Stumbling Stone Zeil 29

This small brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone) commemorates:

* Hugo Baer, born 1869, deported 1942, Theresienstadt, dead 23 September 1942.

Background

Hugo Bär, a merchant, and Paula Hilowitz married and had 3 children – Julius (b.1895), Fanny, and Norbert. Fanny lived with her parents at Zeil 29, while her brothers lived with their own families in Ostend and Nordend. In 1939, Fanny was able to flee Germany on the last ship to Argentina. Hugo and Paula Bär were deported to Theresienstadt in 1942. He died there a few days after arrival.

Norbert had married a Catholic "Aryan" woman, and this delayed his deportation. But in February 1945, Norbert Bär, his daughters Edith and Hella, and his nephew Heinz were deported to Theresienstadt. There they met his mother again. Together they were liberated by the Red Army on 8 May 1945.

No information was found about the fate of Julius Bär.

"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 victim’s with the 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."

For more information and pictures, please visit Stolpersteine Frankfurt am Main - Hugo Bär (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries & Anne Palmer
• Photos: Picture provided by Ryan Weber Troop 107, Wiesbaden, Eagle Scout Project
• Stolpersteine Frankfurt: Hugo Baer
• Stolpersteine.eu