Stumbling Stones Lessingstraße 6

These Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) commemorate 3 generations -- grandmother, mother, and baby daughter:
* Berta Eisenberg née Nussenblatt, born 1884, deported 3 December 1941, Riga, murdered.
* Paula Eisenberg, born 1909, deported 3 December 1941, Riga, murdered.
* Leah Eisenberg, born 1940, deported 3 December 1941, Riga, murdered.

Berta, Paula, and Leah Eisenberg were murdered in March 1942 in the Dünamünde massacre in the Bikernieki forest near Riga. A neighbor and friend of the family survived the shootings and reported the cruelty he witnessed. When Paula realized what was going to happen, she begged the Nazis to save her baby Leah. Instead, the Nazis, laughing, took Leah and forced Paula to watch them smash the baby’s head against a stone. Paula’s mother, Berta, was shot as she rushed to her daughter, then finally Paula herself was shot amidst continued laughter.

"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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