Frida Stiefel
Frida Stiefel is commemorated in Frankfurt, Germany, through a Stolperstein that recalls a Jewish family’s life and persecution. She was born in 1889, married Arthur Stiefel in 1911, and raised three sons with him.
Arthur worked in the family business until persecution forced him to surrender it in the late 1930s. The family sold its properties, left its home in 1939, and faced severe restrictions on its financial assets. Their sons Siegfried and Ernst emigrated to the United States, while Frida and Arthur remained in Frankfurt. On 24 May 1942, authorities deported the couple eastward, probably first to Izbica transit camp and then to Sobibor extermination camp. Their fate after deportation remains unknown.
The Stolpersteine in Frankfurt keep Frida, Arthur, and their family present in the city’s streets. The small brass stones connect one family’s address with the wider history of the Holocaust.
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