Stones of remembrance St. Pölten

575 men, women and children known by name of the Jewish community of St. Pölten were murdered in the Holocaust . As a sign of individual commemoration and on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the Institute for Jewish History in Austria began to set stones of remembrance for these people in cooperation with the city of St. Pölten. The 18 × 18 cm brass plates with names, for women birth name, date of birth, date of deportation and, where ascertainable, date of death are set in the sidewalk in front of the last voluntary residential address.

The stone setting is continued annually, the goal are stones of remembrance at all around 80 St. Pölten addresses and others in all places of residence of the catchment area of ​​the former religious community.

The first twelve stones at eight addresses for 28 murdered people were set on October 4, 2018 in the presence of Mayor Mag.Matthias Stadler and numerous relatives from Austria, Switzerland, the USA, Great Britain and Argentina as well as committed citizens of St. Pölten. Some of today's house residents also attended the ceremony. On October 3, 2019, a further eleven stones were set at ten addresses for 17 murdered people. In addition , a memorial plaque was attached to the synagogue (St. Pölten) in memory of the architect of the synagogue (St. Pölten) Theodor Schreier and his wife Anna.

Stones and people

image	Surname	Location	Laying date	Life
	Jakob Winterstein	Franziskanergasse 3	04th Oct 2018	Jakob and Stefanie were forcibly relocated to Vienna and later deported to Lodz . Further information on the lives of Jakob and Stefanie Winterstein can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Stefanie Winterstein born bird
	Rudolf Kohn	Fuhrmannsgasse 15	04th Oct 2018	Rudolf and Emma Kohn were deported to Opole . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Rudolf and Emma Kohn can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Emma Kohn born Good friend
	Sigmund Stern	Josefstrasse 67	04th Oct 2018	After the forced relocation to Vienna, Sigmund and Berta Stern were deported to Opole . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the lives of Sigmund and Berta Stern can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Berta Stern born Kohn
	Heinrich Yellow	Kremsergasse 9	04th Oct 2018	After being forced to move to Vienna, Heinrich and Hermine Gelb were deported to Opole . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Heinrich and Hermine Gelb can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Hermine Yellow born Löbl
	Johanna Morgenstern born Fischl	Kremsergasse 17	04th Oct 2018	After being forced to move to Vienna, Johanna Fischl was first deported to Theresienstadt and later to Treblinka . She was murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Johanna Morgenstern can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Daniel Kerpen	Lederergasse 8	04th Oct 2018	After being forced to move to Vienna, Daniel Kerpen was deported to Riga . He was murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Daniel Kerpen can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Josefine Kerpen			Josefine, Daniel's daughter, was deported to Maly Trostinec after the forced relocation to Vienna . She was murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Josefine Kerpen can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Adolf Weinstein			Adolf Weinstein were deported to Maly Trostinec after the forced resettlement in Vienna . He was murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Adolf Weinstein can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Benedikt Süss	Lederergasse 8	04th Oct 2018	After forced relocations in St. Pölten and Vienna, Benedikt and Aurelia Aranka Süss were deported to Opole . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Benedikt and Aurelia Aranka Süss can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Aurelia Aranka Süss b. White
	Wilhelm White			After several forced resettlements in Vienna, Wilhelm and Franziska Weiß were deported to Opole . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information about the life of Wilhelm and Franziska Weiß can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Franziska Weiss born yellow
	Hugo White	Lederergasse 8	04th Oct 2018	After being imprisoned in Dachau , he was forced to move to Vienna and deported to Nisko am San . Hugo and Walter Weiß were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Hugo and Walter Weiß can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Walter White
	Hermann Loew	Rathausgasse 8	04th Oct 2018	After two forced resettlements in Vienna, Hermann and Irma Löw were deported to Maly Trostinec . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Hermann and Irma Löw can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Irma Löw born Tichler
	Barbara (Betty) Frischmann b. Lederer	Rathausplatz 13	04th Oct 2018	After the forced resettlement to Vienna, Barbara, Geza and Ella Frischmann were deported to Riga . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the lives of Barbara , Geza and Ella Frischmann can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Geza Frischmann
	Ella Frischmann b. Lederer
	Elfriede (Elfi) Frischmann	Rathausplatz 13	04th Oct 2018	The siblings were deported to Riga . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the lives of Elfriede , Charlotte and Moritz Frischmann can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Charlotte Frischmann
	Moritz Frischmann
	Julius Frischmann	Rathausplatz 13	04th Oct 2018	After the forced resettlement in Vienna, Julius and Hildegard Frischmann were deported to Riga . Hildegards was later created to Stutthof. Both were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Julius and Hildegard Frischmann can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Hildegard Frischmann b. Lederer
	Josefine Tachau b. Kolb	Bachgasse 29	03rd Oct 2019	After the forced relocation to Vienna, Josefine Tachau and her three daughters Edith, Lizzi and Eveline Kolb were deported to Opole . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the lives of Josefine Tachau , Edith , Lizzi and Eveline Kolb can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Edith Kolb
	Lizzi Kolb
	Eveline Kolb
	Emil Reiss	Brunngasse 6	03rd Oct 2019	Emil Reiss was murdered in the psychiatric department of the state "sanatorium and nursing home" Mauer-Öhling. Further information on the life of Emil Reiss can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Paul Reiss			Paul Reiss fled to France, was imprisoned there, deported from Drancy to Auschwitz and murdered there. Further information on the life of Paul Reiss can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Adolf Aron Schächter	Fuhrmannsgasse 18	03rd Oct 2019	Died after being forced to move to Vienna. Further information on the life of Adolf Aron Schächter can be found in the memor book of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Rosa Schächter born Aron			Rosa Schächter was deported to Theresienstadt after being forced to move to Vienna . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Rosa Schächter can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Josef Rosenstingl	Herzogenburger Strasse 31	03rd Oct 2019	After the forced resettlement to Vienna and a failed escape to Italy, Josef Rosenstingl was deported to Riga . He was murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Josef Rosenstingl can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Katharina Yellow	Kerensstrasse 14	03rd Oct 2019	Katharina Gelb was forcibly resettled to Vienna and deported to Theresienstadt . She was murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Katharina Gelb can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Amalia yellow			Amalia Gelb was forcibly resettled to Vienna and deported to Maly Trostinec . She was murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Amalia Gelb can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Paula Briefwechseller born Blumenthal	Kremser Landstrasse 57	03rd Oct 2019	Paula and Walter Briefwechseller were deported from Frankfurt / Main to Sobibor . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Paula and Walter Briefwechseller can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Walter letter changer
	Samuel Eltbogen	Kremser Landstrasse 61	04th Oct 2018	The family fled to France, where they were imprisoned and deported to Auschwitz . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the lives of Samuel , Josefine and Hilda Eltbogen can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Josefine Eltbogen born Kohn
	Hilda Eltbogen
	Rudolf Tintner	Mühlweg 20	03rd Oct 2019	After moving to Vienna, Rudolf Tintner was deported to Theresienstadt . He was murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the life of Rudolf Tintner can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Edmund Ariel Hahn	Mühlweg 78	03rd Oct 2019	Edmund Ariel and Jella Yehudith Hahn were deported to Maly Trostinec . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the lives of Edmund Ariel and Jella Yehudith Hahn can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Jella Yehudith Jahn b. Kerpen
	Elisabeth Lang born Hirschler	Rathausgasse 1	03rd Oct 2019	Elisabeth and Lucy Herta Lang were deported to Theresienstadt and two years later transferred to Auschwitz . You were murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the lives of Elisabeth and Lucy Herta Lang can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Lucy Herta Lang
	Juliane (Julie) Steiner b. Bachrach	Rathausgasse 1	03rd Oct 2019	Juliane (Julie) Steiner was deported to Opole after moving to Vienna . She was murdered in the Holocaust. Further information on the lives of Juliane Steiner and Lucy Herta Lang can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria
	Leopold yellow			Leopold Gelb was forcibly resettled to Vienna and deported to Lodz . He was murdered in the Holocaust. Further information about the life of Leopold Gelb can be found in the memorandum of the Institute for Jewish History in Austria

Biographical Holocaust research for the stones of memory St. Pölten

The basis for dealing with the Jewish history of St. Pölten are the two books by Christoph Lind "... there were such nice people there" and "... we grew up as country people in our homeland ...". In the course of several student projects (such as displaced neighbors or "De-registered") and the long-term project Memorbuch. Jews in St. Pölten looked after by Benjamin Grilj, new biographical information is constantly being compiled and updated. The Institute for Jewish History in Austria always has the latest research results and is actively involved in shaping the (Lower) Austrian and St. Pölten memory landscape.

Financing the project

The production and installation are financed through sponsorships from citizens of the city of St. Pölten and surviving relatives. In addition, the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism , the Future Fund of the Republic of Austria , the City of St. Pölten and the Science and Research Department of the Province of Lower Austria participate

Web links

• Stones of Remembrance St. Pölten , Memorbuch. Jews in St. Pölten
• Stones of Remembrance St. Pölten , Institute for Jewish History in Austria
• State capital sets signs of remembrance , Niederösterreichische Nachrichten, 30 May 2018
• Stones of memory MFG das Magazin, 11/2018
• Stones of Remembrance St. Pölten concrete, October 5, 2018
• Stones commemorate Jews murdered in the Holocaust ORF Niederösterreich, October 5, 2018
• Stones of Remembrance for Holocaust Victims ORF Lower Austria, October 5, 2019
• Memorial plaque for the architect of the St. Pölten Synagogue, Lower Austria, October 3, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lind, C.: ... there were such nice people there «. The destroyed Jewish community of St. Pölten. St. Pölten: 1998.
2. ↑ Lind, C.: ... we grew up as country people in our homeland ... «. The "Landsprengel" of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde St. Pölten: Jewish fates between the Vienna Woods and the Erlauf. St. Pölten: 2002.