List of stumbling blocks in Slavkov u Brna

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The only stumbling block in Slavkov u Brna belongs to the Czech stumbling block initiative, which in the small town of Slavkov u Brna in the Jihomoravský kraj (South Moravian region) reminds of the fate of the people of this region who were murdered, deported, expelled or committed suicide by the National Socialists were driven. The Stolperstein was laid by Gunter Demnig .

The Czech stumbling block project Stolpersteine.cz was launched in 2008 by the Česká unie židovské mládeže (Czech Union of Jewish Youth). The stumbling blocks are to Czech stumbling blocks called alternatively kameny zmizelých (stones of the disappeared).

Slavkov u Brna

image Surname Location Laying date Life
Stumbling block for Emil Strach.JPG Emil Strach Palackého náměstí 77 Erioll world.svg Sep 15 2014 Emil Strach was born in 1884 as the son of Josef Strach and Rosa Strach. Born singer. He had three sisters: Hermine Hönigsfeld (1878–1944), Louise Prager (1879–1940) and Therese Strach (1887–1890) and one brother: Rudolf Strach (1886–1914). His wife Sidonie Strach b. Huss (1888–1931) was killed in a traffic accident in Switzerland. The couple had a son, Otmar Strach. Emil Strach was deported on April 4, 1942 with Transport Ah from Brno to Ghetto Theresienstadt (No. 459). From there he reached Izbica on April 27, 1942 with Transport Aq . Of the 999 deportees on this transport, 997 were murdered by the Nazi regime, including No. 591 Emil Strach.

Son Otmar Strach survived, became a gynecologist , married and had three children.

Web links

Commons : Stolpersteine ​​in Slavkov u Brna  - collection of pictures

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zdeňka Kuchyňová: Praha má na chodnících své první pamětní Kameny holocaustu , report of the Czech radio station Radio Praha of October 19, 2008, online at: www.radio.cz / ...
  2. ↑ Report of the Stolpersteine.cz association , online at: Stolpersteine ​​in the Czech Republic ( Memento from October 15, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
  3. ^ Yad Vashem : The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: Emil Strach , accessed April 15, 2016