Stumbling Stone Steinstraße 23

This Stolperstein / Stumbling Stone commemorates
* David Bartfeld, born 1896, Poland Action 1938, Bentschen, imprisoned 1939 Buchenwald, "relocated" 02 March 1942 Bernburg, murdered 02 March 1942.

David Bartfeld moved from Staßfurt in 1932 to Nürnberg, where he married Edith Landmann. Their daughter Gerda was born in December 1933. In the spring of 1934, the Nürnberg-Fürth police said David was a citizen of Poland and forced him to leave Bavaria. He returned to Staßfurt and worked there until October 1938, when, as part of the Polenaktion, he was arrested and taken the same day to Poland.

On August 1939 he returned to his wife and daughter in Nürnberg, but a month later he was placed "protective custody" and then sent to Buchenwald. He stayed there 2.5 years and then was selected for death because he was considered not fit for work. He was transferred on 2 March 1942 to Bernberg and murdered there the same day. His death was reported from Buchenwald to Nürnberg as 14 March 1942.

Ten days later, on 24 March 1942, his wife and daughter were deported from Nürnberg on Transport Da 36 to Izbica along with 424 other Nürnberg residents. None survived the war. Stolpersteine for Edith and Gerda Bartfeld are in Nürnberg, on Fürther Straße 9a.

Students from Dr.-Frank-Gymnasium did the research for his story.

"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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