Stolpersteine Kriegsstraße 192
As part of the project Stolpersteine (“stumbling stones”), memorial stones were laid on 9 November 2006 and 29 May 2009 for seven victims who had lived at the house Kriegsstraße 192.
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Stolpersteine Seeligmann
These are for the couple Dr. Arnold Seeligmann and Rosalie Seeligmann, who lived here until their deportation to Gurs in 1940, where both died within a year.
The installation took place on the 9th of November 2006; a grandson of the couple was present for the ceremony.
Arnold Seeligmann
HIER WOHNTE DR. ARNOLD SEELIGMANN JG. 1861 DEPORTIERT 1940 GURS TOT 28.7.1941
Translated: “Here resided Dr. Arnold Seeligmann, born 1861, deported 1940 to Gurs, died 28 July 1941.”
Rosalie Seeligmann
HIER WOHNTE ROSALIE SEELIGMANN GEB. MAYER JG. 1872 DEPORTIERT 1940 GURS TOT 28.12.1940
Translated: “Here resided Rosalie Seeligmann, née Mayer, born 1872, deported 1940 to Gurs, died 28 December 1940.”
Stolpersteine Rieser
After 1938, Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Rieser and Adele Rieser also resided in this house. They were deported to Gurs in 1940, and both both died at a hospital in Auch[1] in southern France.
Three memorial stones were dedicated to them and their son Eugen on the 29th of May 2009. Their daughter Eva could escape in 1938. The installation took place in the presence of a daughter and a granddaughter of Eva. Before the laying of the stones, the two descendants of the victims had attended a reception at City Hall.
Ferdinand Rieser
HIER WOHNTE FERDINAND RIESER JG. 1874 DEPORTIERT 1940 GURS 1943 MASSEUBE TOT 10.3.1944
Translated: “Here resided Ferdinand Rieser, born 1874, deported 1940 to Gurs, 1943 to Masseube[2], died 10 March 1944”
Adele Rieser
HIER WOHNTE ADELE RIESER GEB. BEHR JG. 1883 DEPORTIERT 1940 GURS 1943 MASSEUBE TOT 23.10.1943
Translated: “Here resided Adele Rieser, née Behr, born 1883, deported 1940 to Gurs, 1943 to Masseube[2], died 23 October 1943”
Eugen Rieser
HIER WOHNTE EUGEN RIESER JG. 1916 VERLEGT 1940 AUS ST. JOSEFS-ANSTALT HERTEN ERMORDET IN 'HEILANSTALT' GRAFENECK
Translated: “Here resided Eugen Rieser, born 1916, relocated 1940 from St Joseph Institute in Herten[3], murdered in 'Clinic' Grafeneck[4]”
Stolpersteine Behr
From about 1940, Alfred Wilhelm Behr (the brother of Adele Rieser) and his wife, Lilli Behr, were also resident at the house of Dr. Seeligmann, which by then was a “Judenhaus” (“Jews’ House”[5]). Memorial stones were dedicated to their memory on the 29th of May 2009.
Lilli Behr
HIER WOHNTE LILLI BEHR GEB. JÖHLINGER JG.1880 DEPORTIERT 1940 GURS 1942 AUSCHWITZ ERMORDET
Translated: “Here resided Lilli Behr, née Jöhlinger, born 1880, deported 1940 to Gurs, 1942 to Auschwitz[6], murdered”
Alfred Wilhelm Behr
HIER WOHNTE ALFRED WILHELM BEHR JG. 1882 DEPORTIERT 1940 GURS 1942 AUSCHWITZ ERMORDET
Translated: “Here resided Alfred William Behr, born 1882, deported 1940 to Gurs, 1942 to Auschwitz, murdered”
Location
The house is located to the east of the intersection of Kriegsstraße and Reinhold-Frank-Straße. This place in the City map:
More pictures
- Stolpersteine Kriegsstraße 192
Grandson with stones (2006)
Stolpersteine Seeligmann (2006)
Gunter Demnig 2009
Laying 2009
New stones 2009
All stones 2009
External links
- Alfred Wilhelm Behr: biography in the “memorial book for the jews of the City of Karlsruhe” (in German language)
- Lilli Behr: biography in the “memorial book for the jews of the City of Karlsruhe” (in German language)
- Adele Rieser: biography in the “memorial book for the jews of the City of Karlsruhe” (in German language)
- Eugen Rieser: biography in the “memorial book for the jews of the City of Karlsruhe” (in German language)
- Ferdinand Rieser: biography in the “memorial book for the jews of the City of Karlsruhe” (in German language)
- Arnold Seeligmann: biography in the “memorial book for the jews of the City of Karlsruhe” (in German language)
- Rosalie Seeligmann: biography in the “memorial book for the jews of the City of Karlsruhe” (in German language)
Footnotes
- ↑ The English Wikipedia about “Auch”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The English Wikipedia about “Masseube”
- ↑ The German Wikipedia about „Herten“
- ↑ The English Wikipedia about “Action T4” (including Grafeneck)
- ↑ The German Wikipedia about „Judenhaus“
- ↑ The English Wikipedia about “Auschwitz”
