Stumbling Stones Rosenthaler Straße 40-41

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

* Anita Bukofzer, born 1930, deported 1943, murdered in Auschwitz.
* Ury Davidsohn, born 1943, deported 1943, Theresienstadt, murdered in Auschwitz.
* Paula Davidsohn née Katz, born 1905, deported 1943, Theresienstadt, murdered in Auschwitz.

* Hermann Schneebaum, born 1906, deported 1943, Auschwitz, murdered.
* Jenny Schneebaum née Brandorowitsch, born 1908, deported 1943, Auschwitz, murdered.
* Thea Schneebaum, born 1931, deported 1943, Auschwitz, murdered.
* Victor Schneebaum, born 1941, deported 1943, Auschwitz, murdered.

Anita Bukofzer moved with her parents, Hermann und Margarete Bukofzer, to a large 3-room apartment at this address. On 11 November 1942, they were forced to leave their apartment. In December, they provided the required declaration of their assets, and on 12 January 1943 they were deported on "Osttransport" 26 to Auschwitz. Anita was 11 years old, her parents in their early 50s. None survived.

Paula Davidsohn moved to a three-room apartment at this address in 1942. She was employed as an administrator at the Reich Jewish Association. Her mother, Irma Katz (1888-?) lived with her to help with the household and with care of Paula’s baby, Ury, who was born 03 May 1943. No other information was found on Irma Katz or on Paula Davidsohn’s husband. The next month, Paula had to complete a declaration of assets; at the time, she and Ury were already in a collection camp at Große Hamburger Str. 26. On 30 July, the pair was deported to Theresienstadt. In October 1944, they were deported to Auschwitz and murdered there.

Hermann Schneebaum, a bookbinder, and Jenny Brandorowitsch married and had two children, Thea and Victor, born 10 years apart. On 29 January 1943, all four were deported on "Osttransport" 27 to Auschwitz. The children had not reached ages 2 and 12 when they were murdered.

"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: Fedor de Vries & Anne Palmer
• Photos: Christian Heller Jensen (1)
• Photos: Thom Quine (2)
• Stolpersteine in Berlin
• Stolpersteine.eu