Stone, Paul (Paul Katzenstein Stone)

Biography

Paul Katzenstein served four years in the German army during World War I and came home severely wounded. Paul Katzenstein married Meta Loewenstein in 1919. When the family immigrated to the United States, their last name was changed to Stone. Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933. The Nuremberg Laws were decreed in 1935 and took away most civil rights for Jews. Meta Loewenstein's youngest brother was a doctor who immigrated to the United States in 1936 and established a medical practice in New York State. Her brother provided affidavits for the family, but they needed to wait until they came up on the quota list. The family had the necessary documents to emigrate, but before they could leave Paul Katzenstein was arrested. Their quota number came up two weeks later, Paul was released, and Paul, Meta, and their son Ernest left Germany immediately. Paul and Meta Stone settled in Denver and after a few months they bought the Capitol Hill Bookstore. The store was located on Colfax near East High. Paul Stone died in Denver in 1964 and Meta Stone closed the bookstore in 1965. Meta Stone wrote the paper “Meta’s Story” in 1994 and died in Boulder in 1996.

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