Johanna Simon
Johanna Simon commemorates a Jewish woman whose life connects Frankfurt with persecution, family, commerce and survival. The accessible historical spot lies in Heddernheim, where she and her husband Siegmund ran a department store. Their residential and commercial building held haberdashery, bicycles, sewing machines and accessories. Their daughter Adele, born in 1904, also lived there.
Johanna Oppenheimer was born in Camberg in 1877 before marrying Siegmund Simon. Nazi boycotts damaged the business from 1933, forcing its sale by August 1936. In 1939, persecution compelled the couple to sell their property for a fraction of its value. Johanna was deported to Theresienstadt, survived, and gained liberation in June 1945. Afterward, she joined Adele in New York and died in the United States in 1957. Small brass Stolpersteine in the pavement preserve the memory of her household and its destruction.
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