Siegfried Philipp Stiefel
At Eppsteiner Straße 2 in Frankfurt, a small brass Stolperstein marks the former home of Siegfried Philipp Stiefel.
The pavement memorial is accessible to wheelchair users. It belongs to artist Gunter Demnig’s Stolpersteine project, which places plaques before victims’ last voluntarily chosen homes. Each plaque brings one persecuted person’s history into the street.
Born in Frankfurt in 1913, Siegfried faced increasing persecution as a Jewish man under Nazi rule. He reached the United States in 1938 with relatives’ help. An affidavit and American visa enabled his departure on 20 October, after which New York became his new home. His parents, Arthur and Frida, were deported in May 1942 and perished, probably after Izbica and Sobibor. His brother Ernst Rafael also escaped to the United States, leaving the stone to hold a family story of persecution, flight, and survival.
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