Stumbling Stones Auf dem Schmaarkamp 21

These small, brass, memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:

* Rosa Rose, born 1901, deported 1943, Auschwitz-Birkenau, murdered 6 October 1943.
* Amalie Karoline Rose, born 1879, deported 1943, Auschwitz-Birkenau, murdered 16 February 1944.
* Max Rose, born 1905, deported 1943, Auschwitz-Birkenau, murdered 17 May 1943.

Amalie Karoline Rose was the mother of Rosa Rose and Max Rose. The family was of Sinti origins. In 1941 they were living in a barracks camp at the corner of Schmaarkamp and Bardowicker Wasserweg. On 9 March 1943, they were deported to the Auschwitz extermination camp in accordance with the "Auschwitz Decree." Max Rose died there two months later in May, then sister Rosa Rose in October, and finally mother Amalie Karoline Rose in February 1944.

Members of the Roses’ family were present for the laying of their stolpersteine on 22 November 2019.

"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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