Stumbling Stones Königstraße 2

These memorial stones (Stolpersteine or stumbling blocks) commemorate:
* Salomon Szaja Kamenetzky, born 1886, "Polenaktion" 1938, Bentschen/Zbaszyn, murdered in occupied Poland.
* Henriette Kamenetzky née Löwenstein, born 1895, "Polenaktion" 1938, Bentschen/Zbaszyn, murdered in occupied Poland.
* Eva Kamenetzky, born 1928 "Polenaktion" 1938, Bentschen/Zbaszyn, murdered in occupied Poland.
* Hermann Kamenetzky, born 1920, fled 1935 to Palestine.

Salomon Kamenetzky married Henriette Löwenstein and together they ran a shoe shop in Hameln. They had 2 children – Hermann and Eva. Rescued by the Youth Aliyah, 15-year-old Herman escaped to Palestine in 1935. Due to the boycotts of Jewish businesses, the parents had to close their shop in 1936. Two years later, the "Polenaktion" expelled Jewish Polish citizens who were residents in Germany. Salomon, Henriette and Eva were forced to the Polish border town Zbaszyn (called Bentschen in German). One source states they were sent to the Wolomin ghetto (which was liquidated in 1942), after which they were deported to Treblinka and murdered there.

Another stolperstein for Henriette is with those of her husband’s family at Große Straße 55 in Ibbenbüren.

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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