Table of Contents
Preface
.........................................................................................................................................
IX
The motivation
for this research. ............................................................................................. IX
Sources of information.
..............................................................................................................IX
Content and organization
of this book. ....................................................................................X
Spelling of Names.
..................................................................................................................... XI
References.
...............................................................................................................................
XII
Acknowledgments
....................................................................................................................XIII
The early contributors
to this research. ............................................................................... XIII
Other persons who
provided valuable information............................................................. XIII
Ancestry
Chart ............................................................................................................................
1
Key
to State and Country Abbreviations .................................................................................. 2
Remembrance
...............................................................................................................................
3
The
Jews of Germany ..................................................................................................................
7
The
Jews of Hesse .....................................................................................................................
15
The Jewish Cattle
Dealers of Hesse. ........................................................................................ 21
The Nazi Era in
Hesse. ............................................................................................................... 24
Underlying Conditions
in Germany before 1933 and the Resurgence of Antisemitism.... 24
Hitler and the
Nazi Party............................................................................................................. 25
Harassment: The
Beginning of Actions Against Jews in Germany in 1933....................... 25
Marginalizing the
Jews: The Nürnberg Laws of 1935. .......................................................... 29
Escalation of Actions
Against the Jews in 1938. ................................................................... 29
Jewish Emigration
from Rural Hesse ........................................................................................ 33
Emigration from
Germany, including Hesse, before 1933. .................................................... 33
Emigration from
Hesse during the Nazi Era. ........................................................................... 35
References. ..................................................................................................................................
35
The
REISS Family of Ulrichstein ........................................................................................... 37
History of Ulrichstein
and its Jewish Community. ................................................................ 38
The Jewish Cemetery
of Ulrichstein. ....................................................................................... 41
Emigration from
Ulrichstein. ...................................................................................................... 42
Names in Ulrichstein.
................................................................................................................. 42
Sources of Information.
............................................................................................................. 42
Origins and Occurrence
of the Name REISS. .......................................................................... 43
The REISS Family
in Ulrichstein. .............................................................................................. 44
The FRÖHLICH Family
in Ulrichstein. .................................................................................... 44
References. ..................................................................................................................................
44
Descendants of
Morthachay of Ulrichstein ........................................................................... 46
Descendants of
Mordachai SALOMON* and Biene [UNKNOWN] of Ulrichstein ......... 48
Descendants of
Joseph SALOMON* and [Name Unknown] of Ulrichstein .................... 75
Descendants of
Abraham SALOMON* and Freudel [UNKNOWN] of Ulrichstein ........ 88
Descendants of
Levi SALOMON* and [Name Unknown] of Ulrichstein ......................... 95
The
GOTTLIEB and STRAUSS Families of Grebenau ...................................................... 97
History of Grebenau
and its Jewish Community. ................................................................... 98
The Synagogue of
Grebenau. ................................................................................................... 99
The Jewish School
of Grebenau. .............................................................................................. 99
The Jewish Cemetery
of Grebenau. .......................................................................................... 99
References. ................................................................................................................................
100
Descendants of
Moses [UNKNOWN] and [Name Unknown] of Grebenau ................... 105
Descendants of
Nathan [UNKNOWN] and [Name Unknown] of Grebenau ................... 120
The
BAUM Family of Lichenroth ......................................................................................... 125
History of Lichenroth
and its Jewish Community. .............................................................. 126
The Synagogue of
Lichenroth. ............................................................................................... 127
The Jewish School
of Lichenroth. .......................................................................................... 128
The Jewish Cemetery
of Lichenroth. ..................................................................................... 128
Occupations and
Social Structure. ......................................................................................... 128
Sources of Information.
........................................................................................................... 129
References. ................................................................................................................................
129
Descendants of
[Unknown] BAUM and Fannie [UNKNOWN] of Lichenroth .............. 130
The
GOLDSCHMIDT, HESS and LEVI-KANN Families of
Heubach,
Sterbfritz, Uttrichshausen, and Züntersbach ............................................. 143
History of the
Heubach and Uttrichshausen Jewish Communities. ................................. 144
The Synagogue of
Heubach. .................................................................................................. 144
The Jewish Cemetery
of Heubach and Uttrichshausen. ..................................................... 144
Location of Vital
Records. ....................................................................................................... 144
References. ................................................................................................................................
144
History of Sterbfritz
and its Jewish Community. .................................................................. 145
The Synagogue of
Sterbfritz. .................................................................................................. 145
The Jewish School
of Sterbfritz. ............................................................................................. 145
The Jewish Cemetery
of Sterbfritz. ......................................................................................... 145
References. ................................................................................................................................
145
Descendants of
Simon GULDSCHMIDT and Beila [UNKNOWN] of Heubach ............. 146
Descendants of
Mendel GULDSCHMIDT and Wögel [UNKNOWN] of Heubach........ 153
Other GOLDSCHMIDT
family groups in Heubach ............................................................. 155
Descendants of
David GOLDSCHMIDT and [Name Unknown] of Sterbfritz. ................ 156
Descendants of
Baruch GOLDSCHMIDT and [Name Unknown] of Züntersbach. ....... 161
GOLDSCHMIDT Family
Groups in Fulda ............................................................................. 162
Descendants of
Löb HESS and Hindel KATZ of Heubach ............................................... 163
Descendants of
Isack LEVI and
Descendants of Isack HESS and Gidel [UNKNOWN]....................................................
169
The
LILIENSTEIN and STERN Families of Goßfelden .................................................... 171
History of Goßfelden
and its Jewish Community. ............................................................... 172
The Synagogue.
........................................................................................................................ 172
The Cemetery of
Goßfelden. ................................................................................................... 172
Occurrence of the
Name Lilienstein. ...................................................................................... 173
References. ................................................................................................................................
173
Descendants of
Samuel LÖLYENSTEIN and Goddel [UNKNOWN] of Goßfelden ........ 174
Descendants of
Rosa LILIENSTEIN and Berthold KATZ of Treysa ............................... 182
Descendants of
Lässer STERN and [Name Unknown] of Goßfelden ............................... 184
The
GRIESHEIM Family of Beuern and
the EDELMUTH Family of Beuern and Reiskirchen
.................................................. 187
History of the
Buseck Valley and its Jewish Community. .................................................. 188
History of the
Buseck Valley. ................................................................................................. 188
The Jewish Community
of the Buseck Valley. ..................................................................... 189
The Synagogue of
Beuern. ..................................................................................................... 191
Cemetery. ...................................................................................................................................
191
The GRIESHEIM Family
of Beuern. ....................................................................................... 193
The EDELMUTH Family
of Beuern and Reiskirchen. ......................................................... 193
References. ................................................................................................................................
194
Descendants of
Wolf GRIESSHEIM and Fratchen GOTTSCHALK* of Beuern ............ 195
Descendants of
Charles GRIESHEIM .................................................................................... 201
Descendants of
Bruno GRIESHEIM ...................................................................................... 202
Descendants of
Jacob [UNKNOWN] and [Name Unknown] of Beuern .......................... 203
Descendants of
Markus [UNKNOWN] ................................................................................ 229
Descendants of
Leo EDELMUTH .......................................................................................... 231
Descendants of
[Unknown] EDELMUTH ............................................................................ 231
Descendants of
Hugo EDELMUTH ...................................................................................... 232
Descendants of
Samuel EDELMUTH .................................................................................... 232
The
MEYERFELD Family ...................................................................................................... 233
The Name MEYERFELD.
......................................................................................................... 234
The MEYERFELD Family
of Beuern. ..................................................................................... 234
The MEYERFELD Family
of Treysa and Ziegenhain. ......................................................... 234
The MAYERFELD Family
of Kirtorf. ..................................................................................... 237
The MEYERFELD Family
of Spangenberg. .......................................................................... 237
The MEYERFELD Family
of Bielefeld and Beverungen. .................................................... 237
The MAYERFELD Family
of Crumstadt and Biebesheim. ................................................. 237
References. ................................................................................................................................
237
Descendants of
the Parents of Maiyer and of Burhurt MAIYERFELD of Beuern ......... 238
Descendants of
Meyer [UNKNOWN] and
[Name Unknown] of Ziegenhain and Treysa .................................................................. 243
Descendants of
Moses MEYERFELD ................................................................................... 245
Descendants of
the Parents of Adolph, Wilhelm and Ida MAYERFELD of Kirtorf ...... 245
Descendants of
[Unknown] MEYERFELD and
Bertha OPPENHEIMER of Spangenberg ......................................................................... 245
Descendants of
Sigmund MEYERFELD AND Elva OSTRANDER of California. ........... 245
Descendants of
Juda MEYERFELD and
Matilda ROSENFELD of Bielefeld and Beverungen ....................................................... 246
Descendants of
Joseph MEYERFELD .................................................................................. 248
Descendants of
Moritz MEYERFELD ................................................................................... 248
Descendants of
Moses [UNKNOWN] and
[Name Unknown] of Crumstadt and Biebesheim ............................................................ 249
The
LIPPMANN Family of Bauschheim ............................................................................. 261
History of Bauschheim.
........................................................................................................... 262
References. ......................................................................................................................................................
262
Descendants of
Joseph LIPPMANN AND [Name Unknown] of Bauschheim ............... 263
Descendants of
Adolf LIPPMANN and Pauline GUTMANN of Fürth. .......................... 267
The
MAY Families of Roßdorf, Gräfenhausen and Ober-Ramstadt............................... 269
Roßdorf ......................................................................................................................................
270
History of Roßdorf
and its Jewish Community. ................................................................... 270
The Synagogue of
Roßdorf. ................................................................................................... 270
Social Structure.
........................................................................................................................ 271
The Jewish Cemetery
of Roßdorf. .......................................................................................... 271
References. ................................................................................................................................
271
Descendants of
Mardachai GÜTSCHEL* and Sara SALOMON* of Roßdorf................. 272
Other MAY Family
Groups in Roßdorf ................................................................................. 277
Gräfenhausen ............................................................................................................................
278
History of Gräfenhausen
and its Jewish Community. ......................................................... 278
The Synagogue of
Gräfenhausen. ......................................................................................... 278
The Jewish Cemetery
of Gräfenhausen. ................................................................................ 279
References. ................................................................................................................................
279
Descendants of
Mannasses MAY and Hannchen(?) MAY of Gräfenhausen................ 280
Ober-Ramstadt ..........................................................................................................................
281
History of Ober-Ramstadt
and its Jewish Community. ....................................................... 281
References. ................................................................................................................................
281
Descendants of
Liebmann MAY and Rös [UNKNOWN] of Ober-Ramstadt .................. 282
Descendants of
Bella MAY .................................................................................................... 282
The
METZGER Family of Weisenau ................................................................................... 283
History of Weisenau
and its Jewish Community. ................................................................ 284
The Synagogue of
Weisenau. ................................................................................................ 285
The Jewish Cemetery
of Weisenau. ....................................................................................... 286
References. ................................................................................................................................
286
Descendants of
Moses [UNKNOWN] and [Name Unknown] of Weisenau and
of Gumperich SAHN(?) and Fromet [UNKNOWN]
of Hainstäden(?). ........................ 287
Other METZGER Family
Groups. ........................................................................................... 297
The
Jews of South-Central Poland ...................................................................................... 301
Early History of
the Jews of South-Central Poland. ............................................................ 305
The Jews of Western
Galicia. .................................................................................................. 308
The Jews of Russo-Poland.
......................................................................................................311
Eastern Upper Silesia
(Ostoberschlesien) During the Nazi Era. ........................................ 311
Poland After World
War II. ..................................................................................................... 313
References. ................................................................................................................................
313
The
DYNER, FREYLICH, GOLDBLUM, JAKUBOWICZ, MOSKOWICZ, TOBJASZ,
MELLER (MELER) and SZLAMOWITZ Families of Olkusz .................................... 315
History of Olkusz
and its Jewish Community. ...................................................................... 316
Holocaust Period.
..................................................................................................................... 316
The Goldblum Family.
.............................................................................................................. 318
Origin of the Goldblum
Family of Olkusz. ...................................................................,......... 318
Origin of the name
Dyner. ....................................................................................................... 318
Other Goldblum
(Goldbloom) Families. .................................................................................. 318
Descendants of
Abraham DYNER and Nachyma MOSKOWICZ of Olkusz and
of
Jakub TOBJASZ and Mindel [UNKNOWN]. ............................................................. 323
Descendants of
Joel (Jocha) MELLER (MELER) and Gitel SZLAMOWITZ of Olkusz . 330
Descendants of
Lewek FREYLICH and Anna JAKUBOWICZ of Olkusz ....................... 337
The
KRIEGER Family of Oswiecim, Malec, Osiek and Kety .......................................... 341
History of Oswiecim
and its Jewish Community. ................................................................. 342
The KRIEGER Family
of Osiek/Oswiecim. ............................................................................ 346
The Name Krieger.
.................................................................................................................... 346
Oswiecim during
World War II. .............................................................................................. 346
References. ................................................................................................................................
348
Descendants of
Jakob KRIEGER and Bertha [UNKNOWN] of Malec.............................. 349
Descendants of
Jakob KRIEGER and Rosa ROSNER ......................................................... 354
Last-Minute
Additions and Corrections. ............................................................................ 355
Biographical
Material ............................................................................................................ 365
Index
of Names.......................................................................................................................
1013
Persons Whose Last
Names are Known. ............................................................................ 1014
Persons Whose Last
Names are Unknown, but Whose First Names are Known. ....... 1081
Persons Whose First
and Last Names are Unknown. ....................................................... 1084
Index
of Locations Mentioned in the Biographies. ......................................................... 1087
