Stumbling Stone Münzstraße 42

This Stolperstein (stumbling stone) commemorates:
* Emma Rothschild née Bonnem, born 1879, deported 1942 to Theresienstadt, dead 6 February 1943.

Emma Rothschild moved to Cottbus in 1938 to live with her daughter, who was married to a non-Jew. Two years later, Emma was forced to move into a Judenhaus on Rossstrasse 27. And then, in 1942, she was forced to move to the Judenhaus at this Münzstraße address.

This was the last of the "Houses for Jews" in Cottbus. Emmy Rothschild shared a small room in the attic with Netty Dreier. Both women were deported on 25 August 1942 on the last large transport from Cottbus to Theresienstadt.

Emma Rothschild's four children survived by emigrating or by being in a mixed marriage with special privilege.

A stolperstein for Netty Dreier is at Freiheitsstraße 1 in Cottbus.

"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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