Stolpersteine in Prague-Malá Strana
The Stolpersteine in Prague-Malá Strana lists the
Generally, the stumbling blocks are posed in front of the building where the victims had their last self chosen residence. The name of the Stolpersteine in Czech is: Kameny zmizelých.
Malá Strana
Stone | Inscription | Location | Life and death |
---|---|---|---|
HERE LIVED
KAREL JELINEK BORN 1895 DEPORTED 1942 TO THERESIENSTADT MURDERED IN MALY TROSTINEC |
Zborovská 84/60 50°03′59″N 14°27′07″E / 50.066413°N 14.452008°E |
Maly Trostenets extermination camp. His transport number was 193 of 1000. He was murdered by the Nazi regime.[1]
His wife and his daughter were both deported in July 1942, first to Theresienstadt, then to Shoah. He married, became a father and later-on a grand father. He and his family are still living in Prague. Only in 2010 he was informed by the Jewish community about the fate of his father. In 2011, he was present at the laying of the Stolperstein for his father.[2]
| Karel Jelinek was born on 12 August 1895 in |
HERE LIVED
ARTUR LASCH BORN 1881 DEPORTED 1942 TO THERESIENSTADT MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ |
Thunovská 197/17 50°05′21″N 14°24′06″E / 50.089052°N 14.40155°E |
Theresienstadt concentration camp. His transport number was 124 of 1002. On 6 September 1943 he was deported with transport Dl to Auschwitz concentration camp. His transport number was 1190 of 2484. He was murdered by the Nazi regime.[3][4]
| Artur Lasch was born on 29 May 1881 in |
HERE LIVED
DR. JUR. PŘEMYSL ŠÁMAL BORN 1867 ARRESTED 1940 MURDERED 9.3.1941 IN BERLIN |
Karmelitská 382/14 50°05′09″N 14°24′15″E / 50.085852°N 14.404052°E |
Charles University, he worked as a lawyer as well as in the Museum of the Czech Kingdom. He became an active member of the Czech Progressive Party in 1914 and was one of the founders and organizers of the resistance organization Maffia against the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy.
Despite his advanced age, after 15 March 1939 he became one of leading anti-Nazi resistance fighters and the head of an illegal political organization. On 26 January 1940 he was arrested by the Gestapo, went through four months of severe interrogations and was then deported to Moabit prison in Berlin. His health was already in critical condition when he was released at a high bail. Thereafter, he lived under house arrest at a private nursing home. Soon, on 9 March 1941, he deceased.[5] The entire family had to suffer due to | Přemysl Šámal was born on 4 October 1867 in Prague. After graduating from the Law Faculty of
Dates of collocations
The Stolpersteine of Prague-Malá Strana were posed by the artist himself on the following days:
- 13 June 2011: Karel Jelinek
- 28 October 2012: Artur Lasch
- 17 July 2013: Přemysl Šámal
The Czech Stolperstein project was initiated in 2008 by the Česká unie židovské mládeže (Czech Union of Jewish Youth) and was realized with the patronage of the Mayor of Prague.[6][7]
See also
- List of cities by country that have stolpersteine
- Stolpersteine in the Czech Republic
External links
- stolpersteine.eu, Demnig's website
- holocaust.cz
References
- ^ holocaust.cz: KAREL JELINEK, retrieved on 10 February 2017
- ^ Vilém Faltýnek: Česko připomíná pomocí pamětních kamenů své oběti holokaustu, report about the collocation, Český rozhlas [Czech Radio], 14 June 2011, retrieved on 28 February 2017
- ^ holocaust.cz: DR. ARTUR LASCH, retrieved on 26 February 2017
- ^ waymarking.com: Lasch Artur - Prague, Czech Republic, retrieved on 26 February 2017
- ^ a b praha.eu: JUDr. Přemysl Šámal, retrieved on 26 February 2017
- Radio Praha, 19 October 2008
- ^ stolpersteinecz.cz: archive.is/6bh0z Stolpersteine in der Tschechischen Republik, retrieved on 20 March 2017 (German)