The Family of Heinrich Hellmann
Translated by Lesley Loy
Heinrich Hellmann was born in Gunzenhausen on 26.09.1849, the son of Marx Hellmann and his wife Therese, née Steiner. In 1877 he married Ida Dingfelder, born on 04.02.1852 in Ühlfeld. The couple had 12 children:
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Albert, *23.5.1878 in Gunzenhausen. |
He was living in South Africa around 1913 and emigrated to America prior to 1933. |
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Siegfried, *31.08.1879 in Gunzenhausen. |
In 1907 he married a cook, Katharina Winhard, born 23.11.1885 in Karlsdorf. She was catholic. He was a horse trader and lived in Mühldorf am Inn until 1939, when he emigrated to Rotterdam and lived with his sister Emma in Meppel/NL. From there he was interned in Westerborg on 05.05.1942 and deported to Auschwitz on 16.07.1942, where he was murdered either on 02.09 or 30.09.1942. His name is listed on the Jewish Monument in Meppel and his story can be read in detail in the documentation of the Jewish Monument Meppel/German Jewish Refugees. This was kindly advised to us by email on 23.09.2008 by Brigitte Schmidt of the Munich municipal archives. |
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Rosa, *24.04.1881 in Gunzenhausen |
+07.09.1881 in Gunzenhausen |
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Frieda, *20.08.1882 in Gunzenhausen |
She married Mr Reinolds, owner of a boarding house in Washington, sometime before 1916. |
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Lina, *25.02.1884 in Gunzenhausen |
She married a Mr Klagges and lived in the Netherlands. |
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Emma, *01.05.1885 in Gunzenhausen |
She was married to Leopold Böttigheimer, a merchant from Bamberg. Died 19.02.1943 in Auschwitz. |
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Max, *24.12.1886 in Gunzenhausen |
He was a horse trader and in 1905 he planned to emigrate to Transvaal, however he was living in Gunzenhausen again as of 1912. He married Recha Frank, died 09.04.1943 in Sobibor (source: http://joodsmonument.nl) |
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Friedrich Martin, *16.08.1888 in Gunzenhausen |
He was a baker and applied for emigration to America in 1905. This apparently did not work out, as he was living in Brussels, Belgium, around 1916. His wife was Irma Krämer, née Lux, from Schnaittach, born September 7, 1896, in Binswangen. The couple's son was Alfred Hellmann, born October 11, 1931. During the Nazi regime, the family sought refuge in southern France, but the parents were deported from there to Auschwitz on September 11, 1942, on Transport No. 31. www.memorialdelashoah.org) Information provided via email on September 23, 2008, by Brigitte Schmidt, Munich City Archives. The couple was declared dead in 1961, effective December 31, 1945. Their son Alfred survived, as he was apparently able to be sent to the USA in time. On November 10, 1998, he visited Gunzenhausen. Martial Andrieu from France has, among other things, researched the fate of this family during their time in France and kindly provided us with information that allowed us to supplement the life story of Friedrich Martin. He wrote about his time in France: "The family was interned in Gurs and transferred to Rivesaltes on March 14, 1941. On March 16, 1941, he escaped from Gurs. On June 23, 1942, he received a special permit to travel to Marseille, returned on June 27, 1942, and was released in Carcassonne on July 10, 1942. He was placed under house arrest in Rennes-les-Bains (Aude). On August 26, 1942, the family, along with about one hundred other Jews, was arrested by the French police. They were taken to the Rivesaltes camp and then to Drancy. From there, they were deported to Auschwitz." |
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Hermann, *26.11.1890 in Gunzenhausen |
He was a merchant, murdered in Kaunas 1941. |
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Julius, *19.03.1893 in Gunzenhausen |
He was drowned on 17.05.1898. |
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Betty, *03.05.1894 in Gunzenhausen |
She had a son named Heinz Hellmann *02.09.1934 in Munich. Both were registered in Munich on 28.11.1938 and both were murdered in Kaunas (Litauen) on 30.11.1941. |
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Sigmund, *24.07.1898 in Gunzenhausen |
He was a merchant, died in Auschwitz on 05.12.1943. |
The father Heinrich Hellmann died on 22.06.1933 in Gunzenhausen. Mother Ida moved to Munich on 28.11.1938 together with daughter Betty and her 4-year old grandson Heinz.
She was deported from Munich to Theresienstadt on 06.06.1942 with Transport II/3. She died there on 13.12.1942.
On 20.11.1941 son Hermann, daughter Betty and her 7-year old son Heinz were deported from Munich to Kowno/Kaunas and were shot there some days later.
In Gunzenhausen this family suffered from the greatest number of victims during the Third Reich : the mother, seven children and one grandchild.
(Source: Biographical memorial book of Munich Jews 1933-1945. Elaborated by Andrea Heusler, Brigitte Schmidt and others, Munich 2003, P 556 f.)
Thanks to the kind email of 23.09.2008 of Brigitte Schmidt, Munich municipal archive).
