Stumbling Stones Kaiserstraße 104

These small brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
* Erna Kahn née Baum, born1886, deported 1940 Gurs, fled 1942 Morocco, USA.
* Michael Lyon, born 1858, deported 1942, Theresienstadt, murdered 31 December 1942.
* Josephine Haber née Lyon, born 1860, fled 1939 Holland, interned Westerbork, deported 1943 Sobibor, murdered 14 May 1943.

The Stolperstein for Erna Kahn was installed in 2014, those for Michael and Josephine Lyon in 2016.

All the records found for Michael and Josephine have the spelling as "Lion" for both, with other information consistent with the engraving on the stolpersteine. The reason for choosing "Lyon" for their stolpersteine was not found. Although information on their parents was not seen, both Michael and Josephine were born in St. Ingbert two years apart: it’s possible that they were brother and sister or cousins.

Michael Lion, a merchant and a widower, was living in an old-age home in Mainz. At age 84, he was deported with 1,287 others from Darmstadt on 27 September 1942 to Theresienstadt. Only 89 of those deportees survived the war.

Josephine "Fanny" Haber-Lion fled to the Netherlands and was living in Roermond in July 1942. She was deported and murdered 10 months later at age 83. Two other victims were at the same Roermond address with her: Maier Krämer (1878-1944) and Erwin Jacob Krämer (1909-1943), a leather-goods merchant. No relationship between Fanny Haber-Lion and the Krämers was found. All three names are on the Roermond "Joods Monument" on Hamstraat 20.

"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: Fedor de Vries & Anne Palmer
• Photos: Andreas Rockstein (1), Tromia (2)
• Joods Monument
• Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names
• Stolpersteine.eu