Stumbling Stones Brassertstraße 66

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate
* Bertha Sternheim née Friedlich, born 1880, deported 1942, murdered in Riga.
* Hermann Sternheim, born 1866, deported 1942, murdered in Riga.

Stolpersteine sponsored by Willy-Brandt-Gesamtschule.

Hermann Sternheim was one of 7 sibings who survived to adulthood. One died in France in World War I, 5 died because of the Holocaust and 1 escaped to Argentina. Hermann was a textile merchant in Marl. In 1936 there was a forced sale to a H. Schräder. A few more details were found about Hermann. He was first deported to a "Ghettohaus" in Recklinghausen in January 1942, then to Dortmund and finally to the Riga Ghetto. One source stated that Bertha was killed in Riga in January 1942 and Hermann in March.

The small brass plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other German cities the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

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