| Location of stones: Uhlandstrasse 15 | District: Gärten hinter der Veste |
| Sponsor: Leonard Saxe and Marion Gardner-Saxe | Laying of stones: 8 June 2025 |
Biography
On 8. June 2025, three stumbling stones were laid for the Gärtner family: Rudolf and Hilde and their son Erich. The laying was sponsored by Rudolf’s daughter, Marion Gardner-Saxe, and her husband Leonard Saxe. The Gärtners fled to the USA in 1938.
Rudolf Gärtner was born on 14 April 1908 in Nuremberg as the son of business man Siegfried Gärtner and his wife Frau Anna (née Hamburger). Rudolf was trained in business and worked in his father’s company, the Vereinigte Herd- und Ofenfabriken Gärtner & Co.
On 4 January 1932, he married Hilde Bella Weilheimer. Hilde was born on 15 September 1911 in Nuremberg as the daughter of Martin Weilheimer and his wife Ida (née Seidenberger). Rudolf and Hilde lived at Uhlandstraße 15. There they had a child: Erich Siegfried, born on 8 September 1935 in Fürth.
On 15 Oktober 1938, the Gärtner family fled to the USA. They arrived on Kristallnacht (8 November 1938) in New York City and moved on to Los Angeles. There they changed their name to Gardner; Rudolf became Ralph. Erich died there in 1943 in an accident.
