America - Stolpersteine

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A Stolperstein literally "stumbling stone", metaphorically a "stumbling block" is a sett-size, 10 by 10 centimetres (3.9 in × 3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution.

 

The Stolpersteine project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, aims to commemorate individuals at exactly the last place of residency—or, sometimes, work—which was freely chosen by the person before he or she fell victim to Nazi terror, euthanasia, eugenics, was deported to a concentration or extermination camp, or escaped persecution by emigration or suicide. As of 29 March 2018, over 67,000 Stolpersteine have been laid in 22 countries, making the Stolpersteine project the world's largest decentralized memorial.

 

The majority of Stolpersteine commemorate Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Others have been placed for Sinti and Romani people (then also called "gypsies"), homosexuals, the physically or mentally disabled, Jehovah's Witnesses, black people, members of the Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party, and the anti-Nazi Resistance, the Christian opposition (both Protestants and Catholics), and Freemasons, along with International Brigade soldiers in the Spanish Civil War, military deserters, conscientious objectors, escape helpers, capitulators, "habitual criminals", looters, and others charged with treason, military disobedience, or undermining the Nazi military, as well as Allied soldiers.

 

List of Stolpersteine in the town of America

Nusseleinstraat 10: ARTHUR GINSBERG

                                    BENJAMIN GINSBERG

                                    ROSA GINSBERG-ROSEN

Putweg 15: ALEX FRANKFORT

                    REGINE FRANKFORT-ELZAS


Nusseleinstraat 10

hier ondergedoken

BENJAMIN GINSBERG

geb. 1893

gearresteerd 1.8.1944

vermoord 16.10.1944

Auschwitz

Nusseleinstraat 10

here in hiding

BENJAMIN GINSBERG

born 1893

arrested 1.8.1944

murdered 16.10.1944

Auschwitz

Jedrzejow, 7 September 1893 – Auschwitz, 16 October 1944 Reached the age of 51 years. Occupation: Merchant

 

Nusseleinstraat 10

hier ondergedoken

ARTHUR GINSBERG

geb. 1927

gearresteerd 1.8.1944

vermoord 16.10.1944

Auschwitz

Nusseleinstraat 10

here in hiding

ARTHUR GINSBERG

born 1927

gearresteerd 1.8.1944

vermoord 16.10.1944

Auschwitz

Frankfurt am Main, 24 March 1927 – Auschwitz, 16 October 1944  Reached the age of 17 years.

 

Nusseleinstraat 10

hier ondergedoken

ROSA GINSBERG-

ROSEN

geb. 1897

gearresteerd 1.8.1944

vermoord 31.10.1944

Auschwitz

Nusseleinstraat 10

here in hiding

ROSA GINSBERG-

ROSEN

born 1897

arrested 1.8.1944

murdered 31.1.1944

Auschwitz

Wisnicz, 10 June 1897 – Auschwitz, 31 October 1944 Reached the age of 47 years.

 

On August 12, 1944, the Ginsberg family was arrested at their hiding place in Horst, Limburg.


Putweg 15

hier ondergedoken

ALEX FRANKFORT

geb. 1919

gearresteerd 1.8.1944

vermoord 25.11.1944

Bernhausen-Esslingen

Putweg 15

here in hiding

ALEX FRANKFORT

born 1919

arrested 1.8.1944

murdered 25.11.1944

Bernhausen-Esslingen

Amsterdam, 14 November 1919 – Extern kommando Bernhausen, 25 November 1944. Reached the age of 25 years.

 

Putweg 15

hier ondergedoken

REGINA FRANKFORT-

ELZAS

geb. 1919

gearresteerd 1.8.1944

vermoord 21.1.1945

Auschwitz

Putweg 15

here in hiding

REGINA FRANKFORT-

ELZAS

born 1919

arrested 1.8.1944

murdered 21.1.1945

Auschwitz

Zutphen, 11 December 1919 – Auschwitz, 21 January 1945 Reached the age of 25 years.