Pietra d'inciampo dedicata a Elena De Salvo. Merano. Foto P.F.


Stumbling stones in Merano

Stumbling stones force those who want to read their names to bow down so that even in this way we can restore their dignity and due respect.

Gunter Demnig

The artist Gunter Demnig during the laying of the 33 stumling stones in Merano. May, 2012.

The Stumbling stones in Merano

Who are the stumbling stones dedicated to in Merano?

Name / date and place of birth Deportation Place of Residence

David Apfel

* 26 April 1871
in Gewitsch (now: Jevíčko - CZ)		 Detained in Montechiarugiolo (PR) on 23 July 1940,
murdered in Auschwitz- Birkenau on 10.04.1944		 Piazza Steinach-Platz 1
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Jacob Augapfel

* 12 May 1871
in Buczacz (PL)		 Arrested in May 1944,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on June 1944		 Via Goethe-straße 15
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Ludwig Balog

* 7 August 1869
in St.Peter (H)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Via Otto Huber-straße 2
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Josefine Freund in Balog

* 27 December 1875
in Edeleny (H)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Via Otto Huber-straße 2
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Meta Elkan in Sarason

* 22 September 1871
in Labiau (now: Polessk -RUS)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Via Manzoni-straße 13
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Gertrud Elkan in Benjamin

* 28 July 1878
in Labiau (now: Polessk - RUS)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on, March 1944		 Via Manzoni-straße 13
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Wilhelm Breuer

* 4 May 1871
in Hlohovec (SK)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Via Mainardo/ Mainhardstraße 15
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Katharina Robitschek in Breuer

* 10 June 1875
in Vienna (A)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Via Mainardo/ Mainhardstraße 15
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Johann Dirler

* 1 July 1893
in Innsbruck (A)		 Deported in Dacahu on 15. January 1941,
murdered in Hartheim on 19 January 1942		 Vicolo Macellai/ Metzgergasse 4
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Fanny Stern in De Salvo

* 22 December 1905
in Feuchtwangen (D)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Vicolo Steinach-gasse 4
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Elena De Salvo

* 4 April 1937
in Meran (I)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Vicolo Steinach-gasse 4
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Regina Gentilli

* 2 August 1884
in Padova (I)		 Arrested on 17 September 1943 in Meran,
murdered in Reichenau on 25 September 1943?		 Vicolo Steinach-gasse 4
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Domenikus Geschini

* 28 October 1900
in Meran (I)		 Deported to Dachau on 20 dicembre 1944,
murdered in Dachau on 23 December 1945		 Corso Libertà/ Freiheitstraße 141
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

John Gitterman

* 14 March 1867
in New York (USA)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered ?		 Via Plankenstein-straße 4
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Moritz Götz

* 9 November 1867
in Paulitz (now: Puklice - CZ)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on, March 1944		 Via Mainardo/ Mainhardstraße 15
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Emma Saphir in Götz

* 19 November 1869
in Groß Meseritsch (now: Velké Meziříčí - CZ)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Reichenau		 Via Mainardo/ Mainhardstraße 15
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Leopold Götz

* 5. March 1919
in Meran (I)		 Arrested in Padua,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on ?		 Via Mainardo/ Mainhardstraße 15
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Abraham Hammer

* 22 Februar 1868
in Tremblowa (UA)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Vicolo Haller-gasse 9
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Taube Kurz in Hammer

* 10 September 1874
a Czernovitz (now Černvici - UA)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Vicolo Haller-gasse 9
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Josef Honig

* 26 October 1860
in Simienówka (PL)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered ?		 Via Otto Huber-straße 3
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Lorenzo Inama

* 18 April 1870
in Sarnonico (I)		 Deported on 19 January 1945 in Flossenbürg,
murdered in March 1945		 Vicolo Steinach-gasse 2
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Emil Löwy

* 19 July 1878
in Rust (A)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on, March 1944		 Via Carducci-tstraße
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Siegfried Löwy

* 9 January 1906
in Meran (I)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered ?		 Via Carducci-straße
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Catharina Rosa Rapaport in Zadra

* 21 December 1897
in Ekaterinoslaw (RUS)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered ?		 Via Plankenstein-straße 4
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Therese Hirschenhauser in Reich

* 25 January 1866
in  Jannitz (CZ)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Via Rom-straße 44
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Richard Reitsamer

* 3 March 1901
in Freiburg (D)		 Arrested on 22 Februar 1944,
murdered in Bolzano on 11 July 1944		 Via Portici/ Laubengasse 71
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Hedwig Tauber

* 3 January 1892
in Meran (I)		 Arrested in Montegiorgio on 8 October 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on ?		 Via Galilei-straße16
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Jenny Dienstfertig in Vogel

* 8 November 1861
in Frankenstein (now: Ząbkowice Śląskie - PL)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Via Alfieri-straße 9
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Ernestine Vogel

* 31 May 1898
in Meran (I)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Via Alfieri-straße 9
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Theresa Weiss in Bermann

* 14 November 1895
in Myjava (SK)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Via Ruperto/ Ruprechtstraße 2
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Andreas Wilhelm

* 31 May 1898
in Meran (I)		 Detained in Bolzano-camp,
deported on 9 October 1944 in Dachau,
murdered in Dachau on 9 March 1945		 Via Portici/ Laubengasse 136-162
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Johanna Wolf in Gregori

* 29 November 1890
in Bernkastel-Kues (D)		 Arrested in Merano on 17 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on ?		 Via Manzoni-straße 15
Stumbling stone laid in 2012

Charlotte Zipper

* 7 January 1873
in Vienna (A)		 Deported to Reichenau on 16 September 1943,
murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on March 1944		 Via Plankenstein-straße 4
Stumbling stone laid in 2012