Stumbling Stone Wohldorfer Straße 14

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

* Hildegard Gutjahr, born 1925, deported 1942 Theresienstadt, murdered 8 February1943.

Background

Little was found about Hildegard Gutjahr’s life. According to her death certificate from Theresienstadt, she did not have an occupation, and her parents Hermann and Gunda Gutjahr were also in Theresienstadt with her. Other records show the three were deported from Hamburg to Theresienstadt on the same transport on 20 July 1942. Hildegard was dead seven months later. Her parents managed to survive until liberation; they returned to Hamburg.

"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 victim’s with the name, year 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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