Stumbling Stone Grindelhof 8

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

* Lea Esther Zloczower née Fruchter, born 1885, "Polenaktion" 1938, Bentschen / Zbaszyn, Zbaszyn Camp, 1939 Lemberg, fate unknown.

Lea Esther Zloczower was born in Poland and later became a German citizen. She and Chaim Zloczower (also a Poland-born German citizen) married and had at least three children: one son, who survived and submitted testimony to Yad Vashem, one son who was murdered, and a daugher, Betty, who was in Lwow, Poland (Lemberg Ghetto) during the war. It would appear that both Chaim and Esther were expelled from Germany on 28 October 1938 as part of the Nazis’ action against Jews of Polish origins living in Germany. They apparently went on to Lemberg/Lwow in 1938. Chaim died in 1941. Lea Esther Zloczower was in Lemberg /Lwow in 1939; after that her fate is unknown.

"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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Source

• Text: Anne Palmer
• Photos: Bernd Carstensen
• Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names
• German Federal Archives: Bentschen
• Stolpersteine.eu