Justin, Jenny and Susanne Kraus

Location of stone: Kressenstrasse 1 District: Gärten hinter der Veste
Sponsor: Ellyn Krause-Pontell Laying of stone: 9 October 2026

Biography

On 9 October 2026, three stumbling stones were laid for Justin, Jenny and Susanne Kraus. Ellyn Krause-Pontell, the daughter of Susanne and granddaughter of Justin and Jenny. Justin, Jenny and Susanne Kraus fled to the USA.

Justin Kraus was born on 17 January 1889 in Zirndorf, as the son of Isidor and Betty Kraus, née Kohn. He was a merchant.

On 24 August 1925, he married Jenny Liebenstein in Mainbernheim near Kitzingen. She was born there on 19. July 1903, as the daughter of Isaak and Rosa Liebenstein, née Rosenbacher.

In Autumn 1925, the couple moved to Nuremberg. They first lived at Rückertstrasse 17.

Their daughter Susanne Charlotte was born on 15 March 1930 in Nuremberg. Two years later, they family moved to Kressenstrasse 1. They lived there for eight years.

In December 1938, they left the house, most likely by force. Together with Justin’s parents, they moved into Rudolfstrasse 23. On 13 March 1939, Justin, Jenny and Susanne  fled to the USA. Isidor died on 18 March 1939. Betty was deported on 10 September 1942 to the Ghetto Theresienstadt and murdered there.

- Nuremberg City Archives, C 21/X Nr. 5 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. 180).