Moses Götz, portrait photo from around 1930.

(Nuremberg City Archives, C21/VII No. 49)

Marie Götz, portrait photo from around 1930.

(Nuremberg City Archives, C21/VII No. 49)

Franz Götz, portrait photo from around 1930.

(Nuremberg City Archives, C21/VII No. 49)

The house at Theoderstrasse 5. Picture postcard 1910.

(Nuremberg City Archives, A64 No. 995)

The house at Theodorstrasse 5 is circled in red. Together with Emilienstrasse and Prinzregentenufer, the street is part of a large upper-class residential area built at the beginning of the 20th century on the grounds of the former Klett engineering works. In the bottom left-hand corner of the picture, the Pegnitz River enters the old city. The avenue of plane trees along Prinzregentenufer is also visible. Aerial photo 1927.

(Nuremberg City Archives, A 97 No. 302)

Moses, Marie and Franz Götz

Location of stone: Theodorstrasse 5	District: Wöhrd
Sponsor: Hubert Rottner Defet, Thommy Barth and others	Laying of stone: 22 May 2004

Biographies

On 22 May 2004 Gunter Demnig laid the first stumbling stones in Nuremberg. These included stones for Moses, Marie und Franz Götz, who were murdered in Riga and Theresienstadt.

Moses Götz was born on 18 March 1866 in Fischach near Augsburg. In 1899 he moved to Nuremberg and worked there as a trader.

In March 1902 he married Marie Apfelbaum. Marie came from Fürth and was born there on 10 August 1875. The couple had three children: Fritzi (born 12 January 1903), Franz (born 12 February 1904) and Therese (born 14 October 1907).

Fritzi married Karl David Ullmann in October 1926. In July 1930 Therese married Theodor Hutzler. Franz remained single and lived with his parents. He was an engineer by profession.

On 29 November 1941 Franz Götz was deported to the Riga-Jungfernhof camp, where he was murdered. His parents Moses und Marie were deported on 10 September 1942 to Theresienstadt concentration camp. Moses was murdered there on 18 November 1942, Marie on 10 April 1943.

- Nuremberg City Archives, C 21/X No. 3 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. 94.