Gamle Oslo , Norway — Northern Europe (a Nordic Country in Scandinavia)

Rosa Rubinstein

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 9, 2024

1. Rosa Rubinstein stolperstein

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På Økern bodde
Rosa
Rubinstein
Født Dsenselsky
Fødselsår 1889
Deportert 1942
Auschwitz
Drept 1.12.1942

(In Økern lived Rosa Rubinstein (née Dsenselsky), born 1889. Deported in 1942 to Auschwitz, killed on December 1, 1942.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Women. In addition, it is included in the Stolpersteine series list. A significant historical date for this entry is December 1, 1942.

Location. 59° 54.769′ N, 10° 45.869′ E. Memorial is in Oslo. It is in Gamle Oslo. It is on Tøyengata, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Tøyengata 5, Oslo 0190, Norway. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

on the Atlantic Arc,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

in Scandinavia,

in the Nordic Countries,

in the Schengen Area,

and in the Western World.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Oskar Rubinstein (here, next to this marker); Molly Amalie Rubinstein (here, next to this marker); Viktor Rubinstein (a few steps from this marker); Meyer Fischel Dickman (within shouting distance of this marker); Herman David Dickman (within shouting distance of this

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marker); Restaurant Olympen (within shouting distance of this marker); Grønland Asyl / Grønland Shelter (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Asylet / The Shelter (about 120 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oslo.

Also see . . . Rosa Rubinstein (1889-1942) (Snublestein.no, in Norwegian). Excerpt (in translation):

Rosa Rubinstein was a Norwegian-Jewish housewife. She was born in Uniova, Ukraine, the eldest of five siblings to Heinrich and Ida Dsenselsky. She also had two half-brothers, Leiser and Herman Landau, from her mother's first marriage. Rosa came to Norway with her family in 1896. She grew up in the Hausmann area of Kristiania, an area where many Jews from Eastern Europe settled. In 1911, Rosa married Oskar Rubinstein (b. 1885 in Latvia). The couple settled in Bergen, where Oskar ran the haberdashery store Londoner-bazar. The couple's two oldest children were also born here; Molly Amalie in 1913, and Albert in 1915. In 1918, the family moved to Oppegård in Follo. Four years later, their youngest child, Viktor, was born. The family now lived in Oslo, where Oskar ran several different wholesale stores. In 1938 he established
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 9, 2024

2. Rosa Rubinstein stolperstein
The stolperstein for Rosa Rubinstein is one of a familial group of four set in the pavement in front of her husband‘s former place of work. She actually lived in Økern, an Oslo neighborhood about one km distant.
the business Tøypressen AS at Tøyengata 5. The following year the family moved to Lundliveien 14 in Økern.

On 26 November 1942, Rosa and her daughter Molly Amalie were arrested by Norwegian police officers and deported the same day on the transport ship Donau. The journey took them to Stettin in Poland, and from there to the extermination camp Auschwitz. Upon arrival at the camp on 1 December 1942, Rosa and Molly Amalie Rubinstein were sent directly to the gas chambers and killed.

(Submitted on December 19, 2024.)

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Rosa Rubinstein stolperstein - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 9, 2024

3. Rosa Rubinstein stolperstein - wider view

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