Stumbling Stones Rathausmarkt 1

These small, brass, memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate 20 men. The plaque at the top explains:
Sie waren gewählte Mitglieder der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft.
They were elected members of the Hamburg Parliament.

- Dr. Kurt Adams (born 1889, in Parliament 1924-1933, murdered in Buchenwald, 7 Oct 1944).
- Etkar Josef André (born 1894, in Parliament 1921, executed in Holstenglacis Prison, 4 Nov 1936).
- Bernhard Bästlein (born 1894, in Parliament 1921,executed in Brandenburg Prison, 18 Sep 1944).
- Adolf Biedermann (born 1881, in Parliament 1919-1927, found dead after fall from train, 5 Nov 1933, case never solved).
- Gustav Brandt (born 1894, in Parliament 1931-1933, shot by SS, April 1945).
- Valentin Ernst Burchard (born 1891, in Parliament 1932-1933, deported 1941, murdered in Minsk).
- Dr. Max Eichholz (born 1881, in Parliament 1920-1933, murdered in Auschwitz, 12 Jan1943).
- Hugo Eickhoff (born 1906, in Parliament 1931-1933, killed in Bataljon Dirlewanger, 15 Dec 1944).
- Theodor Haubach (born 1888, in Parliament 1927-1929, executed in Berlin-Plötzensee, 23 Jan 1945).
- Wilhelm Heidsiek (born 1888, in Parliament 1933, murdered in Neuengamme, 7 Nov 1944).
- Ernst Henning (born 1892, in Parliament 1928-1931, murdered by the SA, 15 March1931).
- Hermann Hoefer (born 1868, in Parliament 1928-1931, arrested 1944, dead due to consequences of imprisonment).
- Franz Jacob (born 1906, in Parliament 1932-1933, executed in Brandenburg-Görden Prison, 18 Sep 1944).
- Friedrich Lux (born 1892, in Parliament 1928-1933, arrested 1933, mistreated by Gestapo, dead 6 Nov 1933).
- Fritz Simon Reich (born 1868, in Parliament 1927-1928, deported 1944 Theresienstadt, murdered 31 May 1944).
- August Schmidt (born 1884, in Parliament 1928-1931, arrested 1935, pretrial detention, dead due to consequences of imprisonment, 3 Aug 1939).
- Otto Schumann (born 1888, in Parliament 1931-1933, arrested 1944, Neuengamme, drowned on the Cap Arcona, 3 May 1945).
- Theodor Skorzisko (born 1899, in Parliament 1931-1932, fled to France, in interned at Gurs, fate unknown).
- Ernst Thälmann (born 1886, in Parliament 1919-1933, arrested 1933, murdered in Buchenwald, 18 Aug 1944).
- Hans Westermann (born 1890, in Parliament 1928-1933, arrested many times, last time 1935, murdered in Fuhlsbüttel camp, 6 March 1935).

Ten meters to the right of the entrance is another stolperstein for:
- Max Mendel (born 1872, Senator 1925-1929, deported to Theresienstadt, dead 10 August 1942).

"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 Hamburg.