List of stumbling blocks in Pößneck
In memory of the Jewish victims of National Socialism from 1933 to 1945, there are twelve stumbling blocks in Pößneck , which were laid by Gunter Demnig .
The Binder family (Breite Strasse)
There are three stumbling blocks in memory of the members of the Binder family on Breite Straße in downtown Pößneck. The Jewish family lived and worked at Breiten Straße 2. The memorials in front of the residential and commercial building, which is still popularly known today as the Binder department store, are reminiscent of:
- David Jakob Binder (born July 21, 1879), businessman: Brought to Buchenwald in 1938 and died on January 14, 1939 as a result of his imprisonment in the concentration camp in Pößneck
- Hedwig Binder, née Ullmann (born February 13, 1881): 1936 escaped to England, returned in 1940, deported to Belzyce in 1942, later murdered there
- Esther Malke Binder (born June 19, 1924), daughter of Hedwig and David Binder: deported to Auschwitz in 1943 and murdered there on December 31 of the same year.
- Adolf Milian Binder (born January 14, 1920), son of Hedwig and David Binder: "Protective custody" in Buchenwald since 1938, in the "Grüner Weg" labor camp in Paderborn from 1940, further fate unknown
Falkenstein family (Tuchmacherstraße)
In memory of the Falkenstein couple, there are two stumbling blocks in front of their former home, at Tuchmacherstraße 25. The stumbling blocks are a reminder of the fate of:
- Esther Falkenstein, née Bernstein (born October 10, 1898): deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1942, brought to Auschwitz in January 1943 , further fate unknown
- Harry Falkenstein (born December 16, 1887), cloth merchant: deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1942, taken to Auschwitz in January 1943 and murdered there in the same month
Benjamin family (Friedrich-Engels Strasse)
The Benjamin family's stumbling blocks are in front of the Friedrich-Engels Strasse 15 building in Pößneck. Between 1926 and 1930 the family lived in Breiten Strasse and from around 1934 on Gustav-Vogel-Strasse in Pößneck and had a chemical laundry and dye works at Markt 6. The stumbling blocks are reminiscent of:
- Alexander Benjamin (born June 18, 1883): spent several weeks in Buchenwald in November 1938, deported to the Belzyce ghetto in May 1942 , further fate unknown
- Sophie Benjamin, née Franke (born October 12, 1884): deported to the Belzyce ghetto in May 1942 , further fate unknown
- Ilse Benjamin (born January 1, 1913), daughter of Sophie and Alexander Benjamin: fate largely unknown, probably a forced laborer at the Hohenwarte dam , declared dead in 1953, possible to flee overseas
- Gerda Abraham, born Benjamin (born October 30, 1913) in May 1942 in the ghetto Belzyce deported later in Lublin died
History of the Benjamin family
Alexander Benjamin initially worked in Uelzen. He had leased a dye factory there. Approx. In 1911 he took over the dyeing and chemical cleaning company on the market in Pößneck. Alexander Benjamin and his wife Sophie Benjamin lived at Marienplatz 5, Pößneck during this time. Their daughter Ilse Benjamin was born on January 1, 1913 in Pößneck.
Alexander Benjamin was used as a soldier in World War I. He was awarded the Iron Cross in the course of his services. Alexander Benjamin is said to have placed this in the shop window of his laundry from 1933 and hoisted the swastika flag for a while to show that he belonged to the national community. He was soon forbidden to do either.
Between 1926 and 1930 the family lived on Breiten Straße and from around 1934 on Gustav-Vogel-Straße in Pößneck.
It is known that in the meantime Gerda Abraham (born Benjamin in Weimar) lived with the family in Pößneck. Gerda Abraham had married in Pößneck in 1936, but only lived as a married couple for two years and soon separated from her husband. In the following time Gerda Abraham earned her living as a housekeeper and carer for the Meyerstein family in Jena. One of her tasks was to look after the disabled daughter of the Meyerstein family. Approx. In 1939 Gerda Abraham finally moved to the Meyerstein family in Jena.
On November 10, 1938, Alexander Benjamin was sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp for several weeks and was forced to give up his economic existence. From around 1941 the Benjamin family had to wear the Jewish star.
The daughter of the family, Ilse Benjamin, married Max Rosenthal on August 8, 1941 (born September 28, 2010 in Apolda). Max Rosenthal was initially used as a forced laborer in the Hohenwarte dam. There is a suspicion that Ilse also had to work there. Ilse Benjamin was last registered as resident in Uelzen.
On May 10, 1942, Alexander and Sophie Benjamin, as well as Gerda Abraham and Max Rosenthal were deported to the Belzyce ghetto via Weimar and Leipzig. There their trail is lost. Only the place where Gerda Abraham died is roughly known, according to information in the Federal Archives in the Lublin district. With the deportation of the Benjamin family, the entire property, land and valuables fell to the German Reich.
Ilse Benjamin was declared dead on July 19, 1953 by the Pößneck District Court, although it cannot be ruled out that she could leave the country overseas. The place of her death is not known.
Leo Schorr (Diezstrasse)
The stumbling stone in front of Diezstraße 37 reminds of:
- Leo Schorr (born June 19, 1881): imprisoned in Buchenwald from July 1991 to March 1942, deported to Bernburg (Saale) on March 14, 1942 and murdered on the same day
Adolf Mayer (Kastanienallee)
In front of Kastanienallee 5 there is a stumbling block in memory of:
- Adolf Mayer: deported to Buchenwald on November 10, 1938 , in "protective custody" until December 7, 1938, deported to Theresienstadt in 1945 and freed by the Red Army after five months .
Individual evidence
- ^ Alemannia Judaica: Stolpersteine in Pößneck. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Federal Archives: Esther Falkenstein. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Federal Archives: Harry Falkenstein. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Federal Archives: Alexander Benjamin. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Federal Archives: Sophie Benjamin. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Federal Archives: Ilse Benjamin. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Federal Archives: Gerda Abraham. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Federal Archives: Leo Schorr. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Philip Gliesing, Dennis Günthel: The Kristallnacht in Germany using the example of the Gau of Thuringia and the consequences for the Jews Pößneck. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .