Paul Metzger, portrait photo from around 1931.

(Nuremberg City Archives, C21/VII Nr. 102)

Charlotte Metzger, portrait photo from around 1921.

(Nuremberg City Archives, C21/VII Nr. 102)

Charlotte Metzger, portrait photo from around 1928.

(Nuremberg City Archives, C21/VII Nr. 102)

Hans Metzger, portrait photo from around 1938.

(Nuremberg City Archives, C21/VII Nr. 102)

Elisabeth Metzger, portrait photo from around 1937.

(Nuremberg City Archives, C21/VII Nr. 102)

Karl Ottmar Metzger, portrait photo from around 1938.

(Nuremberg City Archives, C21/VII Nr. 102)

Spittlertorgraben 15 is circled in red, to the west is Rosenau Park. To the east, the buildings of the Deutschhaus Barracks (today the location of the police headquarters) and St. Elisabeth Church with its dome are visible. The Spittlertorturm can be seen at the lower edge of the picture. Aerial photo 1927.

(Nuremberg City Archives, A 97 No. 287)

Paul, Charlotte, Hans, Elisabeth, Karl Ottmar and Ernst Metzger

Location of stone: Spittlertorgraben 15 District: Himpfelshof
Sponsor: Jeffrey Metzger Laying of stone: 24 October 2025

Biography

On 24 October 2025, six stumbling stones were laid for the Metzger family. Paul and Charlotte’s grandson Jeffrey Metzger was sponsor. The Metzger family fled in 1938 to the USA.

Arthur Paul Metzger was born on 26 July 1887 in Nuremberg. His parents were Ludwig Metzger and his wife Gretchen, née Guldmann. He was the commercial director of the Süddeutsche Eisengesellschaft (South German Iron Company). On 1 July 1928, he was appointed as a commercial judge.

On 20 October 1918, he married Charlotte Kann. She was born on 2 April 1899, as the daughter of Paul and Lily Elise Kann, née Kohn.

Paul and Charlotte had four children: Hans Emil, born on 4 August 1919, Elisabeth, born on 17 April 1921, and twins Karl Ottmar and Ernst Hugo, born on 22 October 1923.

The family lived in Spittlertorgraben 15 from October 1923. After the November Pogrom 1938, Paul was taken into protective custody and sent to Dachau Concentration Camp. After his return at the end of 1938, the family fled to the USA. There they changed their first names: Hans became John, Elisabeth to Lisa, Karl Ottmar to Charles and Ernst to Ernest.

- Nuremberg City Archives, C 21/X Nr. 1 registration card.

- Janetzko, Maren, Haben Sie nicht das Bankhaus Kohn gesehen? Ein jüdisches Familienschicksal in Nuremberg 1850 – 1950, Nuremberg 1998.

Stolpersteine in the vicinity