Stumbling Stone Kaßbergstraße 22

This stumbling stone (Stolperstein) commemorates:
* Dr. Otto Goldhardt, born 1885, arrested 1941, Breslau prison, deported 1942 to Auschwitz, murdered 10 July 1942.

Otto Goldhardt taught German and history in Chemnitz. He and his family were expelled from their house here in 1933. He began calling for open resistance to the Nazis. Several arrests later, he ended up in Auschwitz, where he was murdered in 1942.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small 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 Chemnitz (in German).

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