Stumbling Stone Moltkestraße 14

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

* Simon Sonder, born 1867, deported 1942, Theresienstadt, murdered 21 October 1942.

Simon Sonder, a cattle dealer, married Berta Wild. They had 3 children: Stefan died in WW1; Leo was murdered in Auschwitz; information about the third, Berti, was not found.

Simon and Berta Sonder were deported from on 23 September 1942 on a passenger train with 683 others, including 17 others from Kitzingen. The doors were locked, and there were no toilet facilities. The train arrived at Theresienstadt the next day. Simon was murdered there less than a month later, and Berta two months after him.

"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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