Remember Amalie Rosenfeld. This Stolperstein, or stumbling stone, marks a life tragically cut short. It is placed in front of the house at Schallmooser Hauptstraße 6. This was Amalie Rosenfeld’s last known address in Salzburg before she was deported and murdered.
Amalie Rosenfeld was born Amalie Adler on January 6, 1873, in Baden near Vienna. She married Eduard Rosenfeld. Eduard was born Elias Rosenfeld. He was born in Vienna on May 18, 1861. Together, they had a daughter named Flora. Flora was born in Itzling on July 27, 1905.
For about three decades, the Rosenfeld family was the only Jewish family in Gnigl-Itzling. Gnigl-Itzling was an independent community. It was home to workers and railroaders. In 1935, it became part of Salzburg. The family’s first business and apartment was on Itzlinger Hauptstraße. In the 1920s, they moved to Wildenhoferstraße 6. They owned this house.
Eduard Rosenfeld became seriously ill and died in Vienna in 1929. He was buried in the Jewish section of Vienna Central Cemetery. Amalie and Flora had to sell their house. In 1930, they moved to Goldgasse 17 in Salzburg’s Old Town. Across the street, at Goldgasse 16, they ran a fashion shop together.
The economic crisis and rising antisemitism made life difficult. Amalie and Flora moved to Schallmooser Hauptstraße 6. After the Reichskristallnacht pogrom on November 9 and 10, 1938, they had to leave. A Salzburg SS man profited from their expulsion.
In 1939, Flora Rosenfeld, age 34, moved to England. She had been living in Vienna. There is no trace of her after that until much later. Amalie, who was 66, could not get a visa. She remained in Vienna. Her last address was Zirkusgasse 41/8. It was a “collection residence” for Jews awaiting deportation.
On July 28, 1942, Amalie Rosenfeld was deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp. She was on Transport 34 with Anna Pollak, who was also from Salzburg. On September 21, 1942, Amalie was deported to Treblinka. She was on Transport Bp. Anna Pollak was with her. Anna Stuchly and Therese Spiegel, also from Salzburg, were also on the transport. All four women were between 68 and 70 years old. They were murdered in Treblinka.
Amalie Rosenfeld’s younger brother, Eugen Adler, was murdered in Minsk. Her parents, Jakob and Flora Adler, are buried in the Jewish section of the Vienna Central Cemetery.
In September 2014, it was discovered that Flora Rosenfeld died in Brent, near London, in June 1980. She died under the name Flora Rosenfield.
Hermann Höfle, born in Itzling in 1911, was a mechanic and chauffeur in Salzburg. He actively participated in the November 1938 pogrom. He benefited from the expulsion of Salzburg’s Jews. Höfle was the “Jewish Officer” on the staff of Odilo Globocnik. He organized Aktion Reinhard. This made him one of the main people responsible for the extermination of Jews in Poland. In 1947, Höfle returned to his family in Salzburg. He hanged himself in his prison cell in Vienna in 1962. He did this while awaiting trial for his role in the Holocaust.
This Stolperstein for Amalie Rosenfeld was placed here on June 23, 2009. It is a reminder of a life stolen by hatred and violence.