Stumbling Stones Lippestraße 39

These Stolpersteine (or stumbling stones) commemorate:
* Emilie Fruchtzweig née Perlstein, born 1885, deported, murdered in Lodz.
* Hildegard Perlstein, born 1901, deported 1942, murdered in Riga.
* Hermann Levinstein, born 1885, deported 1942, murdered in Riga.

Emilie and Hildegard were sisters. Hildegard was crippled by childhood paralysis (Kinder lähmung) and never married. She lived in her house at Lippestrasse 57 until her deportation to Riga in 1942.
Hermann Levinstein had a cloth store in Reken, was imprisoned for a while in 1938, then was forced to live in Dorsten with other Jews shortly before they were deported to Riga in January 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."

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