Stumbling Stones Habergasse 1

These small, brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
* Isidor Reichmannsdorfer, born 1867, deported 1942 Theresienstadt, murdered 23 January 1943.
* Ilse Lipp, born 1926, deported 1941, Riga, murdered.
* Mathilde Lipp née Reichmannsdorfer, born 1897, deported 1941, Riga, murdered.

Isidor Reichmannsdorfer was a merchant, married to Bertha Prölsdorfer, who died in 1931. Information on their son, Gustav, was not found. Their daughter, Mathilde, married Heinrich Lipp, who died on 4 May 1940 – according to one source, he was murdered in a concentration camp. Isidor’s permanent residence was Bamberg. He was deported on 10 September 1942 from Nürnberg to Theresienstadt, where he was killed on 23 January 1943.

Mathilde and her daughter, Ilse Lipp, were both deported on 29 November 1941 (Transport Train Da32), from Nürnberg. They arrived on 02 December at the Skirotava station outside of Riga. There may have been a selection: Mathilde’s records in the German Federal Archives show her deported to Riga, while Ilse’s show Jungfernhof Camp (3 km away). One survivor, who did not mention a selection, said the arriving passengers were forced to walk for 1.5 hours to the temporary Jungfernhof camp where they were housed in granaries and stables and forced to labor under conditions of cold weather, disease, abuse, and starvation rations. Only 25 persons from this transport survived the Holocaust.

"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."

Do you have more information about this location? Inform us!

Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries & Anne Palmer
• Photos: Holly Lauderdale
• Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names
• USHMM Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database
• Yad Vashem: Transport Da 32
• Geneanet: Isidor Reichmannsdorfer
• Stolpersteine.eu