Stumbling Stones Wüllener Straße 11

These small, brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:

* Frieda Sommerfeld née Gumpert, born 1898, fled in 1938 to Holland, interned in 1942 in Westerbork, deported, murdered 1943 in Auschwitz.
* Regina Wolff née Gumpert, born 1891, fled in 1939 to Holland, interned in 1942 in Westerbork, murdered 1943 in Auschwitz.

Several members of the extended family of cattle dealers Moses Gumpert and his brother Samuel lived in the stately house at this location. While some of them managed to escape by emigrating to Chile, two of Moses’ sisters, Frieda and Regina, went with their husbands to Holland. They lived in the same house in Hengelo. From they all were eventually taken to Westerbork, deported, and killed.

Frieda’s husband, merchant Hermann Sommerfeld (born 1897) was killed in Auschwitz in 1944 -- after his wife.

Regina and her husband David Isaac Wolff (b. 1889) were killed on the same day in Auschwitz, and their son Kurt David Wolff (b. 1921) was killed there 9 months later. Three stolpersteine are at Ostertorplatz 14 in Aurich, Germany, for David, Regina and their son Kurt.

"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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