Stumbling Stones Turfstraat 35

These brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
*ISRAEL JULIUS SIESEL (born 1891, deported from Westerbork and murdered 27 November 1942, Auschwitz)
*SARA SIESEL-KATZENSTEIN (born 1898, deported from Westerbork and murdered 27 November 1942, Auschwitz)
*SANNA SIESEL (born 1922, died 16 May 1941, Zutphen)
*KAROLA SIESEL (born 1932, deported from Westerbork and murdered 27 November 1942, Auschwitz)
*SZYMON GOLDSTEIN (born 1866, deported from Westerbork and murdered 27 November 1942, Auschwitz)

Israel Julius Siesel (born May 6, 1891, in Altenstadt, Germany), a cattle dealer by profession, and his wife Sara Siesel-Katzenstein (born March 20, 1898, in Werda, Germany). Together they formed a family with three children: Karola, Sanna, and Siegfried. Forced by the growing persecution of Jews in their homeland, Israel and Sara sought refuge in the Netherlands. They settled in Zutphen, where they moved into a house at Turfstraat 35a.

In September 1940, their home in Zutphen became a temporary refuge for another Jewish refugee: Szymon Goldstein (born August 10, 1866, in Wola Batorska, Poland). Szymon, who had been forced to leave his own home, found shelter with the Siesel family.

Sanna Siesel died at the age of only 19. On November 24, 1942, the family, together with Szymon Goldstein, was deported from Camp Westerbork. Three days later, on November 27, 1942, they were murdered in the Auschwitz extermination camp.

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims deported and murdered in World War II.

"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 sidewalk in front of a residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the name of the victim, date of birth and the fate of these people. 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: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Arjan Hell
• Israel Julius Siesel | Joods Monument
• Sara Siesel-Katzenstein | Joods Monument
• Sanna Siesel | Joods Monument
• Karola Siesel | Joods Monument
• Szymon Goldstein | Joods Monument