On 27 November 2024, Gunther Demnig laid a stumbling stone for Kurt Dessauer, who died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Bärbel Klein, from the “Stumbling Stones in Hamburg” project was the sponsor for the laying.

Kurt Dessauer was born on 6 December 1875 in Bamberg as the son of Emil Dessauer and his wife Hannchen (née Kronacher). He was the authorized representative for the J. F. U. Scheibel Hops company from Hamburg, which opened a branch in Nuremberg in 1925. The Scheibel company specialized in the sale of hops and brewery supplies.

He married two times. His first wife was Helene (born on 17 January 1890 in Nuremberg as the daughter of Max Levy and Klara Lang). They wed on 12 June 1911. With Helene he had a son Peter (born on 4 March 1914 in Bamberg). Helene died on 21 February 1920. Shortly thereafter, on 21 March 1920, Dessauer officially left the Jewish community.

On 21 January 1925, he married Alexandra Marie (born on 9 March 1903 in Munich as the daughter of Fritz Geißler and Marie Gansel). She was divorced and brought a daughter into the marriage, Eva Lerdau (born on 27 January 1924). Alexandra and Eva were Lutherans. With Alexandra, he had a daughter, Hannelore (born on 19 December 1926). The couple divorced at the beginning of 1930. Hannelore remained with her father.

That may be the reason that he was not deported until 17 January 1944 from Nuremberg to Theresienstadt concentration camp. Ten people from Nuremberg were on this deportation train. They had been married to someone who was not Jewish, but their spouse had either died or had divorced them. He died on 30 June 1945.