Balthasar Mayer
The name Balthasar Mayer marks a Frankfurt history spot linked to Jehovah’s Witnesses, Nazi persecution, and resistance. The Frankfurt spot is wheelchair accessible to visitors.
Born in Rohrbach, Baden, Mayer settles with Elisabeth Blamm in Griesheim, Frankfurt, after their marriage. He joins the Bible Students and is baptised as one. He leaves the church, attends meetings, and supports missionary work despite the Nazi ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses. The couple distributes the Lucerne Resolution leaflet. The leaflet protests mistreatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses and other persecuted groups under Nazi rule.
Nazi authorities arrest both Balthasar and Elisabeth Mayer. A prison sentence precedes Mayer’s transfers to Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps. He later dies in Dachau concentration camp. Elisabeth also faces imprisonment and passes through several camps, including Ravensbrück, before liberation. Stolpersteine in Frankfurt commemorate the couple and connect their names with resistance against Nazi oppression. Their story joins faith, persecution, and courage.
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