Stumbling Stones Dortmunder Straße 13

Stumbling Stones Dortmunder Straße 13 #3

Stumbling Stones Dortmunder Straße 13 #4

These small brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate residents of this large building:

Stolpersteine installed 20 September 2013

* Heinz Eugen Almus, born 1925, deported 4 March 1943, Auschwitz, murdered 5 June 1943.
* Margarete Almus née Feder, born 1895, deported 4 March 1943, murdered in Auschwitz.
* Oskar Almus, born 1885, "protective custody" 1938 Sachsenhausen, deported 4 March 1943, murdered in Auschwitz.

Heinz Eugen Almus was the son of Oskar and Margarete Almus. Oskar and Margarete also had a daughter about whom no information was found other than that she married Manfred Schragenheim (1921-1982) who died in Israel.

* Else Eisemann née Katz, born 1908, deported 26 October 1942, Riga, murdered 29 October 1942.
* Dr. Karl Eisemann, born 1895, deported 26 October 1942, Riga, murdered 29 October 1942.
* Noemi Eisemann, born 1937, deported 26 October 1942, Riga, murdered 29 October 1942.

Elsa Katz and Karl Eisemann, a teacher, married in 1936. Her parents, Simon and Nanchen Katz also lived at this address; stolpersteine for them were placed here in 2017.

Stolpersteine installed 20 May 2014

* Dr. Emanuel Hiller, born 1895, "protective custody" 1942, deported 1942, Auschwitz, murdered 5 November 1942.

Dr. Hiller was held in Sachsenhausen from Sept-Oct 1942. No other information was found.

* Leo Rittler, born 1854, deported 17 August 1942, Theresienstadt, murdered 12 October 1942.

He was 88. His Theresienstadt death certificate said he died of progressive atrophy of the aged and senility -- causes often cited for starving elderly people but not necessarily accurate for a specific individual.

* Berthold Cohen, born 1880, deported 28 March 1942, Piaski, murdered.
* Else Cohen née Stern, born 1886, deported 28 March 1942, Piaski, murdered.

Berthold Cohen, a businessman (Geschäftsmann) and his wife Else Stern were both born in Germany. They lived in Soest before the war, then moved to Berlin, from where they were deported. A son Arie Kohen and a daughter Anni Lichtenfeld survived and submitted testimony about them.

* Alfred Heidenfeld, born 1874, deported 23 July 1942, Theresienstadt, murdered 11 November 1942.
* Cilly Calima Heidenfeld née Altmann, born 1881, deported 23 July 1942, Theresienstadt, mudered 19 September 1943.

Husband and wife Alfred and Cilly Heidenfeld were deported together from Berlin on the same day to Theresienstadt. His death certificate listed senile dementia and broncho-pneumonia, but there is little confidence that stated causes of death are real. No certificate was seen regarding her death 10 months later.

"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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