Stumbling Stone Bahnhofsallee 1

This memorial stone (so called Stolperstein or stumbling block) commemorates:
Leopold Humberg, born 1884, deported 1942 Theresienstadt, murdered 11 November 1942.

Leopold was a livestock farmer. He was deported to Theresienstadt at the end of July, 1942. According to his Theresienstadt death certificate 3 months later, he had a fracture of both bones in his left forearm and died of blood poisoning.

Leopold’s parents died before the war. His siblings included three who were killed in the Holocaust: Helene Frank who lived on Bahnhofsallee 13, Johanna (1883-1941 Riga) and Wilhelm (killed in Poland, as were his wife and 3 children). Two other sibilings went to Canada: Frieda who lived on Hausstraße 5 in Ramsdorf and Ernest.

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

In many other cities and villages, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, 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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