Stumbling Stone Gumshornsgatan 6

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

* Curt Moses, född 1886 Breslau, flydde till Sverige, utvisad Maj 1937, öde okänt.
= Curt Moses, born 1886 Breslau, fled to Sweden, expelled May 1937, fate unknown.

From the early 1930s, Curt Moses, a German Jew, lived at this Stockholm address with his sister and her husband. His application for a residence permit was denied in 1936, and he was forced to leave the country the next year. He went to Denmark and Norway and tried again to enter Sweden in 1938. His brother-in-law tried to help, including repeated appeals to the King.
In September that same year, he finally was granted a residence permit in Latvia. He lived for a while in Riga. His fate is unknown, but he was probably killed there in July 1941 during the German occupation.

On 14 June 2019, this stolperstein (snubbelsten in Swedish) at Gumshornsgatan 6 was one of the first three ever installed in Sweden. The other two also commemorate men who sought refuge in Sweden but were expelled: Erich Holewa at Kungsholmstorg 6 and Hans Eduard Szybilski at Apelbergsgatan 36.

"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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