Stumbling Stone Agricolastraße 15

Agricolastraße 15, Chemnitz

Germany Sachsen Chemnitz

This small brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone) commemorates:

* Rabbi Dr. Hugo Fuchs, born 1878, "protective custody," Kaßberg Prison, severely mistreated, fled 1939, Argentina.

Dr. Hugo Fuchs, a rabbi and historian, was the spiritual leader of the Chemnitz Jewish community from 1907-1939. In the afternoon of 9 November 1938, he and other well-known representatives of the Jewish community were arrested and taken in a lorry and forced to watch the fire destroying their synagogue. Dr. Fuchs was then taken by SS henchmen, mistreated, and put into the police prison in the Kaßberg district of Chemnitz. He was 60. After his release, he went to Argentina, where he died 10 years later after a long illness.

A monument for the destroyed Old Synagogue is on Kaßbergstraße.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of the last voluntary residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim’s name, date of birth, and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death. By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He cites the Talmud: "A human being is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten."

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