Stolperstein für die Liebenden Hertha und Simon Parnass, Stumbling stone in Eimsbüttel, Hamburg, Germany
This memorial stone is a brass plaque set flush into the pavement, engraved with the names and key biographical information of Hertha and Simon Parnass. It marks the location of their former home in this Hamburg neighborhood.
Simon Parnass moved from Vienna to Hamburg in 1910 and worked as an auctioneer and later a steel goods dealer; he married Hertha Emanuel in 1927. As Polish citizens, the couple was expelled from Hamburg during the Polenaktion of 28 October 1938 and deported to Poland. Both were murdered at Treblinka in 1942.
The couple's daughter, Peggy Parnass, is a Hamburg journalist and author; her memoir "Unter die Haut" recounts the family's persecution. The stone is one of many laid by artist Gunter Demnig, each beginning with "Here lived" and set in front of the last chosen address. The inscription "Die Liebenden" (The Lovers) was added at Peggy Parnass's wish.
The plaque sits on the pavement in front of the family's former residence and is straightforward to locate with the address. It helps to look down while walking through the neighborhood to spot this and other similar memorials.
The couple's daughter, Peggy Parnass, placed a third stone inscribed with 'The Lovers' next to her parents' individual plaques. This additional memorial honors the bond between them in a deeply personal way.
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