Stumbling stone for Klara and Albert Boley

Albert Boley (born November 23, 1878) was the eldest son of the Jewish couple Jakob and Amalie Boley, née Reinhardt. His siblings were Selma (born July 18, 1877), Julius (born March 19, 1882), Robert (born June 9, 1884) and Jenny (May 28, 1888).

In August 1908, Albert married Clara Reichold, who was born on April 7, 1883 in Jugenheim. The couple had three children: Marta (born October 13, 1909), Lothar (born July 13, 1915, died August 1, 1916) and Heinz (born February 22, 1920), who were all born in Offenbach.
Together with his brothers, Albert ran a family business for the manufacture and sale of leather goods at Domstrasse 79 from 1923. According to the trade register, the company was deregistered in 1932. According to the Jewish community's emigration list, son Heinz was able to emigrate to the USA in September 1938.

Albert and Julius Boley were arrested during the November pogroms in Offenbach and transported to the Dachau concentration camp on November 16, 1938. Albert was released from the concentration camp on November 28, 1938 and Julius on December 5, 1938. Both were ordered to leave Germany immediately. Julius was able to flee to Sweden in February 1939.

Albert's son Heinz presumably tried to join his parents in the USA and the couple applied to emigrate to the USA. According to the registration file, Albert and Klara Boley emigrated to New York on May 7, 1940. However, this was not the case and cannot be true, as their names appear in the deportation list of September 30, 1942 under the numbers 376 and 377. This list was cynically headed "Transfer of residence to the Generalgouvernement" (Poland).

When and where they died remains unknown. Their file card in the Offenbach city archives states:

"Declaration of death
Decision
I. It is established that the factory owner Albert Boley and his wife Clara, née Reichold, have died.
II. the date of their death was established as May 8, 1945.
Local Court Offenbach/M, 21.11.49"

In 1942 and 1943, three mass transports to Theresienstadt and Auschwitz were carried out from the Darmstadt goods station. The Nazis sent a total of 2,224 people who lived in the former People's State of Hesse to their deaths here. Among them were over 280 Jews from Offenbach.

Sponsors of the stumbling stones for Klara and Albert Boley are Pia Glück and Brigitte Koenen, Offenbach

Laid on October 21, 2006