22 May
Graphic: Cesar von Meissen Stolpersteine around Baldeneysee: memorials to the past At the picturesque Baldeneysee in Essen, it is not only nature and leisure facilities that invite you to linger, but also the small, inconspicuous brass plates in the sidewalks - the so-called "Stolpersteine". They are memorials of remembrance that make local suffering visible and transport it into the present. Baldeneysee.Ruhr [...] Read More
22 May
Photo: Cesar von Meissen Stolpersteine Bungertstraße 22 in Essen-Werden Bertha Herz and Jacob Herz lived in Essen-Werden before Jacob was deported. They too led a life that was severely affected by the increasing discrimination and persecution of the Jewish population in Germany. Two Stolpersteine at Bungertstraße 22 in 45239 Essen-Werden on Baldeneysee commemorate their fate. [...] Read More
22 May
Photo: Cesar von Meissenv Stolpersteine Wigstraße 15 in Essen-Werden Albert and Helene Levi, who lived in Essen-Werden and ran several shoe stores, fled from Nazi persecution to Holland. They were interned there and finally deported to Auschwitz in 1943, where they died. Albert Levi and Helene Levi, who were born in Werden, are commemorated with a Stolperstein [...]. Read More
22 May
Photo: Cesar von Meissen Stolpersteine Bungertstraße 32 in Essen-Werden Ruth Baum and Sophie Baum lived in Essen-Werden before their deportation and led a life that was severely affected by the increasing discrimination and persecution of the Jewish population in Germany. After the death of her husband, Sophie Baum continued to run the family business, a fish store, on her own and was [...] Read More