Marie Elišáková - Stumbling block
Marie Elišáková born 08.06.1883.
Last place of residence before deportation: Prague II Address/place of registration in the Protectorate: Prague II, Václavské nám. 36 - Transport D, No. 941 (31. 10. 1941, Prague -> Łódź).
Murdered in Lodz in 1941
Dr. Josef Lengsfeld and Markéta Lengsfeldová
JUDr. Josef Lengsfeld and his wife Markéta Lengsfeldová were deported from Prague to the Theresienstadt ghetto on 13.7.1943 on transport Di No. 138. Josef Lengsfeld was deported to Auschwitz Birkenau on 28.10.1944 on transport Ev No. 723, Markéta Lengsfeldová on 23.10.1944 on transport Et No. 664. Both perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
From: https://www.holocaust.cz/databaze-obeti/obet/105373-josef-lengsfeld/ and https://www.holocaust.cz/databaze-obeti/obet/105380-marketa-lengsfeldova/
Jewish Community Zurich
The Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich was founded by 12 men on March 29, 1862, then still known as the "Israelitischer Kultusverein", after the legal restrictions for Jews in the canton of Zürich had been lifted. Previously, Jews were only allowed to live in the Surbtal communities of Endingen and Lengnau. In 1880, the name of this association was changed to "Israelitische Cultusgemeinde".
Jindrich Urbach, Melanie Urbachová and son Jan Urbach - Stumbling Stones
Jindřich Urbach
Born 26.06.1873
Last place of residence before deportation: Prague II
Address/place of registration in the Protectorate: Prague II, Senovážná 6
Transport B, no. 904 (21.10.1941, Prague -> Łódź)
Murdered 11.05.1942 Łódź
Melanie Urbachová
Born 03.12.1877
Last residence before deportation: Prague II
Address/place of registration in the Protectorate: Prague II, Senovážná 6
Transport B, No. 905 (21.10.1941, Prague -> Łódź)
Murdered 09.03.1942 Łódź
Jan Urbach
Department store . Button siblings
Max Knopf was born on April 30, 1857 in Birnbaum in the former Prussian province of Posen. In 1881, Max came to Karlsruhe with his siblings Simon, born in 1845, Hedwig Johanna, born in 1847, Albert, born in 1850, Moses Moritz, born in 1852, Johanna, born in 1854, Eva, born in 1861 and his parents Ruben Knopf and Henriette Knopf, née Baumann. In the same year, on April 3, 1881, Max Knopf and his sister Johanna Knopf opened a shop for linen, linen and white goods under the name "Geschwister Knopf".
Dr. Karel Prager, Ida Pragerová, Tomy Prager and Eva Pragerová - Lazarská 10/4
On 23 July 1942, the Jewish lawyer Dr. Karel Prager, born 18 July 1888 in Belá (Žilina), was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto together with his wife Ida Pragerová (born 12 August 1902 in Prague) and their son Tomy Prager (born 22 April 1928 in Prague). From there, they were deported to the Auschwitz extermination camp on 26.01.1943 and murdered.
Daughter Eva Pragerová (born 1931) was able to flee to Great Britain on a Kindertransport in 1939.
Štěpánka Mikešová, née Löwingerová
Štěpánka Mikešová, née Löwingerová lived in Liditz / Ldice in house no. 93 and was denounced by her landlady Alžběta Doležalová because of her Jewish origin and was arrested on June 2, 1942 by the Protectorate gendarmes Evžen Ressl and František Caba. On June 2, 1942, she was arrested by the Protectorate gendarmes Evžen Ressl and František Caba and handed over to the Gestapo in Kladno. The arrest took place a few days before the massacre and the destruction of the village under the command of the SS. On August 17 of the same year, she was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Cotton goods factory - Loewenstein & Comp.
The Stuttgart address book 1919 contains the following entries: Löwenstein u. Comp., Baumwollwarenfabrik, Teilh.Henriette Löwenstein We. und Paul Löwenstein, Sonnenbergstr.21 Eg. - Löwenstein Henriette, Kaufmanns We., part owner of Löwenstein u. Comp., Sonnenbergstr. 21. 1.u.2. - Löwenstein Paul, Kaufmann, part owner of Löwenstein u. Comp., Gartenstr.21. Eg. Cannstatt. - Henriette Löwenstein, née Seeligmann was born in Karlsruhe on March 1, 1814. She was married twice - her first marriage was to Heinrich Lahnstein, born in Bockenheim around 1794, who died in Stuttgart on January 9, 1838.
House of Nathan Schleedorn
Factory of pipes, cigarette holders, umbrella handles, ladies' fashion buttons - Rudolf Lichtblau
Eduard Lichtblau, known as " Rudolf " was born in Vienna on April 16, 1837. His parents were Jakob Lichtblau, born on April 14, 1811 in Senica ( Szenitz ) and Marie Lichtblau, née M ller, born on October 17, 1814 in Senica.