Stumbling Stones Goethestraße 74

These small, bass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:

* Dr. Herbert Schein, born 1901, forced to move 1936 Essen, fled 1940 to USA, survived.
* Hans Erich Schein, born 1931, forced to move 1936 Essen, fled 1940 to USA, survived.
* Dr. Grete Schein née Simon, born 1900, forced to move 1936 Essen, fled 1940 to USA, survived.

In 1925, Dr. Herbert Schein joined the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Köln. He was a pediatrician in Dinslaken and practiced medicine also for the Dinslaken Jewish Orphanage. His wife, Grete Schein, was an ophthalmologist.

In October 1936, they fled with their son Hans Erich to Essen. A daughter, Judis, was born in 1938. In February 1940, they managed to flee to the USA. The 1940 US census shows the parents and son living in New York City. The parents’ medical degrees were not recognized. So Dr. Herbert studied for the exams while Dr. Grete worked as a nurse. Then she studied, this time in the field of psychiatry, and became a psychiatrist, working in a psychiatric hospital.

Erich Schein apparently married and eventually retired to Florida; he died at age 70. No information was found on daughter Judis.

"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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