Memorial plaque - Sammellager Hohe Warte 32

On 12 September 2014, a brass plaque was installed on the façade of the house at Hohe Warte 32. The inscription recalls that from 1872 to 1939, the Israelite Blind Institute with an attached boarding school was located here. It was closed by the National Socialists, and most of the Jewish students were deported and murdered. The house was then used from 1939 to 1942 as a hostel for elderly and disabled Jewish people. From here, in the years 1941 and 1942, 219 Jewish men and women were deported and murdered in the Holocaust. Specifically named are Jeanette Beer, Mina Hübler, Simon Lewit, and Rudolf Grünwald. Mina Hübler (born Rotter) was deported to Theresienstadt on 28 June 1942 and murdered on 3 September 1942. Simon Lewit was deported to Theresienstadt on 28 June 1942 and murdered on 13 August 1942. Jeanette Beer was deported to Theresienstadt on 28 June 1942 and murdered on 15 September 1942. Rudolf Grünwald was deported to Maly Trostinec on 9 June 1942 and murdered there on 15 June 1942. Inside the building, there is another memorial plaque for blind Jews who were persecuted.