Hugo Junghans
The Hugo Junghans Stolperstein lies in Frankfurt’s pavement as a small brass memorial plaque. It commemorates Hugo Junghans, who was persecuted and murdered during the Holocaust.
The stone belongs to the Stolpersteine project, created by artist Gunter Demnig for victims of Nazi persecution. Each plaque marks the last voluntarily chosen residence of the person remembered there. Hugo Junghans was deported to Theresienstadt, later transferred to Auschwitz, and murdered there in 1944. His family’s history deepens the memorial: his mother Rosa was murdered in the Lublin region, while his brother Oskar died at Mauthausen during an escape attempt. On the day of his deportation, Hugo married Charlotte Loeser, who was also sent to Theresienstadt. Their daughter Eva was born there, and Charlotte and Eva later returned to Frankfurt before emigrating to the United States.
The accessible pavement holds one small marker for a life, a marriage, and a family torn apart.
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