Stumbling Stone Nürnberger Straße 23

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

* Frieda Freide Littmann née Gerson, born 1873, arrested 1942, Leipzig Prison, deported 1942, Auschwitz, murdered 11 January1943.

In some sources, her name is given as Freide Frieda Littmann.

She was found as a baby in 1873 in Auschwitz town and was assigned 01 January 1873 as her birthdate. At age 17 she went to Germany and married an artist, Karl Littmann. They had 6 children, 2 of whom died very young. She and her husband separated; he died in 1928. She worked as a trader and lived at this address from 1934. A neighbor denounced her for not wearing the yellow star and for not using the compulsory name "Sara." On 8 September 1942, Frieda reported as required to the Gestapo. Upon her return to her apartment building, there was an altercation with the informer, who filed criminal charges. On 16 September, she was arrested. The punishment was a fine and 3 weeks’ imprisonment for insulting a German-blooded woman. Before the 3 weeks were up, she was taken back to the Gestapo. Finally, on 9 December 1942, she was deported back to where she was born. On 11 January 1943, at age 70, Frieda Freida Littmann was murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp.

"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 Leipzig (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: TracesOfWar.com
• Stolpersteine Guide (Leipzig)
• Stolpersteine.eu