Bertha Heimann

(1882-1941)

Location of stone: Theodorstrasse 7 District: Wöhrd
Sponsors: Matthias Unterdörfer und Sabine Scherer Laying of stone: 11 June 2021

Biography

On 11 June 2021, on the initiative of Daniela Epstein in Jerusalem, Gunter Demnig laid eleven stumbling stones in Nuremberg for her ancestors. The sponsors of Bertha Heimann’s stone were Matthias Unterdörfer and Sabine Scherer from Nuremberg. Heimann was murdered in the Riga-Jungfernhof camp.

Bertha Heimann, the daughter of Samuel Heimann and his wife Emilie (née Ullmann), was born in Kitzingen on 25 November 1882. The family moved to Nuremberg in 1888. Little is known about Bertha’s life. She remained single and had no children.

On 29 November 1941 Bertha was deported to the Riga-Jungfernhof camp and murdered there.

- Nuremberg City Archives, C 21/X No. 4 registration card.

- Nuremberg City Archives (ed.), Gedenkbuch für die Nürnberger Opfer der Schoa (Quellen zur Geschichte und Kultur der Stadt Nürnberg, vol. 29), Nuremberg 1998, p. 124.

Stolpersteine in the vicinity