Alice Insel geb. Münzer
Alice Insel geb. Münzer is commemorated by a small brass Stolperstein set into a pavement in Hamburg. Its surface marks a Jewish life cut short under Nazi persecution. Born in Frankfurt am Main on 19 March 1882, Alice was the eldest of four daughters. Her father, Eugen Münzer, worked as a businessman and died in 1902. After his death, her mother Adele moved the family to Hamburg, where Alice later married textile merchant Adolph Insel. Their son was named Eugen Julius.
Mental health difficulties led to Alice’s admission to several institutions during her life. In 1940, authorities forcibly took her to Langenhorn psychiatric facility, a collection point for Jewish patients. On 23 September 1940, she was deported to Brandenburg an der Havel. There, the Nazi euthanasia programme Aktion T4 murdered her, alongside many others targeted by the regime. The memorial joins Hamburg’s wider remembrance of people persecuted and murdered during the Holocaust.
At street level, the brass plate places Alice’s name directly among the footsteps of the city.
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