Group picture with the Memorial Signs at Fasangartenstraße

Memorial Signs for Chejne and Chaim Eingelster, and Esther Lea and Jakob Paul Sondhelm,
Fasangartenstraße 124

11.05.2022 01:45 p.m.

Veranstaltung

The Memorial Signs for the Sondhelm and Eingelster families are installed

Chaim, an artist and sign painter, and his wife Chejne Eingelster came from Lithuania. In 1906, the couple moved to Munich together with Esther Lea Wainstein, Chejne Eingelster's daughter from her first marriage. From 1912, they lived in the house at what is now Fasangartenstraße 124. They were granted German citizenship in 1930. Esther Lea ran a tobacconist's shop in St.-Anna-Straße.

Immediately after the National Socialists came to power, the family's German citizenship was revoked and Esther Lea had to close her business in 1938. In 1939, she married Jakob Paul Sondhelm, who also had to give up his business, a metal wholesaler, due to pressure from the National Socialists. In April 1941, the Gestapo deported Chejne and Chaim Eingelster to Pilaski, where they were murdered. Esther Lea and Jakob Paul Sondhelm were deported to Auschwitz in July 1942 and presumably murdered there immediately upon arrival.

A memorial service for Jakob Paul and Esther Lea Sondhelm and for Chaim and Chejne Eingelster was held at the European School on 11 May 2022. Pupils from the S6 classes researched the biographies and presented the results of their project in an exhibition. Afterwards, Memorial Signs for the Eingelster and Sondhelm couples were placed at their former place of residence at Fasangartenstraße 124.

Wednesday, 11.05.2022
1:45 pm
Commemorative event at the European School Munich
Elise-Aulinger-Straße 21

Anton Hrovath, Director of the European School Munich
City Councillor Sebastian Schall representing the Lord Mayor of the City of Munich
Dr Charlotte Knobloch, President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria
Pupils of the European School Munich

14:45
Handover of the Memorial Signs at the former place of residence
Fasangartenstraße 124

Christian Smolka, Ramersdorf-Perlach District Committee, initiator of the memorial signs
Pupils from the European School Munich read out the life stories
Followed by a reception in the Barka garden restaurant

Flyer (PDF)

The S6 classes of the European School Munich present the project in cooperation with the Institute for Urban History and Remembrance Culture Munich

A student from the S6 classes at the European School Munich

Commemorative event at the European School

A student from the S6 classes at the European School Munich

Schülerin der S6 Klassen der Europäischen Schule München

Memorial service for Chejne and Chaim Eingelster as well as Esther Lea and Jakob Paul Sondhelm

A student from the S6 classes at the European School Munich

Gunda Wolf-Tinapp from the Ramersdorf-Perlach district committee

Dedication of the Memorial Signs

A student from the S6 classes at the European School Munich

Councillor Nimet Gökmenoglu on behalf of the Lord Mayor of the City of Munich

A student from the S6 classes at the European School Munich

Carmen Dullinger-Oßwald, Obergiesing-Fasangarten district committee

Councillor Sebastian Schall installs the Memorial Sign for Jakob Paul Sondhelm

Students install the Memorial Signs

Headmaster Anton Hrovath, teacher Christine Riesenhuber, and stundent Leander Ross from the European School Munich with city councillor Sebastian Schall