Memorial Plaque - Schulverein Beth Jakob and House Inhabitants

On November 30, 2006, a bronze plaque was installed on the façade of House Leopoldsgasse 26. It commemorates the school association Beth Jakob, which was located at this site. The inscription on the plaque also recalls the Jewish residents and residents of the house who lived here and became victims of the antisemitic persecution by the national socialist regime. Named on the plaque are Sonja Bergmann, Wanda Bergmann, Michael Frommer, Julie Kramer, Elsa Steinherz, and Feige Unschuld. Michael Frommer was deported from Vienna to Theresienstadt on June 28, 1942, and murdered there on September 15, 1942. Feige Unschuld was deported from Vienna to Lodz on November 2, 1941, and murdered in the Holocaust. Wanda and Sonja Bergmann were deported from Vienna to Maly Trostinec on September 14, 1942, and murdered there on September 18, 1942. Julie Kramer was deported from Vienna to Theresienstadt on July 28, 1942, and then to Treblinka on September 21, 1942, and murdered in the Holocaust. Elsa Steinherz was deported from Vienna to Theresienstadt on September 24, 1942, and then to Auschwitz on October 12, 1944, and murdered in the Holocaust.