Karoline Flörsheim geb. Goldschmidt
Karoline Flörsheim geb. Goldschmidt is commemorated in Frankfurt by Stolpersteine set into the pavement. These small brass plaques mark Jewish people murdered during the Holocaust. Here, remembrance connects Frankfurt with Karoline Flörsheim, born Goldschmidt, who came from Gelnhausen.
Born on 24 April 1881, she belonged to a family supplying leather goods and shoemaking materials. The family business, J.S. Goldschmidt OHG, operated from at least 1884. Her sister Betty worked there and became a personally liable partner after their father’s death. Persecution under the Nazi regime forced the business to close in November 1938. Karoline was married and had a son and daughter who had moved to Palestine by 1934.
Betty later moved to Frankfurt, where she lived with her sister. Both sisters were deported to Kaunas on 22 November 1941 and killed three days later. The brass stones preserve their memory within the Frankfurt pavement.
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