List of stumbling blocks in Wernigerode

The list of stumbling blocks in Wernigerode contains all the stumbling blocks that were laid by Gunter Demnig in Wernigerode as part of the art project of the same name . They are intended to commemorate the victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Wernigerode. On April 14, 2009, 22 stones were moved to seven addresses.

List of stumbling blocks

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address	Date of relocation	person	inscription	image	Picture of the house
Breite Strasse 7	April 14, 2009	Fritz Reichenbach (1884–1938) Fritz Reichenbach was born on March 14, 1884 in Wernigerode as the son of Jeanette Reichenbach. He and his family ran a clothing store at 7 Breite Strasse that he had taken over from his mother. He was arrested in the course of the November pogroms on November 10, 1938 and interned in Buchenwald concentration camp , where he was murdered on November 22.	FRITZ REICHENBACH, born in 1884 , lived here, arrested 11/10/1938 Buchenwald slain 11/22/1938
		Jeanette Reichenbach b. Rosenbaum (1859–1942) Jeanette Reichenbach was born on October 26, 1859 in Ebergötzen . She ran a clothing store at Breiten Strasse 7. She was deported via Berlin on September 11, 1942 to the Theresienstadt ghetto . There she found her death on October 25, 1942.	JEANETTE REICHENBACH nee lived here . Rosenbaum born in 1859 deported to Theresienstadt in 1942, dead 25.10.1942
		Martha Reichenbach b. Pohly (1889-1944) Martha Reichenbach was born on November 15, 1889 in Göttingen . She was married to Fritz Reichenbach. She was brought to Berlin after 1938 and had to do forced labor there. According to various sources, she was either deported to the Auschwitz extermination camp on March 3, 1943 , or died in an air raid in Berlin in 1944 .	MARTHA REICHENBACH nee lived here . Pohly, born 1889, forced laborer in Berlin, dead in a bomb attack in 1944
		Werner Reichenbach (1914–1992) Werner Reichenbach was the son of the family. He was able to flee to Brazil with his wife Margarete (* 1910) in 1939. He died there in 1992 without ever having returned to Wernigerode.	WERNER REICHENBACH, born in 1914, lived here . Escape 1939, survived in Brazil
Breite Strasse 11	April 14, 2009	Regina Rosenthal b. Spiro (1896–1980) Regina Rosenthal was born in 1896 and was married to Siegmund Rosenthal. They ran a clothing store together. In 1938 she managed to flee to Portugal with her son Siegfried. She died in Lisbon in 1980 .	REGINA ROSENTHAL nee lived here . Spiro born in 1896, escaped in 1938, survived Portugal
		Siegfried Rosenthal (1920–2014) Siegfried Rosenthal was born in Wernigerode in 1920 as the son of Siegmund and Regina Rosenthal. He attended high school and was the best in his year in 1932. With his mother he managed to escape to Portugal in 1938. In 1995 he visited Wernigerode and signed the city's Golden Book. He died on August 3, 2014 in Lisbon.	SIEGFRIED ROSENTHAL born in 1920 lived here . Escape 1938 Portugal survived
		Siegmund Rosenthal (1886–1942) Siegmund Rosenthal was born on March 31, 1886 and ran a clothing store in Wernigerode. They lived there with his wife Regina and their son Siegfried. Before the outbreak of war he fled to France , but was not allowed to travel to Portugal to his family. After the German invasion he was arrested and interned in Gurs . He was deported via Drancy to the Auschwitz extermination camp on September 16, 1942 , and murdered there on September 21.	SIEGMUND ROSENTHAL, born in 1886, lived here . Escape France arrested in 1942 interned Gurs deported Auschwitz murdered September 21, 1942
		Delfine Spiro born Strauss (1869–1964) Delfine Spiro was the mother of Regina Spiro. She lived at Büchtingenstrasse 11 in Wernigerode. In 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt and brought to Switzerland by the Red Cross in early 1945. In 1948 she found her daughter Regina and moved to Lisbon, where she died in 1964.	DELFINE SPIRO nee lived here . Strauss born in 1869 deported 1942 survived Theresienstadt
Burgstrasse 9	April 14, 2009	Benjamin Willy Löwenstein (1876–1942) Benjamin Löwenstein was born on May 7, 1876 in Laufenselden . He ran a shop for “German men's fashion” in Wernigerode. In November 1939 he was imprisoned in the police prison for three days. In 1941 he and his wife had to move to the Jewish retirement home in Halberstadt . He was deported to the Warsaw Ghetto on April 14, 1942 via Magdeburg and Berlin. His exact date of death is unknown.	BENJAMIN WILLY LÖWENSTEIN born in 1876 lived here, deported in 1942, Warsaw ghetto, murdered June 1942
		Julius Löwenstein (1907–1990) Julius Löwenstein was born in Wernigerode in 1907 as the son of Käthe and Willy Löwenstein. Like his father, he was arrested in 1939, taken to Bergen-Belsen, later released and expelled from Germany. In 1940 he was able to emigrate to Shanghai via Rome and from there to Oakland in 1947 . There he belonged to the "Wernigerode Colony" near San Francisco. He died in 1990.	JULIUS LÖWENSTEIN lived here, deported from Bergen - Belsen survived
		Käthe Löwenstein born Walnut (1880–?) Käthe Löwenstein was born on October 15, 1880 in Bettenhausen . She ran a clothing store with her husband Benjamin in Wernigerode. In 1941 she and her husband had to move to the Jewish retirement home in Halberstadt . She was deported on April 14, 1942 via Magdeburg and Berlin to the Warsaw Ghetto. Her exact date of death is unknown.	KÄTHE LÖWENSTEIN nee lived here . Nussbaum born in 1880 deported 1942 Ghetto Warsaw murdered
		Ruth Löwenstein (? -?) Ruth Löwenstein was born in Wernigerode after 1907 as the daughter of Benjamin and Käthe Löwenstein. Shortly after their wedding in the mid-1930s, she was able to flee to Shanghai. There she fell ill and died.	RUTH LÖWENSTEIN lived here. Escape to Shanghai survived
Feldstrasse 7	April 14, 2009	Benno Russo (1871-1943) The manufacturer Benno Russo was born on January 1, 1871 in Vienna . In 1911 he took over a cheese factory in Wernigerode from his brother Moritz and married Clara Jaffe in 1919. Both were brought to the Halberstadt ghetto in 1942. From Magdeburg they were deported on November 25, 1942 to the Theresienstadt ghetto, where he died on April 18, 1943.	BENNO RUSSO born in 1871 lived here, deported 1942 Halberstadt ghetto 1942 Theresienstadt murdered April 18, 1943
		Clara Russo born Jaffe (1876-1943) The opera singer Clara Jaffe was born on June 14, 1876 in Eberswalde . In 1919 she married Benno Russo. Both were brought to the Halberstadt ghetto in 1942. From Magdeburg they were deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto on November 25, 1942. On December 18, 1943, she was taken to the Auschwitz extermination camp and murdered.	CLARA RUSSO nee lived here . Jaffe born in 1876 deported 1942 Halberstadt ghetto 1942 Theresienstadt murdered in Auschwitz
Georgiistraße 31	April 14, 2009	Willi Steigerwald (1878–1941) Willy Steigerwald was a social democrat in the city ​​council of Wernigerode and a journalist for Volksstimme . From November 11 to November 21, 1938 he was arrested in Buchenwald concentration camp and committed suicide on June 20, 1941.	WILLI STEIGEWALD, born in 1878 , lived here . Arrested 1933 1938 Buchenwald Escape to death June 20, 1941 Wernigerode
Great Bergstrasse 1	April 14, 2009	Dora Salomon (1893-1954) Dora Salomon was born in Samochin in 1893 . She lived in Wernigerode until 1939 when she emigrated to Argentina. There she died in Parana in 1954 .	DORA SALOMON lived here. Escape to Argentina in 1939 ? ? ?
		Eva Salomon (? -?) Eva Rosemarie Salomon was the daughter of Dora and Hermann Salomon. The family fled together to Argentina on April 6, 1939. The further fate is unknown.	EVA SALOMON lived here. Escape to Argentina in 1939 ? ? ?
		Heinz Salomon (? -?) Heinz Gustav Salomon was the son of Dora and Hermann Salomon. The family fled together to Argentina on April 6, 1939. The further fate is unknown.	HEINZ SALOMON lived here. Escape to Argentina in 1939 ? ? ?
		Hermann Salomon (? -?) Hermann Salomon (née Itzig) was married to Dora Salomon and took her name. Together they ran a feed trade. The family fled to Argentina on April 6, 1939 with their children. The further fate is unknown.	HERMANN SALOMON lived here. Escape to Argentina in 1939 ? ? ?
		Kurt Salomon (? -?) Kurt Gideon Salomon was the son of Dora and Hermann Salomon. The family fled together to Argentina on April 6, 1939. The further fate is unknown.	KURT SALOMON lived here. Escape to Argentina in 1939 ? ? ?
		Leo Salomon (1891-1942) Leo Salomon was born in Samochin . He was the brother of Dora Salomon. On November 1, 1941, he was deported from Berlin to the Litzmannstadt ghetto , where he was murdered on March 14, 1942.	LEO SALOMON, born in 1891 , lived here, deported in 1941, Łodz murdered on March 14, 1942
Lindenbergstrasse 19	April 14, 2009	Paul Regensburger (1877-1942) Paul Regensburger was born in Fürth in 1877 and was a teacher and since 1912 school director at the Fürstin-Anna-Lyzeum in Kanzleistraße. In 1933 he was arrested for the first time by the Gestapo from school and was then no longer allowed to practice his profession. After further arrests and interrogations, which went hand in hand with torture, he died of the consequences on April 19, 1942.	PAUL REGENSBURGER, born in 1877, lived here, arrested several times by the Gestapo, mistreated and dead from consequences 19.6.1942

Web links

Commons : Stolpersteine ​​in Wernigerode  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ingmar Mehlhose: 22 tablets made of brass as a reminder of Jewish suffering , volksstimme.de, April 15, 2009. Accessed June 5, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} Peter Lehmann, Renate Goetz, Ralf Mattern: On the trail of Jewish life in Wernigerode . Ed .: Wernigerode Tourismus GmbH. 2015 (leaflet, available from the tourist information).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Andreas Schneider: Wernigeröder Weltgeschichte: Heimatforscher illuminates Jewish fates. In: idw-online.de. January 31, 2016, accessed June 29, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 - Reichenbach, Fritz . Retrieved September 10, 2016.
5. ↑ Commemorative Book - Victims of Persecution of the Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 - Reichenbach, Jeanette . Retrieved September 10, 2016.
6. ↑ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 - Reichenbach, Martha . Retrieved September 10, 2016.
7. ↑ Ragna Iser: White roses, lights, touching music. In: volksstimme.de. November 11, 2011, accessed December 27, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of the Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 - Rosenthal, Siegmund . Retrieved September 10, 2016.
9. ↑ Memorial Book - Victims of the Persecution of the Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 - Löwenstein, Benjamin Willy Willi . Retrieved September 10, 2016.
10. ↑ Julius Löwenstein In: werelate.org , accessed on June 29, 2017.
11. ↑ German Orphanage Postcards. In: greatwarforum.org. August 2009, accessed on August 20, 2019 (with photos of the Löwenstein family). 
12. ↑ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 - Löwenstein, Käthe . Retrieved September 10, 2016.
13. ^ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 - Russo, Bruno Benno Benjamin . Retrieved September 10, 2016.
14. ↑ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 - Russo, Clara Klara . Retrieved September 10, 2016.
15. ↑ Ralf Mattern: The black county is red! The Chronicle of the Wernigerode Social Democracy 1848–2013 . BoD - Books on Demand, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7392-8646-4 , pp. 395 ( preview in Google Book Search).
16. ↑ CRT Denial Dora Salomon. (PDF; 26 kB) In: crt-ii.org. December 29, 2005, accessed June 29, 2017 . 
17. ↑ Commemorative Book - Victims of Persecution of the Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 - Salomon, Leo . Retrieved September 10, 2016.
18. ↑ Josephine Schlüer: Broken by the Nazi regime. In: volksstimme.de . November 11, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2017 .