Gunter Demnig lays 20 Stumbling Stones

Through constant research by the Beckum Local History Society, further victims of Nazi terror who had their home in Beckum have been located. The 20 new Stolpersteine were laid today.

7 June 2023
Laying Stumbling Stones
  • Hans, Hilde and Julius Andriessen lived at Neubeckumer Straße 15.

They complement the Stolpersteine that have been laid in Beckum so far. The town of Beckum is supporting the new installation campaign, for which the artist Gunter Demnig has come to Beckum especially. Sponsors were sought for these Stolpersteine. All the sponsorships were allocated within a short space of time, including to pupils from the Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium.

v. L. Stefan Wittenbrink (local history and heritage association), Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich, Cornelia Baumann (town of Beckum) and the artist Gunter Demnig.

What are "Stolpersteine"?
The artist Gunter Demnig commemorates the victims of the Nazi era by placing brass memorial plaques in the pavement of the street or pavement in front of their last chosen place of residence. "A person is only forgotten when their name is forgotten," says Gunter Demnig. The stones in front of the houses bring to life the memory of the people who once lived here. It is written on the stones: HERE LIVED... A stone. A name. One person. "Stumbling blocks"

Group of people pursues the laying of a stumbling stone
Gunter Demnig started off at Weststraße 19 in the presence of many sponsors and with great interest.
  • are concrete cubes the size of paving stones that are set into the pavement in front of the houses or properties of former Jewish residents,
  • bear a brass plaque with the inscription "Here lived ... Deported ... Murdered in ...".
  • commemorate expulsion and extermination under the Nazi regime,
  • mark the beginning of the path that ended in the extermination camp,
  • draw attention to the individual fate,
  • are to be "committed",
  • are also art in public space,
  • are laid with the consent of the Central Council of Jews and the Yad Vashem memorial,
  • are financed through sponsorships from citizens' initiatives, associations, schools, descendants of victims and other individuals.

You can find a video of today's installation on our social media pages:

https://www.facebook.com/stadtbeckum

Group of people pursues the laying of a stumbling stone
Stefan Wittenbrink provides information about the fate of Kurt, Salomon and Herta Klara Windmüller.

https://www.instagram.com/stadtbeckum/

New Stumbling Stones | Places and Inscriptions:

Weststrasse 19:

LIVED HERE

KURT

WINDMÜLLER

JG. 1900

PROFESSIONAL BAN 1933

ESCAPE INTO DEATH

Gunter Demnig lays the first stones with the support of Städtische Betriebe Beckum.
Gunter Demnig lays the first stones with the support of Städtische Betriebe Beckum.

26 OCT. 1933 BERLIN

 

LIVED HERE

SALOMON

WINDMÜLLER

JG. 1862

HUMILIATED / DISENFRANCHISED

6 WEEKS LIABILITY

3 new stumbling blocks

FOR REMOVING A

NSDAP PLAKATS

ESCAPE INTO DEATH

2 DEC. 1935 BADENWEILER

 

(WITHOUT HEADER)

HERTA KLARA

WINDMÜLLER

GEB. ELLIOT

JG. 1909

ESCAPE INTO DEATH

18 MAY 1935 BERLIN

 

Neubeckumer Straße 15:

The next stones will be laid on Neubeckumer Straße.
The next stones will be laid on Neubeckumer Straße.

LIVED HERE

HANS

ANDRIESSEN

JG. 1918

ESCAPE 1933 HOLLAND

INTERNED WESTERBORK

DEPORTS

Laying Stumbling Stones

MURDERED 20 JULY 1942

 

LIVED HERE

HILDE

ANDRIESSEN

VERH. STRAUS

JG. 1914

New stumbling blocks

ESCAPE 1933 HOLLAND

INTERNED WESTERBORK

DEPORTED IN 1943

SOBIBOR

MURDERED 23 APRIL 1943

 

LIVED HERE

JULIUS

ANDRIESSEN

JG. 1885

ESCAPE 1933 HOLLAND

INTERNED WESTERBORK

DEPORTED 1942

LABOUR CAMP LUDWIGSDORF

GROSS-ROSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP

MURDERED 6 MARCH 1943

 

Nordstraße 52:

LIVED HERE

FRITZ SALOMON

ARNSTEIN

JG. 1933

DEPORTED 1941

LODZ / LITZMANNSTADT

1942 CHELMNO / KULMHOF

MURDERED 9 MAY 1942

 

LIVED HERE

URSULA

REINGENHEIM-

ARNSTEIN

JG. 1925

DEPORTED 1941

LODZ / LITZMANNSTADT

1942 CHELMNO / KULMHOF

MURDERED 9 MAY 1942

 

Lippweg 7:

LIVED HERE

BERNHARD

BAER

JG. 1899

FLIGHT 1933

FATE UNKNOWN

 

 

Lippweg 23:

LIVED HERE

JOHANNA BAER

VERH. HEILBRUN

JG. 1906

ESCAPE 1939 MS ST. LOUIS

ENTRY DENIED

FRANCE - DRANCY

DEPORTED 1942

AUSCHWITZ

MURDERED 31 AUGUST 1942

 

Clemens-August-Straße 5:

LIVED HERE

SOPHIE BAER

GEB. LOE

JG. 1876

ESCAPE 1939 FRANCE

INTERNED DRANCY

DEPORTED IN 1944

AUSCHWITZ

MURDERED 7 MARCH 1944

 

Nordstraße 19:

LIVED HERE

AUGUSTE

CHERY

JG. 1890

ESCAPE 1934 FRANCE

FATE UNKNOWN

 

LIVED HERE

MARGARETE

CHERY

JG. 1922

ESCAPE 1934 FRANCE

FATE UNKNOWN

 

LIVED HERE

VICTOR

CHERY

JG. 1890

ESCAPE 1934 FRANCE

FATE UNKNOWN

Oststraße 35

 

LIVED HERE

RICHARD HELMUT

DEUTSCHKRON-

SHIELD

JG. 1922

ESCAPE 1934 HOLLAND

INTERNED WESTERBORK

DEPORTED 1942

AUSCHWITZ

MURDERED 28 FEBRUARY 1943

 

Nordstraße 24:

LIVED HERE

KLARA HEINE

JG. 1898

RECEIVED

GÜTERSLOH SANATORIUM

'DELAYED'

21.9.1940 WUNSTORF

27.9.1940 BRANDENBURG

MURDERED 27.9.1940

ACTION T4

 

LIVED HERE

PAULA HEINE

JG. 1891

RECEIVED

GÜTERSLOH SANATORIUM

'DELAYED'

21.9.1940 WUNSTORF

27.9.1940 BRANDENBURG

MURDERED 27.9.1940

ACTION T4

 

 

Vorhelmer Straße 13:

LIVED HERE

LEOPOLD LUDWIG

HORN

JG. 1930

ESCAPE 1937 HOLLAND

INTERNED WESTERBORK

DEPORTED IN 1943

SOBIBOR

MURDERED 11 JUNE 1943

 

Alleestraße 7:

LIVED HERE

MAX

OSTERMANN

JG. 1893

DEPORTED IN 1943

THERESIA CITY

1944 AUSCHWITZ

MURDERED 12 OCTOBER 1944

 

Oststraße 12:

LIVED HERE

ALBERT STEIN

JG. 1893

ESCAPE INTO DEATH

18 MARCH 1934

 

These stumbling blocks have been in front of the houses for some time:

  • Alley road 35
  • Clemens-August-Straße 1
  • North road 8
  • North road 11
  • North road 16
  • North road 24
  • North road 32
  • North road 34
  • North road 52
  • Oststraße 13
  • Oststraße 14
  • Oststraße 35
  • Vorhelmer Street 13
  • West Road 32

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Stumbling stones in Beckum