Stumbling Stone Rhumeweg 23

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

* Erna Fürstenheim, born 1877, deported 13 June 1942, murdered in Sobibor.

One source states that both of Erna Fürstenheim’s parents came from German-Jewish families which had converted to Christianity. Another source did not mention the parents and stated that Erna and her sister Frieda converted to Christianity, but under the Nuremberg laws, the Nazis declared them "full Jews."

Erna taught piano, and Frieda taught French. Erna went blind and moved in with Friede in 1939. Both sisters were deported on 13 June 1942 to Sobibor and murdered there on the 15th.

A "Denkstein" at Joachim-Friedrich Str. 5 in Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf commemorates Erna's sister, Frieda Fürstenheim.

For more information and photos of the sisters, see Denkstein fur Frieda Fürstenheim (in German).

"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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