The Hirschberg Family from (Bad) Zwesten

Ancestors of Robert Todd Slatoff

F I R S T G E N E R A T I O N :

1. Isaak Hirschberg, he married Sara Katz. Isaac and Sara Hirschberg lived in Zwesten. They had four children:

+2a. Ruben Hirschberg, born 08.02.1824 in Niederurff

(Standesamt Zwesten, death record 17/1897, Ruben Hirschberg)

+ 3. Abraham Hirschberg, born 01.08.1833 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, death record 5/1917, Abraham Hirschberg)

+ 4. Levi Hirschberg, born 26.01.1836 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, death record 3/1912, Levi Hirschberg)

4a. Roeschen Lina Hirschberg, born abput 1839 in Zwesten, she was a single, she died on

11.12.1912 in Kassel, Pferdemarkt 2. (Helmut Thiele, a.a.O., p. 287)

2. Seligmann Hirschberg, he married Hanchen Henss. Seligmann and Hanchen Hirschberg had two sons:

+ 4b. Rebecka / Rifka Hirschberg, born about 09.03.1820 in Zwesten

+ 5. Michael / Michel Hirschberg, born about 1823 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, death record 23/1889, Michel Hirschberg)

+ 6. Meyer Hirschberg, born 27.03.1827 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, death record 21/1886, Meyer Hirschberg)

S E C O N D G E N E R A T I O N :

2a. Ruben Hirschberg, born 08.02.1824 in Niederurff, butcher and merchant. He married Rosa Neumann. Ruben and Rosa Hirschberg lived in Zwesten, Hang no. 41. They had a daughter:

7. Sara Hirschberg, born 06.04.1878 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 17/1878, Sara Hirschberg)

Ruben Hirschberg died on 13.09.1897 at the age of 73 years, 7 months and 5 days in Zwesten. (Standesamt Zwesten death record 17/1897 Ruben Hirschberg)

He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Zwesten.

3. Abraham Hirschberg, born 01.08.1833 in Zwesten, butcher. He was a single and lived in Zwesten house no. 68. He died on 29.01.1917 in Zwsten at the age of 83 years, 5 months and 28 days. (Standesamt Zwesten death record 5/1917, Abraham Hirschberg)

4. Levi Hirschberg, born 26.01.1836 in Zwesten, butcher. He married Breinchen /Breina (Bertha, Levina) Levin. Levi and Breinchen Hirschberg lived in Zwesten house no. 68 (from 1899 no. 65), they had twelve / thirteen children:

8. Isaak Hirschberg, born in April 1872 in Zwesten. He died 27.03.1876 in Zwesten.

(Standesamt Zwesten, death record 6/1876, Isaak Hirschberg)

Possibly Levi and Breinchen had following son. Several times I found his name in files and

documents and combined it, it must be proved:

+ 8a. Moritz Hirschberg, born 23.08.1873 in Zwesten

9. Rudolf Hirschberg, born 11.11.1874 in Zwesten, butcher, single, he died 08.02.1899 at the

age of 24 years, 3 months and 28 days in Zwesten.

(Standesamt Zwesten, death record 2/1899 Rudolf Hirschberg)

10. Julius Hirschberg, born 05.09.1876 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 40/1876, Julius Hirschberg)

11. Hermann Hirschberg, born 21.02.1878 in Zwesten, he died 15.04.1883 in Zwesten at the

age of 5 years, 1 month and 24 days.

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 11/1878, death record 7/1883, Hermann Hirschberg)

+ 12. Selma Hirschberg, born 08.11.1879 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 42/1879, Selma Hirschberg)

+ 13. Max Hirschberg, born 24.07.1881 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 22/1881, Max Hirschberg)

+ 14. David Hirschberg, born 15.06.1883 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 24/1883, David Hirschberg)

+ 15. Jeanette Hirschberg, born 14.06.1885 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 17/1885, Jeanette Hirschberg)

+ 16. Salli / Salomon Hirschberg, born 04.03.1887 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 7/1887, Salli Hirschberg)

+ 17. Adolph Hirschberg, born 06.07.1889 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 21/1889, Adolph Hirschberg)

+ 18. Siegfried Hirschberg, born 25.01.1892 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 2(1892 Siegfried Hirschberg)

+ 19. Emil Hirschberg, born 12.10.1893 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 30/1893, Emil Hirschberg)

Levi Hirschberg died on 28.04.1912 in Zwesten at the age of 76 years, 3 months and 2 days.

(Standesamt Zwesten, death record 3/1912, Levi Hirschberg)

Seven of Levi and Breinchen Hirschberg‘ s sons took part in WWI.

4b. Rebecka / Rifka Hirschberg, bor about 09.03.1820 in Zwesten. She wa married on 21.02.1842 in Gilserberg to Herz Stern, born 15.11.1816 in Gilserberg, son of Liebmann Stern and his wife Scheine Leiser Rothschild. Rebecka and Herz Stern lived in Gilserberg. They had eight children.

(The following generations: See the genealogy „Descendants of Seligmann Hirschberg“, compiled by Dennis Aron, USA, 20.08.2017)

5. Michael / Michel Hirschberg, born about 1823 in Zwesten. He married Regine / Renchen Rosenberg. Michael and Regine Hirschberg lived in Zwesten house no. 67, they had five children:

+ 20. Simon Hirschberg, born 07.04.1858 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, death record 9/1907, Simon Hirschberg)

21. Fanny Hirschberg, born about 24.12.1859 in Zwesten, she died 01.01.1884 at the age of

24 years and 8 days in Zwesten. (Standesamt Zwesten , death record 1/1884, Fanny Hirschberg)

22. Jettchen Hirschberg, born about 28.12.1859 in Zwesten, she died 30.06.1908 at the age

of 49 years, 6 months and 2 days in Zwesten. May be, Fanny and Jettchen Hirschberg were

twince. (Standesamt Zwesten, death record 12/1908, Jettchen Hirschberg)

+ 23. Joseph Hirschberg, born 24.02.1862 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, wedding record 6/1891, Joseph Hirschberg)

+ 24. Malchen Hirschberg, born 28.05.1865 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, wedding record 8/1889, Malchen Hirschberg)

Michael Hirschberg war the head of the Jewish community in Zwesten 1870/71 (Gemeindevorsteher). Regine Hirschberg died before 1889, Michael Hirschberg died on 20.11.1889 at the age of 66 years in Zwesten. (Standesamt Zwesten, death record 23/1889, Michael Hirschberg)

6. Meyer Hirschberg, born 27.03.1827 in Zwesten, merchant. He married first Betchen Rothschild, born 01.01.1841 in Oberaula, daughter of Susmann Rothschild (dyer, Faerbermeister) and his wife Hannchen, née Blumenthal. Meyer and Betchen Hirschberg lived in Zwesten, house no. 45, they had a son:

+ 25. David Hirschberg, born 30.01.1877

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 7/1877, David Hirschberg)

Betchen Hirschberg died on 16.02.1877 in Zwesten at the age of 36 years.

(Standesamt Zwesten, death record 11/1877, Betchen Hirschberg)

Meyer Hirschberg, 51 years old, married a scond time on 07.10.1877 in Zierenberg Roeschen Schartenberg, born 29.11.1846 in Zierenberg, 30 years, 10 moths and 9 days old, daughter of Haune Schartenberg and his wife Esther, née Perlstein. Meyer and Roeschen Hirschberg lived in Zwesten, house no. 45. They had four children:

26. Hermann Hirschberg, born 15,09.1878 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 34/1878, Hermann Hirschberg)

27. Nathan Hirschberg, born 05.02.1880 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 6/1880, Nathan Hirschberg)

+ 28. Bertha Hirschberg, born 06.04.1882 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten , birth record 8/1882, Bertha Hirschberg)

29. Lina Hirschberg, born 28.11.1883 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record, 38/1883, Lina Hirschberg)

Meyer Hirschberg died on 09.07.1886 at the age of 59 years, 4 months and 12 days in Zwesten.

(Standesamt Zwesten, death record 21/1886, Meyer Hirschberg)

Roeschen Hirschberg died on 22.02.1905 at the age of 57 years, 3 months and 2 days in Zwesten.

(Standesamt Zwesten, death record 6/1905, Roeschen Hirschberg)

T H I R D G E N E R A T I O N :

8a. Moritz Hirschberg, born 23.08.1873 in Zwesten, butcher. He married Rosa Rosenbach, born 1882. Moritz and Rosa Hirschberg lived in Zwesten. They had a daughter:

+ 29a. Johanna / Hanna Hirschberg, born 09.06.1906 in Zwesten

(Gedenkbuch Kassel, a.a.O., p. 213)

Moritz Hirschberg was wittness of the wedding of his sisters Selma and Jeanette. In 1924 he was the head of the Jewish community of Zwesten (Gemeindevorsteher). He died on 12.10.1938 in Zwesten. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Zwesten. Rosa Hirschberg died on 20.11.1928 in Zwesten. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Zwesten.

12. Selma Hirschberg, born 08.11.1879 in Zwesten, she was married on 30.12.1905 in Zwesten to Hermann Rosenbaum, merchant, born 01.08.1881 in Wettesingen, son of Isaak Rosenbaum and his wife Hannchen, née Gumbert. Selma and Hermann Rosenbaum lived in Wettesingen. Wittnesses were Jakob Jungheim, 49 years old, cattle dealer in Zwesten and Markus / Moritz Hirschberg, 32 years old butcher in Zwesten.

Selma Rosenbaum moved to Kassel and was deported on 09.12.1941 to Riga.

(Standesamt Zwesten, wedding record 10/1905, Gedenkbuch Kassel, a.a.O., p. 228, Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch, Yad Vashem Testimomy, written by her grandson Peter Rade, Schweiz, 17.10.2002)

13. Max Hirschberg, born 24.07.1881 in Zwesten, shoemaker, he lived in Wellen.

14. David Hirschberg, born 15.06.1883 in Zwesten. He lived in Zwesten. He married Klara Vogel, born 01.05.1894 in Hebel, daughter of David and Sarah Vogel. David and Klara Hirschberg had two children:

29b. Ruth Hirschberg, born 25.09.1920 in Zwesten

+ 29c. Ludwig Hirschberg, born 21.11.1921 in Zwesten

(Information from Robert Slatoff, August 2017, handwritten genealogy)

They were the last Jewish family who left Zwesten. They was deported from Kassel on 09.12.1941 to Riga and David and Klara were murdered there on 29.07.1943. (Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch)

15. Jeanette Hirschberg, born 14.06.1883 in Zwesten. She was married on 29.08.1910 in Zwesten to Moritz Hermann, shoemaker, born 11.11.1886 in Oberemmel / Trier, living in Borken, son of Bernhard Hermann and his wife Theresa, nèe Isay. Wittnesses were Moritz Hirschberg, 37 years old, butcher in Zwesten and Max Hirschberg, 29 years old, shoemaker in Wellen.

Jeanette and Moritz Hermann lived in Borken, They had four children:

30. Alice Hermann, born 30.05.1911 in Borken

31. Leo Hermann, born 22.11.1913 in Borken

32. Ruth Hermann, born 22.02.1920 in Borken

33. Bertha Hermann, born 13.05.1925 in Borken. She was declared as dead to 31.12.1945 by

Amtsgericht Frankfurt/Main, 51, UK II 505 – 506/51.

(Standesamt Borken, Abschrift der Standesamtsbücher)

Jeanette Hirschberg was deported on 15.09.1942 from Frankfurt/Main to Theresienstadt and from there on 23.10.1944 to Auschwitz (Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch

16. Salli / Salomon Hirschberg, born 04.03.1887 in Zwesten. He lived in Mönchengladbach. He was deported on 11.12.1941 from Duesseldorf to Riga. (Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch)

17. Adolph Hirschberg, born 06.07.1889 in Zwesten. He married Kaethe / Kaethchen Rothschild, born 05.07.1885 in Waltersbrueck, daughter of Gerson Rothschild and his wife Fanny, née Kugelmann. Adolph and Kaethe Hirschberg lived in Kassel Graben 21, from 01.07.1929 Entengasse 13. They had a son:

+ 34. Ludwig Hirschberg, born 01.02.1920 in Kassel

Adolph and Kaethe Hirschberg were deported on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga. Adolph Hirschberg was murdered there on 24.08.1943.

(Gedenkbuch Kassel, a.a.O., p. 112, Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch, Yad Vashem Testimonies written by Elisabeth Rothschild, née Block, sister-in-law, NY, USA 22.10.1977)

18. Siegfried Hirschberg, born 25.01.1892 in Zwesten. He married Meta Marianne Goldschmidt, born 22.06.1891 in Mühlbach / Homberg, daughter of Josef and Pauline Goldschmidt. Siegfried and Meta Hirschberg lived in Warburg. They had a son:

35. Erich Hirschberg, born 24.02.1926 in Warburg

+ 36. Marga Hirschberg

Siegfried Hirschberg was arrested from 12.11. – 12.12.1938 in Buchenwald. Siegfried, Meta and Erich Hirschberg were deported on 13.12.1941 from Münster-Osnabrück-Bielefeld to Riga. Siegfried Hirschberg was murdered there on 01.01.1943.

(Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch, Yad Vashem Testimonies, written by Marga Brodie, daughter, Manchester, England, 11.12.1989)

19. Emil Hirschberg, born 12.10.1893 in Zwesten. He married Henny Kampf, born 07.05.1896 in Barmen-Elberfeld. Emil and Henny Hirschberg lived in Wuppertal. They were deported on 10.11.1941 from Duesseldorf to Minsk, (Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch)

20. Simon Hirschberg, born 07.04.1858 in Zwesten, merchant, he married Betti Stern, born 23.12.1861 in Reichensachsen. Simon and Betti Hirschberg lived in Zwesten, house no. 120, they had seven children:

37. stillborn, female, 29.12.1888 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zesten birth record 39/1888, death record 37/1888)

38. stillborn, female, 20.11.1889 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 24/1889)

+ 39. Michel Hirschberg, born 03.10.1890 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 32/1890, Michel Hirschberg)

+ 40. Frieda Hirschberg, born 29.08.1892 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, borth record 21/1892, Frieda Hirschberg)

+ 41. Siegfried Hirschberg, born 05.12.1893 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 35/1893, Siegfried Hirschberg)

42. Meta Hirschberg, born 05.03.1896 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 3/1896, Meta Hirschberg)

43. Jonas Hirschberg, born 25.04.1903 in Zwesten, he died on 18.09. 1903 at the age of

4 months and 23 days in Zwesten. (Standesamt Zwesten, death record 24/1903, Jonas Hirschberg)

Simon Hirschberg died on 25.05.1907 at the age of 49 years, 3 months and 18 days in Zwesten,

„In der Schwalm oberhalb der Keilmuehle ertraenkt und tot aufgefunden (Ortspolizeibericht)“(Sta

(Standesamt Zwesten death record 9/1907, Siegfried Hirschberg)

Betty Hirschberg moved on 24.11.1938 to Kassel. She was deported on 07.09.1942 from Kassel to Theresienstadt and murdered there on 06.12.1942.

(Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch, Gedenkbuch Kassel, a.a.O., p. 198)

23. Joseph Hirschberg, born 24.02.1862 in Zwesten, merchant, he married on 10.09.1891 in Zwesten Pauline Wallach, born 30.08.1867 in Zwesten daughter of Meier Wallach and his wife Sarah née Heinemann. (Standesamt Zwesten, wedding record 6/1891)

Joseph and Pauline Hirschberg lived in Zwesten house no 67, from 1895 hosue no. 6. They had seven children:

44. Michel Hirschberg, born 15.10.1891 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten birth record 23/1891, Michel Hirschberg)

45. Jakob Hirschberg, born 15.04.1893 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten birth record 10/1893 Jakob Hirschberg)

+ 46. Seligmann Hirschberg, born 18.05.1894 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten birth record 14/1894, Seligmann Hirschberg)

47. Ranchen Hirschberg, born 29.07.1895 in Zwesten, she died on 22.08.1895 at the age of

23 days in Zwesten. (Standesamt Zwesten birth record 17/1895, death record 12/1895, Rahcne Hirschberg)

48. Bertha Hirschberg, born 10.07.1896 in Zwesten, she died 04.09.1896 in Zwesten at the

age of one month and 24 days. (Standesamt Zwesten, birth record 13/1896, death record 10/1896)

49. stillborn male, 16.08.1899 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten birth record 13/1899)

+ 50. Hedwig Hirschberg, born 16.10.1900 in Zwesten

(Standesamt Zwesten, borth record 20/1900 Hedwig Hirschberg)

In 1902 Mrs. Josef Hirschberg looked for a maid for cooking (Announcement 21.08.1902).

Pauline Hirschberg died on 21.04.1904 in Zwesten at the age of 36 years, 4 months and 21 days. (Standesamt Zwesten, death record 4/1904 Pauline Hirschberg)

Joseph Hirschberg married a second time Bertha Rothschild. Joseph and Bertha Hirschberg lived in Zwesten house no 6. They had two children:

+ 51. Julius Hirschberg, born 13.06.1905 in Zwesten

52. Martha Hirschberg, born 28.12.1913 in Zwesten, she died 21.06.1914 at the age of

5 months and 24 days in Zwesten. (Standesamt Zwesten desth record 12/1914 Martha Hirschberg)

Joseph Hirschberg and Bertha Hirschberg emigrated in the 30th to Palestine.

24. Malchen Hirschberg, born 28.05.1865 in Zwesten. She was married on 02.09.1889 in Zwesten to Moses Moses, born 29.08.1860 in Grossropperhausen, son of Isaak Moses and his wife Jettchen, née Mannheimer. (Standesamt Zwesten wedding record 8/1889)

25. David Hirschberg, born 30.01.1877 in Zwesten. He married Esther Cohn, born 17.08.1879 in Leer, David and Esther Hirschberg lived in Leer, they had two children:

53. Else Hirschberg, born 06.07.1911 in Leer

54. Dagobert Hirschberg, born 10.01.1917 in Leer.

The family emigrated on 06.05.1942 to Argentina. (Information from Robert T. Slatoff, USA, 15.08.2017)

26. Hermann Hirschberg, born 15.09.1878 in Zwesten. He married Cecile Levy, born 22.11.1874 in St Louis, USA. Hermann und Cecile Hirschberg had three children:

+ 55. Rosi Hirschberg, born 10.04.1909 in Zwesten

+ 56. Max Hirschberg, born 1913 in Zwesten

+ 57. Liesel Hirschberg, born 20.08.1914 in Zwesten

(www.stolpersteine-Hamburg.de, www.vor-dem-holocaust.de photos Bad Zwesten)

Cecile Hirschberg emigrated on 23.04.1939 to Newburgh.

(Helmut Thiele, a.a.O., p. 674)

28. Bertha Hirschberg, born 06.04.1882 in Zwesten. He was married n 18.01.1910 in Mannheim to Robert Halfen, butcher, born17.05.1887 i Dahn, son of Leopold Halfen and his wife Helfrieda, née Halfen. (Standesamt Mannheim, wedding record 38/1910) Robert and Bertha Halfen emigrated in 1912 into the USA. They had a daughter:

+ 58. Elizabeth „Lee“ Halfen, born 1912

Bertha Halfen died in 1935.

(Information from Robert T. Slatoff, USA, 10.08.2017)

F O U R T H G E N E R A T I O N :

29a. Johanna / Hanna Hirschberg, born 09.06.1906 in Zwesten. She was married to Hermann Levi, born 03.06.1905 in Ottrau. Johanna and Hermann Levi moved on 27.10.1938 to Kassel, Lutherstrasse 9, from 01.11.1939 they lived in Koelnische Strasse 51. They were deported on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga. (Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch, Gedenkbuch Kassel, a.a.O.., p. 212/213,

Yad Vashem testimony written Hermann Levi‘s sister Bertel Buxbaum, New York, 03.06.1986)

29c. Ludwig Hirschberg, born 26.11.1921 in Zwesten. He lived in several cities, Kassel, Frankfurt, Paderborn. He was deported on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga and from there on 01.10.1944 to Stutthof, prisoner number 95835. He survived and came back as a DP to Germany (Berlin and Zwesten). He married on 11. 0r.21.09.1945 Rose / Rosa Fleischmann, born 06.08.1918 in Kapovar/Hungary. Ludwig and Rosa Hirschberg had two children.

Ludwig and Rosa emigrated on 29.10.1947 from Bremen on SS Marine Flasher into the USA. Rosa Hirschberg died on 15.10.1989.

(Information from Robert Slatoff, August 2017, handwritten genealogy)

34. Ludwig Hirschberg, born 01.02.1920 in Kassel. (Helmut Thiele, a.a.O., p.174) He lived with his parents in Kassel Graben 23 and Entengasse 13. From 06.11.1936 till 24.01.1937 he stayed in the Hachschara camp Neuendorf untill he came back to Kassel. He was deported on 09.12.1941 with his parents from Kassel to Riga and from there to Natzweiler, where he was murdered on 24.12.1942. (Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch, Gedenkbuch Kassel, a.a.O., p. 112,

Yad Vashem Testimony written by his aunt Elise Rothschild, USA, 22.08.1977)

36. Marga Hirschberg, she survived, she was married to N. N. Brodie and lived in Manchester, England. She wrote testimonies for her family.

39. Michel / Michael Hirschberg, born 03.10.1890 in Zwesten. He married Clara Nussbaum, born 12.09.1897 in Massbach. Michel and Clara Hirschberg lived since 20.04.1934 in Kassel, Sedanstrasse 11. They had a son:

60. Paul Simon Hirschberg, born 11.09.1935 in Kassel, he died 10.01.1940 in Kassel.

(Helmut Thiele, a.a.O., p. 195, 362.)

Michel Hirschberg was deported on 09.12.1941 to Riga, Kowno, Stutthof and on 18.08.1944 to Dachau, where he was murdered on 09.02.1945. Clara Hirschberg was deported from Kassel on 09.12.1941 to Riga.

(Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch, Gedenkbuch Kassel, a.a.O., p. 198.,Yad Vashem testimonies written by Clara Hirschberg‘s sister Toni Rothschild)

40. Frieda Hirschberg, born 29.08.1892 in Zwesten. She was married on 24.08.1925 in Zwesten to Isidor Speier, born 18.07.1894 in Guxhagen, son of Copppel Speier and his wife Sarchen, née Gans, living in Baumbach. Wittnesses were Joseph Hirschberg, 62 years old, merchant in Zwesten and Siegfried Hirschberg, 31 years old, merchant in Zwesten (Standesamt Zwesten, wedding record 6/1925)

Frieda and Isidor Speier lived in Baumbaum. They had three children:

+ 61. Ruth Speier, born 04.101.1926 in Baumbach

+ 62. Siegbert Speier, born 27.06.1928 in Baumbach

+ 63. Alfred Speier, born 27.06.1928 in Baumbach.

The family emigrated in 1938 into the USA and arrived in NeYork on 18.07.1938. Frieda Speier died about 1965 in Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA, Isidor Speier died on 03.03.1974 in Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA. (Descendants of Frieda Hirschberg, compiled by Dennis Aron, 20.08.2017)

41. Siegfried Hirschberg, born 05.12.1893 in Zwesten, cattle dealer. He married Lina Kugelmann. Siegfried and Lina Hirschberg lived in Zwesten house no. 120. They had a son:

64. Siegbert Kurt Hirschberg, born 14.11.1929 in Zwesten, he died 28.03.1930 at the age of

4 moths and 14 days. (Standesamt Zwesten, death record 5/1930 Siegbert Kurt Hirschberg)

Siegfried and Lina Hirschberg emigrated in the 30th to Columbia.

46. Seligmann Hirschberg, born 18.05.1894 in Zwesten. He was a teacher and lived in Emden, Leer and Frankfurt/Main. He married Dina / Goldine Amram born 05.10. 1894 in Borken, daughter of the teacher Wolf Amram and his wife Guetel, nee Lomnitz. Seligmann and Goldine had a son:

+ 65. Binjamin / Yekhiel Hirshberg.

Seligmann Hirschberg was arrested from November till 15.12.1938 in Sachsenhausen. Seligmann and Goldine Hirschberg were deported on 15.09.1942 from Frankfurt/Main to Theresienstadt and from there on 28.10.1944 to Auschwitz, where they were murdered.

(Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch, Yad Vashem Testimonies written by their son Binjamin Hirshberg, Jerusalem, 16.03.1984)

50. Hedwig Hirschberg, born 16.10.1900 in Zwesten. She was married on 01.11.1926 in Zwesten to Joel Moses, born 02.04.1895 in Baumbach, merchant, living in Dortmund, Hubertsgasse 5. Wittnesses were Michel Hirschberg, 36 years old, merchant in Zwesten and Jakob Hirschberg, 33 years old, merchant in Zwesten. (Standesamt Zwesten, wedding record 9/1926)

51. Julius Hirschberg, born 13.06.1905 in Zwesten, he was a single, he lived in Frankfurt/Main. He emigrated into the Netherlands and lived in Amsterdam and Gouda, Kanaalstraat 29. He was deported to Auschwitz and from thre on 10.10.1944 to Dachau, Außenlager Kaufering, where he was murdered on 20.01.1945.

(Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch, Yad Vashem testimony written by his sister-in-law Sara Amram)

55. Rosi Hirschberg, born 10.04.1909 in Zwesten. She moved to Munich in 1938 and emigrated. She was married to Jonas Samson, born 1910. Jonas Samson died in 1975, Rosi in 1984.

56. Max Hirschberg, born in 1913 in Zwesten. He emigrated into the USA. He lived in Newburgh, NY. He married Fanny Glusmann, born 1916, daughter of Leib Leo Glusmann and his wife Sima Anna, née Salzmann. Max and Fanny Hirschberg had two children:

66. Harry L. Hirschberg, born 1943, he died in 2010

67. Susan N. Hirschberg

Max Hirschberg wrote testimonies for the Brager family in Yad Vashem on 05.12.1986.

Fanny Hirschberg died in 1993, Max Hirschberg in 1995.

57. Liesel Hirschberg, born 20.08.1914 in Zwesten. She moved to Hamburg and married Siegmund Brager, born 05.08.1911 in Hamburg, son of Alfred Brager and his wife Martha, née

Cohn.Liesel and Siegmund Brager had a daughter:

68. Bella Brager

The family was deported on 18.11.1941 from Hamburg to Minsk.

(Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch, Yad Vashem testimonies written by her brother Max Hirschberg, Newburgh, NY, USA from 12.05.1986 and by her nephew Harry Hirschberg, NY, USA, 01.09.1976, www.stolpersteine-hamburg.de)

58. Elizabeth „Lee“ Halfen, born 1912, she was married to N. N. Slatoff. Elizabeth Lee and N. N. Slatoff had a son:

+ 69. Barry Lewis Slatoff, born 1939

Elizabeth Lee Slatoff died in 1997. (Information from Robert Todd Slatoff. 10.08.2017)

F I F T H G E N E R A T I O N :

59. Edward Peter Hirschberg, born 21.12.1946 in Fritzlar. He married Diane Rochelle Friedman. Edward and Diane Rochelle Hirschberg live in Florida. They have two children.

61. Ruth Speier, born 04.10.1926 in Baumbach, she was married to Willam R. Norman, born 18.02.1927 in Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA, son of Abraham and Ninnie Norman. Ruth and William R. Norman had two children. Willam R. Norman died on 14.09.2009 in Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA.

62. Siegbert Speier, born 27.06.1928 in Baumbach. He married Geraldine „Gerri“ Etkin, born 11.06.1928, daughter of Charles Etkin. Siegbert and Geraldine Speier had three children.

Geraldine Speier died on 21.12.2007 in Okeechobee, Florida, USA, Siegbert Speier died on 27.08.2014.

63. Alfred Speier, born 27.06.1928 in Baumbach. He married Clarice Weinstein, born 18.05.1931. Alfred and Chlarice Speier had four children.

Alfred Speier died on 05.11.2011 in Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA.

(All information for 61-63 from „Descendants of Frieda Hirschberg“ from Dennis Aron, 20.08.2017)

65. Binyamin Yekhiel Hirshberg, he lived in Jerusalem, he wrote testimonies for his family.

69. Barry Lewis Slatoff, he died in 1994.

Note:

Green – The direct ancestors of Robert Todd Slatoff

Sources:

– www.lagis-hessen.de Sources, Hessian Vital Records, Zwesten, Borken

– www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/directory.html

– http://yvng.yadvashem.org Central DB of Shoah Victims‘ Names, Testimonies

– www.stolpersteine-hamburg.de

– www.vor-dem-holocaust.de Bad Zwesten (photos)

– www.alemannia-judaica.de Ehemalige Synagogen / Friedhöfe – Hessen – Schwalm-Eder-Kreis-

Bad Zwesten

– Namen und Schicksale der Juden Kassel 1933 – 1945. Ein Gedenkbuch. Kassel 1986.

– Helmut Thiele: Die jüdischen Einwohner zu Kassel 1700 – 1942. Familiennamen und Adressen.

Kassel (Als Manuskript vervielfältigt) 2006.

– Information from Robert Todd Slatoff, USA, August 2017.

– Genealogy „Descendants of Seligmann Hirschberg, compiled by Dennis Aron, USA, 20.08.2017.

– Genealogy „Descendants of Frieda Hirschberg“ from Dennis Aron, USA, 20.08.2017.

Compiled and edited by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen August 2017