Flensburg, Sleswick-Holstein, Germany — Central Europe

Weiss Family Memorial

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 21, 2018

1. Weiss Family Memorial

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Hier wohnten

Karl Weiß (*1872) · Antonie Weiß (*1875)
Amalie Weiß (*1900) · Rosine Weiß (*1899)
Selma Weiß (*1901) · Christof Weiß (*1922)

1935 wurden sie als Ziegeuner in das
Lager Valentinerallee am Stadtrand
zwangsumgesiedelt und 1940 zusammen mit weiteren
Sinti aus Flensburg von den Nationalsozialisten
deportiert und in Kielce/Polen ermordet

(English translation:)

Here lived

Karl Weiss (*1872) · Antonie Weiss (*1875)
Amalie Weiss (*1900) · Rosine Weiss (*1899)
Selma Weiss (*1901) · Christof Weiss (*1922)

In 1935 they were forcibly resettled as "Gypsies" in the Valentinerallee camp at the edge of the city, and then in 1940 they were, along with additional Romani persons from Flensburg, deported by the Nazis to Kielce, in Poland, and murdered.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.

Location. 54° 47.653′ N,

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9° 25.884′ E. Marker is in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein (Sleswick-Holstein). Memorial is at the intersection of Norderstrasse and Norderfischerstrasse, on the right when traveling north on Norderstrasse. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Norderstrasse 104, Flensburg SH 24939, Germany. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Flensborghus (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Das Nordertor / The Northern Gate (about 180 meters away); Schifffartsmuseum / Søfartsmuseet / Maritime Museum (about 180 meters away); Wilhelm Mensinga (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Beate Uhse (approx. half a kilometer away); Mahnmal Für Die Opfer Des Nationalsozialsmus / Monument for Victims of the Nazis (approx. 5 kilometers away).

Also see . . .
1. Gedenkorte fuer Sinti und Roma (German language only). (Submitted on September 28, 2018.)
2. Romani genocide (Wikipedia). "The Romani genocide or the Romani Holocaust—also known as the Porajmos, the Pharrajimos ("Cutting up", "Fragmentation", "Destruction"), and the Samudaripen ("Mass killing") — was the effort by Nazi Germany and its World War II allies to commit genocide against Europe's Romani people....Under Adolf Hitler, a supplementary decree to the Nuremberg Laws was issued on 26 November 1935, classifying Gypsies as

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 21, 2018

2. Weiss Family Memorial

"enemies of the race-based state", thereby placing them in the same category as the Jews. Thus, in some ways the fate of the Roma in Europe paralleled that of the Jews in the Jewish Holocaust....Historians estimate that between 220,000 and 500,000 Romani were killed by the Nazis and their collaborators—25% to over 50% of the slightly fewer than 1 million Roma in Europe at the time. Ian Hancock puts the death toll as high as 1.5 million." (Submitted on September 28, 2018.)

Additional keywords. Holocaust Gedenktafel

Credits. This page was last revised on January 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 28, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 190 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 28, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.