List of stumbling blocks in Warendorf

The list of stumbling blocks in Warendorf documents all the stumbling blocks that have been laid in the city of Warendorf (core city and districts) as part of Gunter Demnig 's art and memorial project of the same name . The stumbling blocks are reminiscent of people who lived in Warendorf between 1933 and 1945 and who fell victim to National Socialism . The inscriptions on the small square brass plaques contain the names, the dates of life and the fate of the disenfranchised and persecuted, refugee and expelled, as well as abducted and murdered victims under National Socialism. The stumbling blocks are usually in the sidewalk in front of the house in which the person concerned last lived voluntarily.

In March 2011, a Stolperstein initiative was founded in Freckenhorst , and in January 2013 it was founded in Warendorf. The initiatives work out the personal and family histories of the persons concerned and establish contacts with survivors and descendants. Schools and churches, clubs and neighborhoods, individuals and groups of friends take on sponsorship for the stones; they remember the people from the past of their city and at the same time create places of remembrance in the present of their everyday world.

The list of stumbling blocks

Date of relocation	District	address	Name / inscription	image
November 18, 2011	Freckenhorst	Hoetmarer Strasse 3	Hilde Michel nee lived here . Rosenberg born in 1906 deported 1942 Theresienstadt liberated - survived.
			Bernhard Michel, born in 1897 , lived here . Deported in 1942 Theresienstadt liberated - survived
			Liesel Binzer nee lived here . Michel born in 1936 deported. 1942 Theresienstadt liberated - survived.
November 18, 2011	Freckenhorst	Stiftsmarkt 13	Hedwig Rosenberg, born in 1893 , lived here, deported 1941 Riga ???
			Ida Rosenberg, born in 1898 , lived here, deported 1941 Riga ???
November 18, 2011	Freckenhorst	Warendorfer Strasse 59	Here lived Alma Leffmann born in 1886 deported in 1941 Riga ???
			Siegfried Leffmann, born in 1893 , lived here, deported 1941 Riga ???
0November 8, 2013	Freckenhorst	Warendorfer Street 99	Here lived Siegfried Elsberg Jg. 1900 protective custody 1938 Escape 1939 USA survives
October 14, 2013	Warendorf	Brünebrede 54	Here lived David Lehmann Jg. 1872 victims of the pogrom involuntarily moved in 1939 Munster dead 17.08.1941
			Johanna Lehmann nee lived here . Bornheim born in 1872 involuntarily moved 1939 Münster deported 1942 Theresienstadt murdered Sept. 1942 Treblinka
			Elly Oster nee lived here . Lehmann born in 1900 deported 1941 Lodz / Litzmannstadt murdered May 1942 Chelmno / Kulmhof
			Heinz Lehmann, born in 1903, lived here . Victim of the Escape pogrom in 1938. Uruguay survived
October 14, 2013	Warendorf	Brünebrede 17	Jakob Meyer, born in 1895, lived here . Escape 1939 USA survived
			Julie Meyer nee lived here . Hertz Jg. 1895 Escape 1939 USA survives
			Helmut Meyer, born in 1926, lived here . Escape 1939 USA survived
			Anita Meyer, born in 1929, lived here . Escape 1939 USA survived
			Flora Roza Hertz nee lived here . Gumprich born in 1861 deported 1941 Lodz / Litzmannstadt murdered May 12th. 1942 Chelmno / Kulmhof
October 14, 2013	Warendorf	Oststrasse 7	David Elsberg, born in 1874 , lived here . Deported 1942 Theresienstadt, murdered Sept. 1942 Treblinka
			Rieka Elsberg nee lived here . Windmüller born in 1883 deported 1942 Theresienstadt murdered Sept. 1942 Treblinka
			This is where Dr. Karl Elsberg born 1904 Professional ban 1933 Belgium interned Gurs 1943 lived in hiding in Val d'Aosta liberated / survived
			This is where Dr. Paul Elsberg born in 1907, escaped 1938 USA survived
			Hildegard Arenberg nee lived here . Elsberg born 1908, escaped 1939 USA survived
			Werner Elsberg, born in 1916, lived here . Escape 1937 Iran 1939 USA survived
			Anneliese Elsberg nee lived here . Marx Born 1908 Escape 1939 Belgium 1940 France 1943 Lived hidden in Val d'Aosta liberated / survived
October 14, 2013	Warendorf	Schützenstrasse 17	Hugo Spiegel born in 1905 lived here . Escape 1939 Belgium interned 1940 Gurs deported Buchenwald Auschwitz / Dachau liberated / survived
			Ruth Spiegel born here lived here . Weinberg born in 1907 Escape 1939 Belgium hidden / liberated survived
			Rosa Spiegel born in 1931 lived here . Escape 1939 Holland Belgium interned Mechelen deported 1942 Auschwitz murdered Nov. 1942
			Paul Spiegel, born in 1937, lived here . Escape 1939 Belgium lived in hiding, liberated / survived
0December 8, 2014	Warendorf	Klosterstrasse 21	Father Elpidius Markötter OFM born in 1911 lived here . Arrested 1940 "Pulpit abuse" 1941 Sachsenhausen Dachau murdered June 28, 1942
0December 8, 2014	Warendorf	Oststrasse 18	Ella Spiegel, born in 1887 , lived here, deported in 1941, murdered in Riga
			Arnold Spiegel, born in 1889, lived here . "Protective custody" 1938 Warendorf prison deported 1941 Riga murdered
			Frieda Spiegel, born in 1896, lived here . Escape 1939 England
0December 8, 2014	Warendorf	Munsterstrasse 7	Hugo Spiegel, born in 1878 , lived here, deported in 1941, murdered in Riga
			Frieda Spiegel nee lived here . Stern born in 1878 deported 1941 Riga murdered
			Irma Spiegel married lived here . Moses born in 1911 deported 1942 Ghetto Warsaw murdered
			Walter Spiegel born in 1912 lived here, deported 1941 Riga 1944 Stutthof Buchenwald murdered April 5th, 1945
0December 8, 2014	Warendorf	Long Kesselstrasse 23	Julius Anspacher, born in 1889 , lived here, ill-treated by SA Escape 1938 Uruguay
			Erna Anspacher nee lived here . Hertz, born 1893, escaped Uruguay in 1938
			Joseph Nathan Anspacher, born in 1921, lived here . "Protective custody" 1938 Borken prison Escape 1938 Uruguay
			Rudolf Anspacher, born in 1926, lived here, escaped from Uruguay in 1938
			Johanna Hertz nee lived here . Stern born in 1860, escaped from Uruguay in 1938
15th December 2016	Warendorf	Oststrasse 33	Max Jeremias, born in 1899, lived here . Jehovah's Witness arrested 1937 Münster prison "Protective custody" 1938 Sachsenhausen murdered May 29, 1940
			Ida Jeremias nee lived here . Wilhelm Born 1895 Jehovah's Witness arrested 1937 Münster prison 1939 Ravensbrück Steinhöring subcamp liberated
			Ruth Jeremias, born in 1931, lived here . 1938 Deprivation of custody of relatives
15th December 2016	Warendorf	Judgment 8	Berta Samuel nee lived here . Neuburger born in 1895 deported 1941 Riga 1944 Stutthof murdered
			Juliane Samuel, born in 1923, lived here . 1938 Heilanstalt Gütersloh "relocated" 27.9.1940 Brandenburg murdered 27.9.1940 "Aktion T4"
15th December 2016	Hoetmar	Sendenhorster Strasse 1	August Wessing Pastor, born in 1880 , lived here . Arrested 1942 "Enemy favoring " Dachau murdered March 4th, 1945

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Report in die-glocke.de
2. ^ Matthias M. Ester: First laying of stumbling blocks in Warendorf. Decentralized places of remembrance of the victims of National Socialism, in: Warendorfer Kiepenkerl. Forum for art, theater, music, heritage and monument preservation in Warendorf, issue No. 63, December 2013, pp. 8-14; Matthias M. Ester: "Impressed by the seriousness of the work". Second laying of stumbling blocks in Warendorf, in: Warendorfer Kiepenkerl. Forum for art, theater, music, heritage and monument preservation in Warendorf, issue no. 66, June 2015, pp. 10–13.
3. ↑ Short biographies of the members of the Lehmann family in the memorial book of the association Finding Traces eV in the historical site of Villa ten Hompel (Münster)
4. ↑ Short biographies of the members of the Meyer family in the memorial book of the association Finding Traces eV in the historical place Villa ten Hompel (Münster)
5. ↑ Short biographies of the members of the Elsberg family in the memorial book of the association Finding Traces eV in the historical site of Villa ten Hompel (Münster)
6. ↑ Short biographies of the members of the Spiegel family in the memorial book of the association Finding Traces eV in the historical site of Villa ten Hompel (Münster)
7. ↑ Short biography of Father Elpidius (Josef) Markötter in the memorial book of the Association Finding Traces eV in the historical town of Villa ten Hompel (Münster)
8. ↑ Short biographies of the members of the Spiegel family in the memorial book of the Association Finding Traces eV in the historical site of Villa ten Hompel (Münster)
9. ↑ Short biographies of the members of the Anspacher family in the memorial book of the Association Finding Traces eV in the historical site of Villa ten Hompel (Münster)
10. ↑ http://www.wn.de/Muensterland/Kreis-Warendorf/Warendorf/2633919-Stolpersteine-machen-Generationen-z together- Kinder-brauchen- Vorbilder
11. ↑ http://www.wn.de/Muensterland/Kreis-Warendorf/Warendorf/2593342-Erinnerungsprojekt-Sechs-neue-Stolpersteine

Web links

• Press photos from the laying of the Stolperstein on October 14, 2013 (Westfälische Nachrichten)
• Report of the Heimatverein
• Flyer for the second installation
• Project "Stolpersteine" of the Mariengymnasium Warendorf
• The Jewish community in Warendorf