Leo Ebe
Leo Ebe is a Stolperstein in Frankfurt, set into the pavement as a memorial to a Jewish family persecuted under Nazi rule. The small brass plaque belongs to a wider memorial tradition for Holocaust victims.
The Ebe family came from Warsaw to Germany after fleeing pogroms and settled at Eckenheimer Landstraße 84 in 1911. Abraham Ebe made saddles and leather goods there, while Leo sang as a soloist at the Börneplatz synagogue. Persecution forced the family to Zbąszyń during the Polenaktion in 1938, before they were sent to the Warsaw Ghetto. Their last known communication dates from August 1941, while Esther Ebe escaped to England in early 1939.
Hans Bornemann, Doris Kaestner and Hanne Straube initiated the family memorials, with Henry Rosenthal among those attending their installation. Wheelchair access lets you reach this pavement memorial and encounter one family’s history at ground level.
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