Stumbling Stones Nordstraße 34

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine or stumbling blocks) commemorate a mother and three of her children:

* Emma Terhoch née Obermeier, born 1879, deported 1939, murdered in a concentration camp.
* Walter Terhoch, born 1904, deported 1939, murdered in a concentration camp.
* Hedwig Terhoch, born 1909, deported 1939, murdered in a concentration camp.
* Imra Terhoch, born 1912, deported 1939, murdered in a concentration camp.

Emma and her husband, Abraham Terhoch (born 1873), lived and had a residential and commercial building (textiles) at Nordstraße 34. They had 6 children. After the death of her husband in 1933, Emma ran the business with the help of her children and an employee until they were forced to sell. Three of their children -- Walter, Hedwig and Imra (above) -- were murdered in the war. Two other sons, Erich and Paul, survived the war in France, and another daughter, Hildegard, survived by emigrating to South America.

"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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