List of stumbling blocks in Zeitz

The list of stumbling blocks in Zeitz contains all the stumbling blocks that were laid by Gunter Demnig in Zeitz 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 Zeitz. Between 2007 and 2012 a total of ten stones were laid at five addresses.

List of stumbling blocks

address	Date of relocation	person	inscription	image	Picture of the house
Am Eulengrund 2	May 25, 2007	Siegfried Fürst (May 21, 1889– Oct. 26, 1942) Siegfried Fürst was born in Hamburg to Jewish parents. At the age of 22 he went to Zeitz, where he worked as a businessman. In 1926 he converted to the Roman Catholic faith. He married Margarete geb. Rolle and had a son with her. After the seizure of power of the Nazis in 1933, he initially received a permanent refuge in the rectory of the Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul in Zeitz. During the Reichspogromnacht in November 1938 he was arrested and deported to Buchenwald concentration camp. He was released on December 23 and then left Germany. His destination was actually the Netherlands , but he probably ended up in Belgium instead . There he was at the personal instigation of Pope Pius XII. arranged a continuation of the journey to South America , which was planned for May 11, 1940, could not take place because of the German attack on Belgium and the Netherlands that had started the day before . The last Prince was in Rochefort . He was arrested and deported to Auschwitz , where he was murdered.
Kramerstrasse 5/6	May 25, 2007	Berta-Pess Mendelsohn b. Bachmann (April 15, 1870– October 2, 1944) The two sisters Emma Esther and Berta-Pess Mendelsohn came from Gleicherwiesen . Berta-Pess gave birth to their son Siegfried in Zeitz in 1892. In 1940 the Zeitz family had to leave and move to Halle (Saale) . Emma Esther and Berta-Pess Mendelsohn were housed in the Jewish retirement home. Berta-Pess Mendelsohn was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto on February 27, 1943 , where she died on October 2, 1944. On the night of September 23-24, 2014, the three stumbling blocks in Kramerstrasse were stolen by strangers.
		Emma Esther Mendelsohn (Nov. 5, 1868– Dec. 23, 1940) The two sisters Emma Esther and Berta-Pess Mendelsohn came from Gleicherwiesen . In 1940 the Zeitz family had to leave and move to Halle (Saale) . Emma Esther and Berta-Pess Mendelsohn were housed in the Jewish retirement home. Emma Esther Mendelsohn died there on December 23, 1940. On the night of September 23-24, 2014, the three stumbling blocks in Kramerstrasse were stolen by strangers.
		Siegfried Mendelsohn (October 31, 1892– September 27, 1942) Siegfried Mendelsohn was the son of Berta-Pess Mendelsohn. In 1940 he and his family had to leave Zeitz and move to Halle (Saale) . Siegfried Mendelsohn got a job as a stoker in the Jewish retirement home. He was released on May 29, 1942 and deported to Majdanek concentration camp two days later . There he had to do forced labor and died on September 27, 1942. On the night of September 23-24, 2014, the three stumbling blocks in Kramerstrasse were stolen by strangers.
Leipziger Strasse 45	May 25, 2007	Gustav Baruch Flörsheim (July 28, 1894–1943) Gustav Flörsheim was born in Meerholz . He later moved to Zeitz with his family. Gustav Flörsheim was first sent to Brandenburg an der Havel prison in June 1942. From there he was deported to Auschwitz on April 20, 1943 and murdered on arrival the following day. The stumbling block for Gustav Flörsheim was stolen on September 23, 2013, but reappeared two weeks later.
		Hilda Flörsheim b. Hamburger (May 27, 1891– November 25, 1941) Hilda Flörsheim b. Hamburger came from Hammelburg . She was arrested in November 1935 and was held in various prisons. In 1941 she was deported to Kauen concentration camp, where she died three days later.
		Ingeborg Flörsheim (July 9, 1923–1943) Ingeborg Flörsheim was born in Langenselbold in 1923 as the daughter of Gustav and Hilda Flörsheim. She was deported to Auschwitz on December 9, 1942, where she was murdered in 1943.
Neumarkt	November 26, 2012	Auguste Lewy b. Hesse (August 17, 1867– March 1, 1943) Auguste Hesse was born in Neusalz an der Oder and was married to Jacob Lewy. She last lived as a widow in Zeitz and moved to Berlin after the outbreak of war. From there she was deported to Auschwitz on February 17, 1942, where she was murdered on March 1, 1943.
Rossmarkt	November 26, 2012	Hermann Blumenthal (Aug. 24, 1875– Aug. 25, 1940) Hermann Blumenthal came from Zeitz and worked there as a watchmaker. He and his wife Lydia lived temporarily in Berlin. They left Germany in December 1938 and went to Brussels, where Hermann Blumenthal was murdered on August 25, 1940 on the way to the hospital.
		Lydia Blumenthal born Weissmann (October 10, 1868– September 27, 1942) Lydia Blumenthal born Weissmann was born in Märkisch Friedland . She and her husband lived temporarily in Berlin. In December 1938 they left Germany and went to Brussels. On October 24, 1942, Lydia Blumenthal was deported to Auschwitz.

Web links

• stolpersteine.eu
• www.gedenkbuch.halle.de: Memorial book for the dead of the Holocaust in Halle - Memorial book surrounding area
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Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Hartmut Landes: Brass plaster awakens memories , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , May 25, 2007. Retrieved on November 1, 2013.
2. ↑ Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul Zeit - His life ended in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. Siegfried Fürst, a martyr from Zeitz . Association for Jewish Genealogy Hamburg Research Aaron Guttstein Zeitz / OT Kayna Retrieved on November 1, 2013.
3. ↑ Memorial Book Halle - Mendelsohn, Berta-Pess . Retrieved November 1, 2013.
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Three stumbling blocks stolen in Zeitz , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , September 24, 2014. Research by Aaron Guttstein Zeitz / OT Kayna. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
5. ^ Gedenkbuch Halle - Mendelsohn, Emma Esther. Research by Aaron Guttstein Zeitz / OT Kayna. Retrieved on November 1, 2013.
6. ^ Memorial book Halle - Mendelsohn, Siegfried . Research Aaron Guttstein Zeitz / OT Kayna Retrieved November 1, 2013.
7. ↑ Memorial book - Victims of the persecution of the Jews under the National Socialist tyranny in Germany 1933-1945 - Flörsheim, Gustav . Research Aaron Guttstein Zeitz / OT Kayna Retrieved November 1, 2013.
8. ↑ Angelika Andras: Stolperstein stolen by Gustav Flörsheim , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , September 23, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
9. ↑ Angelika Andras: Stolen Stolperstein is back , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , October 7, 2013. Accessed November 1, 2013.
10. ↑ Memorial book - Victims of the persecution of the Jews under the National Socialist tyranny in Germany 1933-1945 - Flörsheim, Hilda . Research Aaron Guttstein Zeitz / OT Kayna Retrieved November 1, 2013.
11. ↑ Memorial book - Victims of the persecution of the Jews under the National Socialist tyranny in Germany 1933-1945 - Flörsheim, Ingeborg . Transport list No. 24 from December 9, 1943 Research by Aaron Guttstein Zeitz / OT Kayna Retrieved on November 1, 2013.
12. ↑ ^{a b} Angelika Andras: Gunter Demnig publishes new stumbling blocks , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , May 25, 2007. Retrieved on November 1, 2013.
13. ↑ - yadvashem.org - Central database of the names of the Holocaust victims - Auguste Lewy . Research Aaron Guttstein Zeitz / OT Kayna Retrieved November 1, 2013.
14. ↑ yadvashem.org - Central database of names of Holocaust victims - Hermann Blumenthal .Recherche Aaron Guttstein Zeitz / OT Kayna Accessed November 1, 2013.
15. ↑ - yadvashem.org - Central database of the names of Holocaust victims - Lydia Blumenthal . Research Aaron Guttstein Zeitz / OT Kayna Retrieved November 1, 2013.