Zur Geschichte der Familie Rothstein
Vorfahren mütterlicherseits: Die Familie Katzenstein aus Eschwege
First Generation :
1. Michel /Michael Joseph Katzenstein, born 1769 in Eschwege, son of Jossel Katzenstein. He lived in Eschwege Stadt no. 32, he dealer with spirits and had a textile shop in Enge Gasse (former Mensing‘sches house). He married first Jettchen Bloch from Muehlhausen. Michael and Jettchen Katzenstein had a son:
2. Joseph Katzenstein, born 18.01.1797 in Eschwege, he died 25.02.1851 in
Eschwege.
Jettchen Katzenstein died between 1797 – 1803. Michael Katzenstein married a second time Hanna Bendig / Benedix, auch Morje, born 1783 in Vacha. Michel and Hanna Katzenstein had ten children, the first one was Lazarus Michael Katzenstein:
+ 3. Lazarus Michael Katzenstein, born 03.06.1804 in Eschwege
4. Rechel Katzenstein, born 03.10.1810 in Eschwege
5. Joseph Heinemann Katzenstein, born 11.11.1813 in Eschwege
6. Levy Katzenstein, born 09.01.1817 in Eschwege, he lived in Stadt 32.
7. Samuel Katzenstein, born 02.08.1818 in Eschwege, he died 18.08.1825 in
Eschwege.
8. Juda Katzenstein, born 23.10.1820 in Eschwege
9. Benedix Katzenstein, born 18.03.1822 in Eschwege, he died 24.08.1841 in
Haina.
10. Lipmann / Louis Katzenstein, born 23.01.1823 in Eschwege
11. Fradchen Katzenstein, born 19.03.1824 in Eschwege, she died 23.05.1825 in
Eschwege.
12. Mayer Katzenstein, born 25.10.1830 in Eschwege. He lived in Stad 32.
Hanna Katzenstein died on 26.07.1841 in Eschwege. Michel Katzenstein died on 31.12.1850 in Eschwege. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Jestaedt, grave no. 22.
SECOND GENERATION :
3. Lazarus Michael Katzenstein, born 03.06.1804 in Eschwege. In 1831 he bought the house Forstgasse no.9. He dealed with textiles and spirits like his father. He married first on 07.11.1839 in Eschwege Bertha / Brendel Wallach, 21 years old, born about 1818 in Ottrau, daughter of Jeist Wallach and his wife Sara née Bacharach. Lazarus and Bertha Katzenstein had four children. Joseph Katzenstein was the third one:
13. Friederike Katzenstein, born 21.11.1840 in Eschwege
14. Meier Katzenstein, born 08.05.1842 in Eschwege
+ 15. Joseph Katzenstein, born 21.04.1843 in Eschwege
16. Hannchen Katzenstein, born 24.10.1844 in Eschwege.
Bertha Katzenstein died on 07.04.1847 in Eschwege, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Jestaedt, grave no. 46.
Lazarus Katzenstein married a second time on 03.09.1848 in Eschwege Goldchen Blueth, 20 ¾ years old, born 22.01.1827 in Naumburg, daughter of Simon Kayser Blueth and his wife Betty/Peschen née Meierfeld.
(Volker Knoeppel, a.a.O., p. 116,120.)
Lazarus and Goldchen Katzenstein had five children:
17. Jettchen Katzenstein, born 03.08.1849 in Eschwege
18. Rebekka Katzenstein, born 03.05.1851 in Eschwege
19. Seraphine Katzenstein, born 01.02.1854 in Eschwege
20. Michaelis Katzenstein, born 15.02.1856 in Eschwege, he died on
03.03.1881, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of
Eschwege, grave no A 15.
21. Siegmund Katzenstein, born 16.09.1859 in Eschwege.
Lazarus Katzenstein died on 13.10.1868 at the age of 64 years and 4 months in Eschwege. He is buried on the Jewish cemtery of Eschwege, grave no. B 44.
Goldine Katzenstein died on 17.12.1881, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Eschwege, grave no. A 19.
THIRD GENERATION :
15. Joseph Katzenstein, born 21.04.1843 in Eschwege, industrialist, he married at the age of 31 years on 15.10.1874 in Eschwege Dorette/Dorothea Fraenkel, 21 years old, born about 1853 in Wanfried, dughter of the banker Isaak Fraenkel and his wife Jettchen, née Plaut. Joseph and Dorothea Katzenstein lived in Eschwege Forstgasse 27, 13 (today no. 9) and Bahnhofstrasse 20. They had three children:
22. Ludwig / Elieser Katzenstein, born 30.10.1875 in Eschwege, he moved
1889 to Frankfurt.
23. Gustav / Isaac Katzenstein, born 04.05.1879 in Eschwege
+ 24. Bertha / Brendel Katzenstein, born 08.06.1880 in Eschwege.
Joseph Katzenstein died on 14.10.1881 at the age of 38 years and 6 months in Eschwege. Dorothea moved with her children Gustav and Bertha in 1894 to Frankfurt.
FOURTH GENERATION :
24. Bertha / Brendel Katzenstein, born 08.06.1880 in Eschwege. She was married to Nathan Mannheimer from Birkenau/Odenwald. Bertha and Nathan Mannheimer had three children:
+ 25. Erich Mannheimer, born 1903
+ 26. Gertrud Mannheimer, born 1907
+ 27. Elisabeth Charlotte Mannheimer, born 1914.
Bertha and Nathan Mannheimer emigrated on 23.12.1938 to Brasil. Nathan Mannheimer died in 1951. Bertha Mannheimer died in 1963.
FIFTH GENERATION :
25. Erich Mannheimer emigrated 1922 to Brasil
26. Gertrud Mannheimer came to visit 1932/33 to Brasil and stayed there.
27. Elisabeth Charlotte Mannheimer was married first in 1934 to Kurt Max Adler. Elisabeth and Kurt Max Adler had a daughter:
28. Hilde Adler.
Elisabeth Adler Mannheimer emigrated with her family on 29.11.1938 from Hamburg to Columbia. She got divorsed and was married a second time to Gerhard Rothstein, born 1910 in Berlin. Elisbeith and Gerhard Rothstein had two sons:
29. Michael Rothstein.
30. Andreas Rothstein.
Gerhard Rothstein died 1978 in Bogota Columbia.
Elisabeth Rothstein and her children came to visit Frankfurt (Projekt „Juedisches Leben in Frankfurt):
– Elisabeth Rothstein in 1990
– Hilde Rothstein in 2011
– Michael Rothstein in 2015
– Andreas Rothstein in 2016.
Sources:
www.lagis-hessen.de – Hessian Vital Records. Eschwege (Juedische Gemeinde und
Standesamtsbücher)
– Jewish Gravesites. Jewish cemetery of Jestädt
Karl Kollmann, York-Egbert Koenig: Namen und Schicksale der jüdischen Opfer des Nationalsozialismus aus Eschwege. Ein Gedenkbuch. Frankfurt am Main 2012.
Anna Maria Zimmer: Juden in Eschwege. Entwicklung und Zerstörung der jüdischen Gemeinde - von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Eschwege 1993.
Karl Kollmann, Thomas Wiegand: Spuren einer Minderheit. Juedische Friedhoefe und Synagogen im Werra-Meissner-Kreis. Kassel 1996.
Karl Kollmann: Einladung zu einem Rundgang. Jüdisches Eschwege. Eschwege 2007.
Volker Knoeppel: „...da war ich zu Hause“. Synagogengemeinde Naumburg 1503 – 1938. Hofgeismar, Naumburg 1998.
www.juedisches-leben-frankfurt.de /Biografien und Begegnungen
Compiled by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen, April 2016
Revised Melsungen, December 2017