Stumbling Stones Olfener Straße 10

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine or stumbling blocks) commemorate:
* Hugo Strauss, born 1867, deported 1942 to Theresienstadt, dead 10 August 1942.
* Regina Strauss née Frankenstein, born 1868, deported 1942 to Theresienstadt, dead 11 November 1942.
* Mathilde Frankenstein, born 1873, deported 1942, destination unknown, murdered.
* Fritz Strauss, born 1903, deported 1941 to Riga, murdered 31 July 1942.
* Anna Strauss née Wieler, born 1907, deported 1941 to Riga, murdered.
* Dora Meyer, born 1874, deported 1942, destination unknown, murdered.
* Rosalie Meyer née Herz, born 1874, deported 1942, destination unknown, murdered.
* Caecilia Chava Meyer, born 1877, deported 1942, destination unknown, murdered.

In this group, Fritz Strauss and Anna Strauss were the first to be deported: they were taken on 13 December 1941 to Riga where he was murdered 7 months later. Her date of death is not stated.

Hugo Strauss and Regina Strauss were both deported to Theresienstadt Ghetto on 31 July 1942. This was the final deportation out of Lüdinghausen; afterwards, there were no more Jewish citizens living there.

No information was found on Mathilde Frankenstein or on Rosalie Meyer.

Dora Meyer and Caecilia Chava Meyer, both deported in 1942, have Stolpersteine also in the town where they were born -- Haltern am See, at Rekumerstraße 18.

Information about the relationships among these Olfener Straße residents was not found.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of the last voluntary residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim’s name, date of birth, and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death. By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He cites the Talmud: "A human being is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten."

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Source

• Text: Anne Palmer
• Photos: Tomtom 10
• Yad Vashem Deportation Database
• Aus der Geschichte der jüdischen Gemeinden im deutschen Sprachraum
• Stolpersteine.eu