Street & Locale Names

Jews were already resident in Stralsund in the 13th century. Since the beginning of the 15th century there was a Judenstraße in Stralsund. Until the Reichspogromnacht in 1938, there was a synagogue in its immediate vicinity. At that time, Jewish inhabitants lived all over the city center; there was never a ghetto in Stralsund as in other German cities. In 1934, Judenstraße was renamed "Jodestraße". This was initiated by the NSDAP, whose local office had the address Judenstraße. The renaming was justified with the invented Stralsund family Jode.

From the homepage of the day care center:

Our daycare center owes its existence to the Jewish Seligmann family. In memory of the parents buried in Baiersdorf, the Seligmann brothers in Frankfurt, London and New York have given 10.000,- Mk. for the construction of a children's day care center to the city, with the remark "to want to bear any additional costs as well". (Excerpt from the Fräkische Nachrichten of August 22, 1904).