Family Salomon Hellmann
Translated by Lesley Loy
Salomon Hellmann, merchant and agent, was born on 31.10.1861 in Gunzenhausen, son of Marx Hellmann and Therese, née Steiner. In 1887 he acquired the right of citizenship and in the same year he married Maria Brandeis from Erlangen, born on 24.2.1863. The couple, Salomon Hellmann and Maria Hellman had 11 children.
Regina | *20.07.1889 + 03.12.1890 | in Gunzenhausen |
Hedwig | *12.01.1892 +19.08.1892 | in Gunzenhausen |
Bella | *16.06.1893 | in Gunzenhausen. She was a milliner and married to a Mr. Wolf. From 1926 to 1927 she lived at Bahnhofstrasse 15. Her business was at Weißenburger Straße 4. In 1940/41 she moved to Nürnberg, from there she was deported to Izbica. Missing without trace. |
Martin | *18.01.1895 | in Gunzenhausen, was a textile merchant and lived at Bahnhofstraße 15. He was declared missing without trace in Riga. |
Marta | *16.08.1896 | in Gunzenhausen was a housemaid. She left her registered address in Nürnberg, Theodorstraße 2, on 30.08.1938 and moved to Holland later. She was declared dead in the Sobibor concentration camp. |
Hugo | *02.08.1897 +21.08.1897 | in Gunzenhausen |
Rosa | *25.11.1898 +31.12.1898 | in Gunzenhausen |
Emil | *30.07.1900 +07.12.1900 | in Gunzenhausen |
Thekla | *11.11.1901 +30.12.1901 | in Gunzenhausen |
Paula | *20.06.1904 | in Gunzenhausen, moved to Nürnberg, Burgschmiedstraße 12, in 1938. She was declared missing without trace in Riga. |
Johann Adam Ludwig | *16.07.1909 | in Gunzenhausen |
There are only two fotos of family members in the archive. These are Bella and Martin Hellmann.

As of November 1926 he ran a haberdashers and wool shop in the house at Weißenburger Straße 4. In view of his activity as editor for the Socialist political organization Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, he was taken into protective custody from 04.04 to 03.06 1933 and then on 28.11.1938 imprisioned in the Dachau concentration camp. In 1939 he was registered in Nürnberg, Burgschmiedstraße 12, and declared missing without trace in Riga.
Source: Stadtarchiv Gunzenhausen, Werner Mühlhäußer
Source: Stadtarchiv Gunzenhausen, Werner Mühlhäußer