Stumbling Stone Grüner Markt 31

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

* Bella Abraham, née Löwi, born 1884, involuntarily moved 1939 Berlin, deported 1942, murdered in Majdanek.

Bella Löwi was the fourth of five Löwi children born in Bamberg. She married Julius Abraham, who owned the Bamberg department store, "Kaufthaus zum Propheten." Their child Irene, born in 1906, married Hans Dammann who ran a Bamberg women’s clothing store from 1925 to 1934. Irene and Hans then emigrated to the U.K. Bella’s husband died in Bamberg in 1936. In 1939, she moved to Berlin. No other information was found about Bella’s life before April 1942, when she was deported to the Warsaw Ghetto. She was 55.

Both of Bella’s brothers died before the beginning of World War II. Both of her sisters survived the war: one died in England at age 79, the other in the U.S. at age 82.

For a photo of Bella Abraham, see Geni.com.

"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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