The stumbling block was created on the initiative of the Berlin

The stumbling block was created on the initiative of the Berlin

Lilly Rahel Baum was born in Filehne on February 25, 1914, the daughter of textile salesman Bernhard Baum and his wife Johanna, née Lebenstein. Her younger sister was Erna Pauline, born on March 25, 1919. Lilly Rahel married the furrier Rudi Krzesny and lived with him in Berlin at Mommsenstraße 8. In the early 1940s, the marriage was divorced, and Lilly Rahel again lived with her parents, who had meanwhile moved to Gotenstraße 73.

Friedrich Karl Albrecht von Krosigk was born in Gnesen on December 14, 1892, the son of the cavalry captain Gebhardt von Krosigk and his wife Gisela, née von Saldern. His father was murdered in 1901 in Gumbinnen (today: Gussew/Poland), the murderer was never determined. Albrecht von Krosigk was also to pursue a military career: he attended the Gymnasium in Gnesen, was sent to the cadet school in Plön in Holstein and then to Berlin-Lichterfelde. As an ensign he took part in the First World War. In 1919 he married Erna Wilhelmine Sophie Geiger,
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