Haus Levy, Residential building at Rothenbaumchaussee, Hamburg, Germany
Haus Levy is a residential building at Rothenbaumchaussee 26 in Hamburg, designed by Jewish architects Hans and Oskar Gerson and completed in 1922. The dark clinker brick structure was developed as a cooperative housing project financed by the M.M. Warburg & Co banking house.
Built in the 1920s as a progressive housing project, it later embodied the displacement of the Nazi era. Jewish residents were forced to leave and sell their belongings far below their actual value.
The building once housed a diverse community of Jewish residents whose presence shaped daily life within its walls. The Stolpersteine at the entrance make these inhabitants tangible to visitors and connect them to the building's lived past.
The building is visible from the street and the Stolpersteine at the entrance are easily accessible. Visitors can pass by at any time to view the memorial stones commemorating former residents.
A hidden clarinet discovered beneath attic floorboards in 1986 sparked extensive research into the building's history and former inhabitants. This finding opened a window into the personal lives of those who once lived there.
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