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Frieda Karger

Photograph at the Frieda Karger Memorial
Photograph via OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

This memorial commemorates Frieda Karger, born Wurzel in 1891. It marks the place where she resided before her deportation on March 3, 1943. The inscription records her tragic fate, noting that she was murdered in Auschwitz. This Stolperstein serves as a poignant reminder of an individual life lost during a dark period of history, ensuring that her memory is preserved at the location she once called home.

Stolpersteine, or 'stumbling blocks,' are small, brass-plated cobblestones installed in pavements outside the last voluntarily chosen residences of victims of Nazi persecution. They form part of a decentralised, continent-wide memorial project. Each stone bears a brief inscription detailing the name, birth year, deportation date, and fate of an individual. This unique form of remembrance aims to bring the memory of victims directly into their former neighbourhoods, allowing passers-by to 'stumble' upon their history and acknowledge the lives that were extinguished.

This Stolperstein is situated in Berlin, embedded within the pavement. It is readily accessible to the public, allowing those who wish to pay their respects to visit the site where Frieda Karger once lived. Visitors can approach the memorial respectfully on foot, reflecting on the personal history it represents within the urban landscape of the city.

Inscription

“Hier wohnte Frieda Karger geb. Wurzel Jg. 1891 deportiert 3.3.1943 ermordet in Auschwitz”
Transcribed from the Memorial at Berlin.

Background

Friedrich Salomon Rothschild (December 17, 1899, Giessen – March 6, 1995, Israel) was a German psychiatrist and semiotician. He has coined the term "biosemiotic" in his work of 1962. He worked in Heidelberg (from 1925 to 1928) with psychotherapist Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (1889–1957) and psychoanalyst Erich Fromm (1900–1980), and in Frankfurt (from 1928 to 1933) with Kurt Goldstein (1878–1965). He was influenced by the philosophy of Ludwig Klages (1872–1956) with whom he corresponded. In 1935, he published the book Symbolik des Hirnbaus: Erscheinungswissenschaftliche Untersuchung über den Bau und die Funktionen des Zentralnervensystems der Wirbeltiere und des Menschen. He has developed the communicative approach in biology.

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