The Tragedy
1941: Joseph Carlebach initiated a Chanukah celebration in the men’s block and even Bar Mitzvah celebrations for 13 years old children in concentration camp Jungfernhof near Riga, Latvia
No pictures are available…
Two collages of the Jewish tragedy during the time of the “Third Reich”
On the top right: Chief Rabbi Carlebach overlooking the Jewish tragedy
Chief Rabbi Carlebach in its center
There are no graves and no tombstones – only five small stones taken from the woods near Riga for
Joseph Carlebach
Lotte Carlebach
And their three young daughters:
Ruth
Noemi
Sara
March 1942
In 2004, five “memorial sidewalk stumbling stones” (Stolpersteine) were laid in front of the Hamburg apartment at Hallerstrasse 76, the former residence of Chief Rabbi Joseph Carlebach and his family.
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