Malsfeld - 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 Malsfeld
Brückenstraße 4: BETTY KATZ
SALLY KATZ
DORIS KATZ
Brückenstraße 4
Hier wohnte
SALLY KATZ
JG 1890
deportiert 1941
ermordet in
Riga
Brückenstraße 4
here lived
SALLY KATZ
born 1890
deported 1941
murdered in
Riga
Sally Katz was born in Diemenrode, Sontra on 9 September 1890. He was a horsetrader and married to Betty.
He died 19 december 1941 in the Riga Ghetto.
Brückenstraße 4
hier wohnte
BETTY KATZ
geb. Rosenblatt
JG 1900
deportiert 1941
ermordet in
Riga
Brückenstraße 4
here lived
BETTY KATZ
geb. Rosenblatt
born 1900
deported 1941
murdered in
Riga
Betty Katz was born in Beiseförth, Malsfeld on 25 December 1900. Married to Sally Katz and mother of Ilse and Doris.
She died 19 december 1941 in the Riga Ghetto
Brückenstraße 4
hier wohnte
DORIS KATZ
JG 1937
deportiert 1941
ermordet in
Riga
Brückenstraße 4
here lived
DORIS KATZ
born 1937
deported 1941
murdered in
Riga
Doris Katz (Dorette)was born in Beiseförth, Malsfeld on 18 april 1937. She was the daughter of Betty and Sally Katz.
She died +/- 9 december 1941 in the Riga Ghetto.