The vote by the city council of a town close to Dresden to ban the laying of Stolpersteine has made headlines across Germany. (Below is the article that appeared in the TAGESSPIEGEL at 8pm this evening.) and elsewhere (see BBC article) At issue is the role of the CDU (Christian Democratic Party) in the success. … Read more
Invitation to the Laying of Stolpersteine Thursday, March 5th, 2026, 9:00 a.m. ***** ELLY & IRMA ROSENBERG LOTTE ROSENBERG
We commemorate the victims of National Socialism and the former Jewish residents of Themar.
See as well: 21 January 1945: Liberation of Auschwitz 08 May 1945: Where were the Jews of Themar? 08 May 1945: The Jews of Themar in Germany End of war and one Jewish family of Themar Cornell Hoppe: Themarâs Jewish families and the end of the war in 1945 On this date, 8 May, 80 … Read more
They have returned to their roots – members of the Jewish family Gassenheimer. In Themar, some of those who scattered all over the world scattered all over the world personally met. Von Wolfgang Swietek THEMAR. “What I have seen here on this trip to Themar and Hildburghausen, as well as to a few other places … Read more
In Themar and Hildburghausen, two members of the same family made the same agricultural machinery. By Cornell Hoppe THEMAR. Some things can be recognized by their name. And some things you have to see to immediately understand their name. Do you know what a wind sweep is? It sounds a bit like an outdated word … Read more
Wind sweep – S. Gassenheimer & Sohn Hildburghausen The harvested and threshed grain must be separated from litter, weed seeds, ear parts and dust so that the grain can be milled. The principle of grain sorting is based on the elements of air flow and gravity. By hand, it works like this: the threshed grain … Read more
On this 81st Gedenktag of the deportation of the 513 men, women, and children from Weimar, ThĂŒringen, we remember the 75 children, 18 years and younger, included in the transport. The names of the children, with links to the profiles in the geni.com database can be found at this link. Analysis and interpretation of the … Read more