Stumbling Stones Alt-Moabit 86

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

* Ilse Dannenbaum, born 1920, deported Theresienstadt, lost (presumed dead) in Auschwitz.
* Gerda Dannenbaum, born 1925, deported Theresienstadt, lost (presumed dead) in Auschwitz.
* Arthur Dannenbaum, born 1891, deported Theresienstadt, lost (presumed dead) in Auschwitz.

Arthur Dannenbaum and Cäcilie Lewin married and had three daughters, Ilse, Eva Sophie, and Gerda. The family lived in a four-room apartment at Alt-Moabit 85 in the 1930s. Cäcilie’s story was not found. Eva Sophie escaped to the US and lived to the age of 86.

Arthur and the other two daughters were part of the Berlin slave labor work force under the Nazis: Arthur worked for the Schupke Company in Reinickendorf, Ilse for a weapons and munitions factory, and the teenage Gerda for Siemens & Halske (electrical engineering).

Records show that on 19 January 1943, the family filled out a declaration of assets, which the Nazis used to confiscate the family's property. A week later, Arthur Dannenbaum was deported to Theresienstadt with the 82nd "Alterstransport." He was later deported to Auschwitz in September 1944 and murdered there. According to Yad Vashem and based on deportation lists, sisters Ilse and Gerda Dannenbaum were deported from Berlin on 29 January 1943 to Auschwitz on the 27th Osttransport and murdered there. Information on deportation to Theresienstadt (as noted on their stolpersteine) was not seen.

Note: different sources show are two different possible locations of these stolpersteine -- Alt Moabit 85 and Alt Moabit 86. Information as to the actual address would be appreciated.

"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: Thom Quine (1), OTFW (2, 3), OTFW (4)
• Stolpersteine in Berlin: Arthur Dannenbaum
• Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names
• Geni.com
• Stolpersteine.eu