Stolpersteine in Pardubice Region

The Stolpersteine in the Pardubický lists the Stolpersteine in the Pardubice Region (Czech: Pardubický kraj; Polish: Kraj pardubicki) in the east of Bohemia. Stolpersteine is the German name for stumbling blocks collocated all over Europe by German artist Gunter Demnig. They remember the fate of the Nazi victims being murdered, deported, exiled or driven to suicide.

Stolpersteine for a physician's couple from Svitavy, murdered in 1943 at Auschwitz

Generally, the stumbling blocks are posed in front of the building where the victims had their last self chosen residence. The name of the Stolpersteine in Czech is: Kameny zmizelých, stones of the disappeared.

The lists are sortable; the basic order follows the alphabet according to the last name of the victim.

Chrudim

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The Stolpersteine of Chrudim were collocated by Gunter Demnig on 19 September 2017.

Stone Inscription Location Life and death
 
HERE LIVED
JIŘÍ ADLER
BORN 1938
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 15.12.1943
Adler, JiříJiří Adler
 
HERE LIVED
OTTO ADLER
BORN 1891
DEPORTED 1942
TO BUCHENWALD
MURDERED 1944
Adler, OttoOtto Adler
 
HERE LIVED
BLANKA ADLEROVÁ
BORN 1933
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 15.12.1943
Adlerová, BlankaBlanka Adlerová
 
HERE LIVED
PAVLA ADLEROVÁ
BORN 1906
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 15.12.1943
Adlerová, PavlaPavla Adlerová
 
HERE LIVED
MUDR. ARTUR
PACHNER
BORN 1874
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 29.1.1944
Pachner, MUDr. ArturMUDr. Artur Pachner
 
HERE LIVED
GABRIELA
PACHNEROVÁ
BORN 1881
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 18.12.1943
Pachnerová, GabrielaGabriela Pachnerová
 
HERE LIVED
OLGA ŘÍHOVÁ
BORN 1904
DEPORTED 1943
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 12.9.1943
Říhová, OlgaOlga Říhová
 
HERE LIVED
JUDR. RICHARD
SCHMIDL
BORN 1882
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 2.2.1943
Schmidl, JUDr. RichardJUDr. Richard Schmidl
 
HERE LIVED
EMIL SEIDLITZ
BORN 1877
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 22.1.1943
Seidlitz, EmilEmil Seidlitz
 
HERE LIVED
FRANTIŠKA
SEIDLITZOVÁ
BORN 1877
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 12.2.1943
Seidlitzová, FrantiškaFrantiška Seidlitzová
 
HERE LIVED
IRMA VTÍPILOVÁ
BORN 1898
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 23.1.1943
Vtípilová, IrmaIrma Vtípilová née Weiss was born on 5 April 1898 in Kameničky to Jindrich Weiss (1856-1922) and Josefa née Iltisova (1861-1926). She had seven siblings. She was married to Frantisek Vtipil. The couple had two children. On 5 December 1942 she was deported from Pardubice to Theresienstadt concentration camp by transport Cf. Her transport number was 314. On 23 January 1943 she was deported from there to Auschwitz-Birkenau by transport Cr, Train Da 103. Her transport number was 1133. She was murdered there upon arrival.[1]

In 1944, her son Jaromir took his life in Chrudim in order to avoid deportation. Four of her siblings were also murdered in the course of the Shoah: her sister Olga Cervinka and her brothers Artur, Milan and Karel.[2]

Slatiňany

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At the time of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, 16 people of Jewish faith lived in Slatiňany. The first Jewish victim was Zikmund Klopper, who died in 1939 during an interrogation. The first deportations took place on 15 September 1942, the last one on 5 December 1942. Marie and Rudolf Lengsfeld committed suicide and thus escaped the deportations. Only Max Stránský returned from the concentration camps. A memorial plaque in Slatiňany commemorates 20 people who lost their lives between 1938 and 1945, including 15 Jews.[3][4][5]

On 15 August 2018 Gunter Demnig collocated six Stolpersteine in Slatiňany.[6]

Stone Inscription Location Life and death
 
HERE LIVED
ERVÍN HERRMANN
BORN 1928
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 1943
Herrmann, ErvínErvín Herrmann was born on 5 February 1928. He was the son of Gustav Herrmann and Vilma Herrmannová. He had an older brother named Otto. He was deported on 5 December 1942 along with his parents with transport Cf from Pardubice to Theresienstadt concentration camp. His transport number was 353. On 23 January 1943, he was deported by transport Cr to Auschwitz concentration camp - together with his parents and his brother, who had arrived in Theresienstadt already in August of 1942. His transport number was 1142. Ervín Herrmann, his parents and his brother were all murdered in Auschwitz in 1943. [7][5]
 
HERE LIVED
GUSTAV HERRMANN
BORN 1896
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 1943
Herrmann, GustavGustav Herrmann
 
HERE LIVED
OTTO HERRMANN
BORN 1926
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 1943
Herrmann, OttoOtto Herrmann
 
HERE LIVED
VILMA HERRMANNOVÁ
BORN 1894
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 1943
Herrmannová, VilmaVilma Herrmannová
 
HERE LIVED
HELENA STRÁNSKÁ
BORN 1899
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 1944
Stránská, HelenaHelena Stránská
 
HERE LIVED
PAVEL STRÁNSKÝ
BORN 1887
DEPORTED 1942
TO AUSCHWITZ
MURDERED 1944
Stránský, PavelPavel Stránský

Svitavy

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The Stolpersteine in Svitavy were collocated by the artist himself on 15 September 2014.

Stone Inscription Location Life and death
 
HERE LIVED
ARNOŠT FREUND
BORN 1911
DEPORTED 1941
TO THERESIENSTADT
MURDERED 1942
IN CAMP IZBICA
Náměstí Míru 97
49°45′23″N 16°27′59″E / 49.756338°N 16.466526°E / 49.756338; 16.466526 (Stolpersteine für Familie Freund)
Freund, ArnoštArnošt Freund was born on 23 September 1911. His father was Emil Freund. He had at least one sister, Louise, born 1916, later married as Hermanová. He was a school mate of Oskar Schindler. He became a dentist and was married to Irmina or Irma née Strumpf. The couple had a son - Jiří, born on 11 December 1937. The family lived in Brno. On 2 December 1941 he, his wife and his son were deported from Brno to Theresienstadt concentration camp with transport G. Their numbers on this transport were 64, 65 and 66 of 1,001. From there on 25 May 1942 he was transferred, again with his family, to the Izbica Ghetto with transport Az. Their numbers on this transport were 583, 584 and 585. With this train, 997 people were deported, only one survived. Arnošt Freund, his wife and his 4 years old son were murdered.[8][9][10][11]

Also his father became a victim of the Shoah, his sister could survive.

 
HERE LIVED
EMIL FREUND
BORN 1878
DEPORTED 1942
TO THERESIENSTADT
MURDERED 1942
IN AUSCHWITZ
Náměstí Míru 97
49°45′23″N 16°27′59″E / 49.756338°N 16.466526°E / 49.756338; 16.466526 (Stolpersteine für Familie Freund)
Freund, EmilEmil Freund was born on 1 September 1878 in Ubušín. He was a trader for menswear. He married. The couple had two children, Arnošt (born 1911) and Louise (born 1916). Either 1918 or 1919 his wife died of the Spanish flu. Thereafter he married again. Until 1939 he lived in Svitavy, then he and his wife escaped to Boskovice. On 19 March 1942, he was deported from Brno to Theresienstadt concentration camp by transport Ac (his transport number was 121). According to Yad Vashem and holocaust.cz, on 27 April 1942, he was transferred to Izbica Ghetto by transport Aq (his transport number was 944).[12] However, according to an interview with his daughter Louise, he was transported to Auschwitz concentration camp, on the same train with which she had arrived in Theresienstadt. He had a pneumonia and high fever at this time. Emil Freund did not survive the Shoah.[13]

Also his son, his daughter-in-law and his grandson of 4 years were killed by the Nazi regime. His daughter could survive.

 
HERE LIVED
LOUISE HERMANOVÁ
NÉE FREUNDOVÁ
BORN 1916
DEPORTED 1942
TO THERESIENSTADT
AUSCHWITZ
AND BERGEN-BELSEN
SURVIVED
Náměstí Míru 97
49°45′23″N 16°27′59″E / 49.756338°N 16.466526°E / 49.756338; 16.466526 (Stolpersteine für Familie Freund)
Hermanová, LouiseLouise Hermanová née Freundová was born on 8 May 1916 in Svitavy. Her father was Emil Freund. In 1918 or 1919, her mother came down with the Spanish flu and died. Her father owned a shop for menswear, he married again. In 1934 she began a training as a Montessori pedagogue in Prague. She worked in various Jewish families as a private teacher. In February 1942, she too was arrested and deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp, her brother Arnošt and her father were already there. However, her father was transferred to Izbica ghetto on the day of her arrival, while she stayed in Theresienstadt. On 24 December 1943 she arrived in Auschwitz concentration camp, where her prisoner number 72708 was tattooed on her left arm. She came to block 6, the amusement block for SS men. Later-on she was transferred to the women's and children's block 30/31, where she looked after the children who were separated from their families. Louise was deported again, this time to Christianstadt, a subcamp of Gross-Rosen concentration camp, where she had to perform forced labor in ammunition and weapon manufacturing. At the beginning of 1945, the camp was evacuated, the prisoners had to move westwards on a death march. Louise tried to flee, but was caught again. After 800 km of walking in winter time, the destination, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, was reached. Louise Hermanová suffered from typhus there. On 15 April 1945 the camp was handed over to the British, on 17 April a medical unit arrived. It took three months for Louise to recover. On 14 July 1945, she was released and went to Prague, still in prison clothes.

Her father, her brother, her sister-in-law and her nephew were all murdered by the Nazi regime in the course of the Shoah. In autumn of 1946 she worked in a reception center for survivors, mainly Polish Jews, who wanted to leave for Palestine. There she met the physician Alexander Hermann, an Auschwitz survivor. They became a couple and married on 16 March 1947. They moved to Broumov, where her husband opened a practice. She supported her husband in his daily work. They became parents of two children, Jana and Otto. She volunteered for Holocaust survivors and was member of associations of former Jewish concentration camp prisoners. She also collaborated with the German National Center for Political Education, the Bergen-Belsen Memorial. On 2 February 2013 Louise Hermanová died in České Budějovice.[14][15][16][17]

 
HERE LIVED
DR. MED. ALBERT
MELLER
BORN 1890
DEPORTED 1943
TO THERESIENSTADT
MURDERED 1943
IN AUSCHWITZ
Náměstí Míru 13
49°45′18″N 16°28′20″E / 49.755080°N 16.472120°E / 49.755080; 16.472120 (Stolpersteine für Familie Meller)
Meller, AlbertAlbert Meller was born on 9 January 1890. He was a physician and married to Olga Mellerová, who was also a medical doctor. Before deportation he was living in Prague in Walderaushova 6. On 13 July 1943, he and his wife were deported from Prague to Theresienstadt concentration camp by transport Di (his transport number was 215). From there, on 6 September 1943, he and his spouse were transferred to Auschwitz by transport Dl (his transport number was 1377). There both Albert Meller and his wife were murdered.[18]
 
HERE LIVED
DR. MED. OLGA
MELLEROVÁ
BORN 1897
DEPORTED 1943
TO THERESIENSTADT
MURDERED 1943
IN AUSCHWITZ
Náměstí Míru 13
49°45′18″N 16°28′20″E / 49.755080°N 16.472120°E / 49.755080; 16.472120 (Stolpersteine für Familie Meller)
Mellerová, OlgaOlga Mellerová was born on 13 May 1897. She was a pediatrician and married to Albert Meller, who was also a medical doctor. Before deportation she was living in Prague in Slezská 120. On 13 July 1943, she and her husband were deported from Prague to Theresienstadt concentration camp by transport Di (her transport number was 214). From there, on 6 September 1943, she and her husband were transferred to Auschwitz by transport Dl (her transport number was 1378). There both Olga Mellerová and her husband were murdered.[19][20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: IRMA VTIPILOVA, retrieved on 11 September 2018
  2. ^ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: MILAN WEISS, retrieved on 12 September 2018
  3. ^ Michal Chrbolka: Město Slatiňany v období Česko-Slovenska a Protektorátu Čechy a Morava, p. 93–95, 2016
  4. ^ Photo of the plaque, retrieved on 5 January 2019
  5. ^ a b family Herrmann, retrieved on 30 December 2018
  6. ^ Information on the collocation, retrieved on 5 January 2019
  7. ^ holocaust.cz: Ervín Herrmann, retrieved on 25 December 2018
  8. ^ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: ERNST FREUND, retrieved on 1 April 2017
  9. ^ holocaust.cz: ARNOŠT FREUND, retrieved on 1 April 2017
  10. ^ holocaust.cz: IRMA FREUNDOVÁ, retrieved on 1 April 2017
  11. ^ holocaust.cz: JIŘÍ FREUND, retrieved on 1 April 2017
  12. ^ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: EMIL FREUND, retrieved on 1 April 2017
  13. ^ holocaust.cz: EMIL FREUND, retrieved on 1 April 2017
  14. ^ Memory of Nations: Louise Hermanová (1916 - 2013), retrieved on 23 February 2016
  15. ^ EHRI: Testimony of Hermanova Louisa, Freundova Louisa, retrieved on 23 February 2016
  16. ^ deník.cz: Svitavská rodačka Louise Hermanová přežila nacistické běsnění při vyvražďování Židů, retrieved on 23 February 2016
  17. ^ deník.cz: Louise Hermanová se stala v Osvětimi číslem 72 708, retrieved on 24 February 2016
  18. ^ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: ALBERT MELLER, retrieved on 1 April 2017
  19. ^ holocaust.cz: MUDR. OLGA MELLEROVÁ, retrieved on 25 March 2017
  20. ^ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: OLGA MELLEROVA, retrieved on 1 April 2017