Stumbling Stone Bautzner Straße 27

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

* Martha Schmoll née Oppenheim, born 1873, deported 1942 Theresienstadt, murdered 6 September 1943.

Martha Schmoll lived at this address with her husband Simon Schmoll, owner of a wine and liquor store. Some time after his death in February 1941, she was forced to move to a "Judenhaus" on Altenzeller Straße 41 in Dresden. She was deported to Theresienstadt in August 1942 along with 49 others, only 3 of whom survived the war. Martha was murdered the following year; she was 70. Information was not found on Simon Schmoll’s death, nor on whether they had children.

"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."

For more information and pictures, please visit Stolpersteine in Dresden (in German).

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