On 30 April 2026, two stumbling stones were laid for Josef and Wilhelmine Aufseesser at the suggestion of Stefan Dickas, who researches the fate of Jewish families in Munich, and Ron Aufseesser, the great-grandson of the couple. Josef and Wilhelmine were murdered in the Theresienstadt Ghetto.

Joseph (Josef) Hugo Aufseesser was born on 21 April 1864 in Haßfurt in Lower Franconia. His parents were Jakob Aufseesser and Babette, née Zeiler.

On 28 August 1898, he married Wilhelmine Bacharach in Munich. She was born there on 10 April 1877, as the daughter of Max and Ernestine Bacharach, née Bing.

In Nuremberg, Josef and Wilhelmine Aufseesser had three children: Paul Max, born on 10 July 1899, Else, born on 18 August 1901, and Max , born on 9 March 1910.

After the birth of their second child, the family moved in September 1901 to Dennerstrasse 5 (today’s Am Plärrer 8).

When Josef received the title “Councilor of Commerce” (“Kommerzienrat”) in 1928, the “Jewish-Liberal News” (“Jüdisch-liberale Zeitung”) praised him as an “ardent supporter of liberal Judaism in Nuremberg”. After the pogrom of 9/10 November 1938, Josef Aufseesser was one of the members of the Jewish community who was sent to Dachau. He was imprisoned there from 11 to 15 November 1938.

The couple’s children fled abroad with their spouses: Paul to Switzerland, Else to Palestine and Max to France.

On 10 September 1942, Josef and Wilhelmine were deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto. Wilhelmine died there on 27 October 1942 and Josef on 23 February 1943.