Leopold Götz
In Meran, Leopold Götz marks a Jewish family story rooted in Moravia and continued in northern Italy. The setting connects personal memory with the city’s Jewish community.
Leopold Götz was born in Trebíc in 1841 and died in Meran in May 1918. He and Philippine Wessely raised children including Moritz and Hermann Götz. Moritz became a merchant dealing in food, poultry and vegetables, and lived at Meinhardstraße 15 from 1899. He owned Villa Götz from 1911 and joined the Meran Heimatverband in 1913. The family’s life changed under Nazi persecution, when Moritz and Emma were arrested in Meran. Their deportation led to Reichenau and Auschwitz-Birkenau, while other relatives also suffered persecution.
Small brass Stolpersteine set into pavements preserve the family’s connection with former homes. Each stone keeps a person’s memory close to the place where daily life once unfolded.
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