Stumbling Stones Ehrenfeldgürtel 136

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

* Leopold Fassbender, born 1877, before deportation killed himself 20 October 1941.
* Anna Fassbender, nee Bonheim 1881, before deportation killed herself 20 October 1941.

Background
Little information was found about Leopold and Anna Fassbender.
Leopold Fassbender and Anna Bonheim married in 1909. Prior to World War II they lived in Remagen, Germany. During the war, they lived in Köln (Cologne). They chose suicide over deportation, and their deaths in Köln are considered murders.

"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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