On 30 April 2025, a stumbling stone was laid for Fanny Fleischmann. The sponsor was Stefan Polster from Frankenwinheim, who researched and wrote her biography. Fanny fled to the USA in 1941.

Fanny Hirsch was born on 22 January 1877 in Frankenwinheim, as the daughter of Simon and Sofie Hirsch, née Kleemann. She grew up there as one of six children.

On 30 October 1904, she married Simon Fleischmann in Fürth. Simon was born on 26 August 1875 in Burgkundstadt, as the son of Max and Lina Fleischmann, née Oppenheimer. The couple moved to Nuremberg in 1916, where Simon had a grain and animal feed business.

The couple had two children who were born in Fürth: Max, born on 19 February 1907, and Edith Lina, born on 24 February 1910.

Simon and Max died in 1929. Edith fled to Paris with her husband Albert Löwinger in 1934. They lived three years as “stateless persons” in France and England until they could emigrate to the USA.

In September 1934, Fanny moved to Bauerngasse 68, the last residence in Germany that she chose of her own free will. She fled to her daughter in New York in 1941.