Stumbling Stones Pastor-Boelitz-Straße 27

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine or stumbling blocks) are laid here in 2010 and 2020 commemorate:commemorate:

Else Dannenberg-Kanthal, born 1897, lived here and was deported in 1942
to Izbica and murdered.
Josef Dannenberg, born 1894, lived here and was deported to Izbica and killed in 1942.
Ursula Dannenberg, born in 1923, lived here, escaped in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England and survived.
Siegmund Lilienfeld, born 1886, lived here, humiliated and disenfranchised, died in 1938.
Martha Lilienfeld, born 1894, lived here, moved involuntarily to Krefeld, deported to Izbica in 1942 and murdered.
Eva Lilienfeld, born 1927, lived here, involuntarily moved to Krefeld, deported to Izbica in 1942 and murdered.
Jakob Kanthal, born 1871, lived here, involuntarily moved to Krefeld, humiliated and disenfranchised, died on 26-4-1937
Karolina Kanthal-Wertheim, born 1871, lived here, involuntarily moved to Krefeld, deported to Theresienstadt in 1942 and also murdered in Treblinka in 1942.

The small brass plaques of 10 by 10 cm, 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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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: David W. Holtzen (1), Gerry van Liempt (2, 3)