Stumbling stone - in memory of Abraham Abosch

Stumbling stones are memorials to the Jews who lost their lives in connection with the extermination of Jews during the Second World War.

Each stone is designed as a cobblestone 10x10x10 cm, coated with a brass plate on which the name, year of birth, year of deportation, date and place of death are engraved.

Each stone represents an individual.

The stones are cast into the pavement where Jews who lost their lives during Nazism lived or worked until they were deported and killed. The stumbling stones are there so that passers-by who notice the stones become aware of the holocaust and pick them up where they are. It is very important even today to be aware that history must not repeat itself, neither with Jews nor with other population groups.

On 26 October 1942, Abosch was arrested by local police officers at the home of farmer Gathe in Skiptvet, and imprisoned in Bredtveit prison in Oslo. Two days later he was transferred to Berg prison camp outside Tønsberg. Due to his advanced age, he was released from Berg on 7 November, but arrested again on 26 November and deported on the transport ship Donau on the same day. The journey went to Stettin in Poland, and from there to the extermination camp Auschwitz. On arrival in the camp on 1 December 1942, Abraham Marcus Abosch was sent directly to the gas chamber and killed.