Stumbling Stone Lachmannstraße 4

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

* Recha Feibel née Deutschkron, born 1884, deported 1942, murdered in Majdanek.

Two key sources give different information on Recha Feibel née Deutschkron. The stolperstein is apparently based on the Free University of Berlin Memorial Book’s list of deportations from Berlin, which shows her born on 24 September 1884 in Betsche, Germany, deported from Berlin on 14 April 1942 to the Warsaw Ghetto, and deported to Majdanek extermination camp, with official status "missing." The German Federal Archives Memorial Book shows her born on 24 September 1885 in Bentschen, Poland, deported 13 June 1942 to Sobibor, status "murdered."

Information on Recha Feibel’s life before deportation is unclear. She may have been married to Max Philippsborn (1883-1940), but Philippsborn does not appear in the official records seen, and no information was found on a Feibel in her family.

"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: Lorie Shaull (1), Paul David Doherty (2)
• Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names
• Stolpersteine in Berlin: Recha Feibel
• Geni.com
• WikiTree: Recha Deutschkron (1884)
• Stolpersteine.eu