , alternatively also kamy zmizelých (stones of the disappeared).

59 people of the Jewish faith were deported from Loštice in 1942, only three of them survived. On September 21, 2017, the first eight stumbling blocks were laid in the city in memory of those murdered.

Stumbling blocks

Some of the tables can be sorted; the basic sorting is done alphabetically according to the family name.

Stumbling blocks	translation	Place of installation	Name, life
	HERE LIVED BEDŘICH FOX BORN 1924 DEPORTED TO THERESIENSTADT 1942 MURDERED IN MALY TROSTINEC in 1942	Ztracená 619/20 (synagogue)	Bedřich Fuchs was born on May 7, 1924 in Bratislava. His parents were Leopold Fuchs and Margareta Fuchsová. He had an older sister named Frieda. Together with his parents and sister, he was deported from Olumouc to the Theresienstadt concentration camp on June 26, 1942 with the transport AAf . His transport number was 24. On July 14, 1942, the family was deported to the Maly Trostinez extermination camp on Transport AAx . His transport number was 305. Bedřich Fuchs was murdered there with his parents and sister.
	HERE LIVED LEOPOLD FOX BORN 1882 DEPORTED TO THERESIENSTADT 1942 MURDERED IN MALY TROSTINEC in 1942	Ztracená 619/20 (synagogue)	Leopold Fuchs was born on June 12 or July 12, 1882 in what was then Pressburg , now Bratislava. He was a cantor and religion teacher and married to Margareta. The couple had two children: Frieda (born 1922) and Bedřich (born 1924). He worked in Müglitz (today Mohelnice ), Littau (today Litovel ), Mährisch Weißkirchen (today Hranice na Moravě), in Lower Austria's Dürnkrut and in his hometown of Pressburg. He, his wife and both children were deported from Olumouc to the Theresienstadt concentration camp on June 26, 1942 with the Transport AAf . His transport number was 21. On July 14, 1942, the family was deported to the Maly Trostinez extermination camp on Transport AAx . Leopold Fuchs' transport number was 302. Leopold Fuchs, his wife and children were murdered there.
	HERE LIVED FRIEDA Fuchsová GEB. 1922 DEPORTED TO THERESIENSTADT 1942 MURDERED IN MALY TROSTINEC in 1942	Ztracená 619/20 (synagogue)	Frieda Fuchsová was born on January 22, 1922 in Užhorod . Her parents were Leopold Fuchs and Margareta Fuchsová. She had a younger brother: Bedřich. She experienced anti-Semitism in the form of physical violence from a follower of Hitler who abused and beat her while sitting on a bench with non-Jewish women. No witness dared to intervene. Together with her parents and her brother, Frieda Fuchsová was deported from Olumouc to the Theresienstadt concentration camp on June 26, 1942 with the transport AAf . Frieda Fuchsová's transport number was 23. On July 14, the family was deported to the Maly Trostinez extermination camp on Transport AAx . Her transport number was 304. Frieda Fuchsová was murdered there along with her parents and brother.
	HERE LIVED MARGARET Fuchsová GEB. 1897 DEPORTED TO THERESIENSTADT 1942 MURDERED IN MALY TROSTINEC in 1942	Ztracená 619/20 (synagogue)	Margareta Fuchsová was born on June 6, 1897 in Mnichov. She was married to the cantor and religion teacher Leopold Fuchs. The couple had two children: Frieda (born 1922) and Bedřich (born 1924). Margareta Fuchsová was deported from Olumouc to the Theresienstadt concentration camp on June 26, 1942, together with her husband and her two children . Her transport number was 22. On July 14, the family was deported to the Maly Trostinez extermination camp on Transport AAx . Margareta Fuchsovás's transport number was 303. Margareta Fuchsová was murdered there with her husband and children.
	HERE LIVED EDMUND KNÖPFLMACHER GEB. 1876 DEPORTED TO THERESIENSTADT 1942 MURDERED IN TREBLINKA 1942	Náměstí Míru 63	Edmund Knöpflmacher was born in Loštice on June 10, 1876. His parents were Zikmund Knöpfelmacher and Ruzena Knöpflmacherová, née Klingová. He had at least five siblings: Anna (later married Glass), Arnold, Berthold, Gisela (later married Alter-Duschinsky) and Lina (later married Kellner). He was married to Charlota, nee Mandel. The couple had at least two sons: Zikmund (born 1906) and Otto (born 1921). The family ran an egg shop on the main square. Edmund Knöpflmacher was chairman of the Loštice Jewish community. On June 26, 1942, Edmund Knöpflmacher and his wife were deported from Olmütz to the Theresienstadt concentration camp on the AAf transport . Edmund Knöpflmacher's transport number was 37. On October 15, 1942, the couple was deported to the Treblinka extermination camp by Transport Bv . Edmunds Knöpflmacher's transport number was 1400. He and his wife were murdered here. Both sons were also murdered: Otto in Mauthausen in 1941, Zikmund in Auschwitz in 1942. At least three of his siblings were also murdered by the Nazi regime as part of the Shoah : Lina Kellner (also Kellnerová, 1873–1943) and Arnold Knöpflmacher (1882–1944) in Theresienstadt, Gisela Alter-Duschinsky (1886–1944) in Auschwitz.
	HERE LIVED OTTO KNÖPFLMACHER GEB. 1921 DEPORTED TO MAUTHAUSEN 1941 MURDERED THERE IN 1941	Náměstí Míru 63	Otto Knöpflmacher was born on August 19, 1921 in Loštice. He was the son of Edmund Knöpflmacher and his wife Charlota Knöpflmacherová. He had an older brother, Zikmund (born 1921). He was deported to Mauthausen concentration camp in 1941 and murdered there. His parents were deported to Treblinka in 1942 and murdered. His brother Zikmund were murdered in Auschwitz.
	HERE LIVED ZIKMUND KNÖPFLMACHER GEB. 1906 deported 1941 TO AUSCHWITZ MURDERED 1942 NEWLY THERE	Náměstí Míru 63	Zikmund Knöpflmacher , also Sigmund , was born on June 22, 1906 in. He was the son of Edmund Knöpflmacher and his wife Charlota Knöpflmacherová. He had a younger brother, Otto (born 1921). He was deported in 1941 and murdered in Auschwitz on June 28, 1942. His parents were deported to Treblinka in 1942 and murdered. His brother Otto was murdered in Mauthausen concentration camp .
	HERE LIVED Charlota KNÖPFLMACHEROVÁ GEB. 1884 DEPORTED TO THERESIENSTADT 1942 MURDERED IN TREBLINKA 1942	Náměstí Míru 63	Charlota Knöpflmacherová , nee Mandel, was born on April 12, 1884 in Valašské Meziříčí . She was married to Edmund Knöpflmacher. The couple had at least two sons: Zikmund (born 1906) and Otto (born 1921). The family ran an egg shop on the main square. The husband was the chairman of the Loštice Jewish Community. On June 26, 1942, Charlota Knöpflmacherová and her husband were deported from Olomouc to the Theresienstadt concentration camp on Transport AAf . Her transport number was 38. On October 15, 1942, she and her husband were deported to the Treblinka extermination camp on Transport Bv . Charlota's transport number was 1401. Both were murdered in Treblinka. Both sons were also murdered: Otto in Mauthausen in 1941, Zikmund in Auschwitz in 1942.

Laying date

The stumbling blocks were laid by Gunter Demnig personally on September 21, 2017.

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• Holocaust.cz , Czech Holocaust database (German version)
• Stolpersteine.eu , Demnig's website

Web links

Commons : Stolpersteine ​​in Loštice  - collection of pictures

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Luděk Štipl: První Kameny zmizelých Stolpersteine ​​položeny v Lošticích , Terezin Studies, listopad 2017, accessed on November 30, 2018
2. ↑ První Kameny zmizelých Stolpersteine ​​položeny v Lošticích , report on the laying in: Terezínská iniciativa 88/2017, page 18, Terezínská iniciativa portal, online at: terezinstudies.cz/
3. ↑ holocaust.cz: BEDŘICH FUCHS , accessed on November 30, 2018
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Respect and Tolerance: Symbolický památník obětem holocaustuz z Loštic, Mohelnice, Úsova a Litovle , accessed on November 30, 2018
5. ↑ holocaust.cz and Yad Vashem indicate July 12th, respectandtolerance.com June 12th
6. ^ Inventory of the Jewish Museum , accessed on November 30, 2018
7. ↑ holocaust.cz: LEOPOLD FUCHS , accessed on November 30, 2018
8. ↑ Respect and Tolerance: Recollections - Jewish Families of Lostice , accessed November 30, 2018
9. ↑ holocaust.cz: FRIEDA FUCHSOVÁ , accessed on December 1, 2018
10. ↑ holocaust.cz: MARGARETA FUCHSOVÁ , accessed on December 1, 2018
11. ↑ Gisela Alterová's passport with names of parents , accessed on December 1, 2018
12. ↑ Obituary for Berthold Knöpflmacher with details of the mother and siblings, accessed on December 1, 2018
13. ↑ ^{a b c d} holocaust.cz: EDMUND KNÖPFLMACHER , accessed on December 1, 2018
14. ^ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names : EDMUND KNOEPFLMACHER , based on an entry in the Theresienstädter Gedenkbuch , accessed on December 1, 2018
15. ↑ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names : LINA KELLNER , based on a report by her daughter Olga Kellner, who was with her mother in Theresienstadt but was able to survive, accessed on December 1, 2018
16. ↑ holocaust.cz: LINA KELLNEROVÁ , obituary report , accessed on December 1, 2018, death report from Lina Kellner, in which Gisa Alter is named as a sister
17. ↑ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names : ARNOLD KNOEPFLMACHER , based on a message from his niece Khana Shternlikht, accessed on December 1, 2018
18. ^ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names : GISELA ALTEROVA , based on an entry in the Theresienstädter Gedenkbuch , accessed on December 1, 2018
19. ↑ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names : SIGMUND KNÖPLMACHER , based on an entry in the Auschwitz Book of the Dead , accessed on December 4, 2018
20. ↑ holocaust.cz: CHARLOTTA KNÖPFLMACHEROVÁ , accessed on December 9, 2018
21. ^ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names : CHARLOTTA KNOEPFLMACHEROVA , based on an entry in the Theresienstädter Gedenkbuch , accessed on December 9, 2018