The Kaufmann Family from Melsungen

(Descendants of Moses from Roehrenfurth)



FIRST GENERATION :

1. Moses from Roehrenfurth, he lived about 1665 – 1728.He had three sons:


2. Lewe / Levi

3. Itzig / Isaac

+ 4. Mendel Moses, he lived about 1721 -1799.



SECOND GENERATION :


4. Mendel Moses, he lived about 1721 – 1799, he married Dina, daughter of Schemuel / Samuel. Mendel and Dina Moses had nine children:


5. Levie Mendel

6. Moses Mendel, he lived about 1765 - 1828

+ 7. Joseph Mendel Kaufmann, born 24.03.1764 or 28.02.1765 in Roehrenfurth

8. Süssel Mendel

9. Beile Mendel

+ 10. Roeschen Kaufmann, born 1769 or 1771 in Melsungen

11. Besschen Mendel

12. Sarle /Sara Mendel

+ 13. Hanna Kaufmann, born about 1782 in Melsungen.



THIRD GENERATION :


7. Joseph Mendel Kaufmann, born 24.03.1764 or 28.02.1765 in Roehrenfurt, merchant. He married Thelsa Leiser Abt. Joseph Mendel and Thelsa Kaufmann had six children:


+ 14. Leiser Kaufmann, born 06.01.1797 or 15.05.1799 in Melsungen

+ 15. Loew Leib Kaufmann, born 12.09.1801 in Melsungen

+ 16. Mendel Kaufmann, born 11.12.1807 or 09.05.1808 in Melsungen

+ 17. Hanna Kaufmann, born 20.02.1811 in Melsungen

+ 18. Hendel Kaufmann, born in 1817 in Melsungen

+ 19. Abraham Kaufmann, born 18.07.1819 in Melsungen.


Joseph Mendel Kaufmann died on 15.04.1853 in Melsungen.


10. Roeschen Kaufmann, born 1769 or 1771 in Melsungen. She was married to Moses Nussbaum, born about 1779/1783 in Adelsdorf, near Bamberg, son of Jakob Naftali Nussbaum and his wife Juettel, née Moses. Roeschen and Moses Nussbaum had a son:


+ 20. Hirsch Nussbaum, 23.07.1812 in Neumorschen. He married Hendel Kaufmann

(see no. 18 of this genealogy)


Roeschen Nussbaum died on 29.03.1841. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no.142.


13. Hanna Kaufmann, born about 1782 in Melsungen. She was married to Sandel Katz, born about 1773, son of Hirsch Katz and his wife Henne, née Jacob. Sandel Katz died on 10.01.1849 in Melsungen, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no.175. Hanna Katz died on 21.12.1850 in Melsungen, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no. 177.


FOURTH GENERATION :


14. Leiser Kaufmann, born 06.01.1797 or 15.05.1799 in Melsungen, merchant and Kreisvorsteher. He married Madchen / Malchen Katz, born 24.02.1795 in Malsfeld, daughter of Baruch Katz. Leiser and Madchen Kaufmann had five children:


+ 21. Baruch Kaufmann, born 22.11.1823 in Melsungen

+ 22. Mendel Kaufmann, born 30.11.1824 in Melsungen

+ 23. Thelsa Kaufmann, born 16.01.1827 in Melsungen

+ 24. Hanna Kaufmann, born 09.01.1830 in Melsungen

+ 25. Leib / Leopold Heimerich Kaufmann, born 06.03.1832 in Melsungen.


Madchen Kaufmann died on 21.01.1850 in Melsungen, she is buried on the Jewish Cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no. 130. Leiser Kaufmann died on 06.08.1861 in Melsungen. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Melsungen.


15. Loew Leib Kaufmann, born 12.09.1801 in Melsungen, merchant. He married on 20.05.1829 in Melsungen Zerle Terline Spangenthal, born about 1808 in Spangenberg, daughter of Joseph Levi Spangenthal and his wife Sara, née Plaut. Loew Leib and Zerline Kaufmann had five children:


+ 26. Joseph Kaufmann, born 11.01.1831 in Melsungen

+ 27. Mendel Kaufmann, born 12.05.1833 in Melsungen

+ 28. Menke / Menne Kaufmann, born 14.08.1835 in Melsungen

+ 29. Leyser Kaufmann, born 08.01.1839 in Melsungen

+ 30. Ruben Kaufmann, born 11.11.1843 in Melsungen.


Zerline Kaufmann died on 08.11.1859 in Melsungen. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no. 193. Leib Kaufmann died on 15.06.1865 in Melsungen. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Melsungen.


16. Mendel Kaufmann, born 11.12.1807 or 09.05.1808 in Melsungen, textil maker. He married on 20.10.1836 in Eschwege Fradchen Frederike Plaut, born 14.05.1819, daughter of Abraham Menke Plaut and his wife Gutel / Gitel, nee Steig / Steg. Mendel Kaufmann died 18.06.1883 in Melsungen, Fradchen Kaufmann died 17.06.1890 in Melsungen.


17. Hanna Kaufmann, born 20.02.1811 in Melsungen, she was married on 25.08.1830 in Roehrenfurth to Leib Levi, born 23.04.1797 in Roehrenfurth. merchant. Hanna and Leib Levi had five children:


+ 31. Delze Levi, born 12.06.1831 in Roehrenfurth

32. Sandel Levi, born 07.01.1833 in Roehrenfurth

33. Dina Levi, born 06.09.1834 in Roehrenfurth

34. Eddel Levi, born 27.03.1836 in Roehrenfurth, she died on 27.03.1836.

35. Mendel Levi, born 05.08.1847 in Roehrenfurth.


18. Hendel Kaufmann, born in 1817 in Melsungen, she was married on 04.06.1837 in Neumorschen to Hirsch Nussbaum (20), born on 23.07.1812 in Neumorschen, son of Moses Nussbaum and his wife Roeschen, née Kaufmann. Hendel and Hirsch Nussbaum had five children:


36. Mendel Nussbaum, born 02.06.1838 in Neumorschen

37. Loeb Nussbaum, born 30.03.1840 in Neumorschen

38. Leyser Nussbaum, born 21.06.1841 in Neumorschen

39. Roeschen Nussbaum, born 01.09.1843 in Neumorschen

40. stillborn Nussbaum, born 23.05.1846 in Neumorschen.


Hendel Nussbaum died on 28.05.1846 in Neumorschen, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no.119. Hirsch Nussbaum died on 27.10.1862 in Neumorschen. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no.237.


19. Abraham Kaufmann, born 18.07.1819 in Melsungen, textil maker. He married on 16.10.1844 in Melsungen Beile Kass, born 21.10.1821, daughter of Itzig Kass and Reike, née Zinn. Abraham and Beile Kaufmann had eight children:


+ 41. Mendel Abraham Kaufmann, born 17.08.1845 in Melsungen

42. Moses Kaufmann, born 30.01.1847 in Melsungen

43. Thelsa Kaufmann, born 27.02.1849 in Melsungen, she died on 27.05.1849 in Melsungen.

+ 44. Juda / Julius Kaufmann, born 15.01.1851 in Melsungen

45. Joseph Kaufmann, born 23.03.1854 in Melsungen

+ 46. Roeschen Therese Kaufmann, born 28.02.1856 in Melsungen

47. Dina Kaufmann, born 23, 12.1857 in Melsungen, she died 23.12.1857 (stillborn)

48. Leiser Kaufmann, born 26.03.1859 in Melsungen, he died 28.10.1859 in Melsungen.


Abraham Kaufmann died 12.02.1883 in Melsungen, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Melsungen. Beile Kaufmann died 07.01.1902 in Melsungen, she is buried of the Jewish cemetery of Melsungen.



FIFTH GENERATION :


21. Baruch Kaufmann, born 22.11.1823 in Melsungen, merchant. He married on 20.06.1852 in Melsungen Helene Katz, born 08.04.1831 in Melsungen, daughter of the industrialist Hirsch Katz and his wife Gidel, née Perell. Baruch and Helene Kaufmann had nine children:


49. Joseph Kaufmann, born 13.04.1853 in Melsungen, he died on 09.04.1912 in Kassel.

+ 50. Mathilde Amalie Madchen Kaufmann, born 26.10.1854 in Melsungen

+ 51. Johanna Kaufmann, born 07.09.1856 in Melsungen

+ 52. Ida Kaufmann, born 14.09.1859 in Melsungen

+ 53. Jenny / Selma Kaufmann, born 24.06.1861 in Melsungen

+ 54. Bertha Kaufmann, born 31.05.1863 in Melsungen

+ 55. Hermine Kaufmann, born 09.01.1866 in Melsungen

+ 56. Eduard Kaufmann, born 10.02.1868 in Melsungen

+ 57. Agnes Kaufmann, born 26.05.1873 in Melsungen.


Baruch and Helene Kaufmann moved from Melsungen to Kassel and lived in Hohenzollernstrasse 37, the store was in Bahnhofstrasse 21. Baruch Kaufmann died 11.04.1901 in Kassel, Helene Kaufmann died 07.11.1903 in Kassel.


22. Mendel Kaufmann, born 30.11.1824 in Melsungen, merchant. He married on 07.11.1854 in Melsungen Roeschen Plaut Kass, born 22.06.1832, daughter of Itzig Plaut Kass and his wife Reike, née Zinn. Mendel and Roeschen had ten children:


57. Joseph Kaufmann, born 23.12.1855 in Melsungen

69. Moses Kaufmannm born 07.12.1856 in Melsungen

60. Bernhardt Kaufmann, 29.08.1858 in Melsungen

61. Julius Kaufmann, born 05.10.1859 in Melsungen

+ 62. Amanda Kaufmann, born 11.08.1861 in Melsungen

63. Bertha Kaufmann, born 18.11.1863 in Melsungen

64. Leopold Kaufmann, born 16.09.1866 in Melsungen

65. Carl Kaufmann, born 15.09.1870 in Melsungen, he died 29.10.1870 in Melsungen

66. Johannna Kaufmann, born 29.12.1871 in Melsungen, she died 28.08.1872 in

Melsungen

67. Willi Kaufmann, born 01.08.1874 in Melsungen.


23. Thelsa Kaufmann, born16.01.1827 in Melsungen, she was married on 12.10.1848 in Eschwege to Levi Abraham Plaut, born 02.09.1823 in Eschwege, son of Abraham Menke Plaut and his wife Gutel Steig, merchant. Levi Abraham Plaut died 24.12.1871 in Eschwege, Thelsa Plaut died on 13.02.1902 in Eschwege.


24. Hanna Kaufmann, born 09.01.1830 in Melsungen, she was married on 25.11.1851 in Melsungen to Feist Gruenbaum, born about 1811 in Rotenburg, son of Mendel Gruenbaum and his wife Minchen, née Wallach, merchant.


25. Leib / Leopold Heimerich Kaufmann, born 06.03.1832 in Melsungen, tanner master, he married on 03.11.1863 in Melsungen Veilchen Levi, born in 1841, daughter of Maier and Jeanette Levi. Leopold Heimerich and Veilchen Kaufmann had four children:


68. Emil Kaufmann, born 29.01.1865 in Melsungen

69. Max Kaufmann, born 11.11.1866 in Melsungen

70. Gustav Kaufmann, born 18.01.1868 in Melsungen

+ 71. Emma Kaufmann, born 20.03.1873 in Melsungen.


26. Joseph Kaufmann, born 11.01.1831 in Melsungen, merchant. He married on 14.08.1859 in Melsungen Beschen / Betti Abraham, born about 1839, daughter of Leib Abraham and his wife Rechel, née Katz. Joseph and Betti Kaufmann had two sons:


+ 72. Mendel Josef Kaufmann, born 26.10.1860 in Melsungen

+ 73. Lenor / Leiser Kaufmann, born 06.07.1867 in Melsungen.


27. Mendel Kaufmann, born 12.05.1833 in Melsungen, merchant. He maried on 12.10.1864 in Cologne Fanny Jacob, born in 1842, daughter of Heimerich Jacob and his wife Karoline, née Mai. Mendel and Fanny Kaufmann had four children:


74. Louis Kaufmann, born 25.06.1865 in Melsungen

75. Heinrich Kaufmann, born 15.06.1866 in Melsungen, he died 22.06.1866 in Melsungen

+ 76. Paula Helene Kaufmann, born 16.08.1868 in Melsungen

+ 77. Clara Kaufmann, born 04.07.1870 in Melsungen.


28. Menke / Menne Kaufmann, born 14.08.1835 in Melsungen, tanner master (Lohgerber) in Witzenhausen. He married on 14.06.1865 in Witzenhausen Suesschen / Susette Goldschmidt, born 30.04.1845, daughter of Juda Jacob Goldschmidt and his wife Johanna, née Wertheim. Menke and Suesschen lived in Witzenhausen, they had a daughter:


78. Zerle Caecilie Kaufmann, born 25.03.1866 in Witzenhausen.


Menke Kaufmann died on 11.06.1866 in Witzenhausen. Suesschen Kaufmann died on 28.04.1890 in Kassel.


29. Leyser Kaufmann, born 08.01.1839 in Melsungen, tanner master and leather merchant. He married on 23.05.1867 in Frankfurt/Main Betty Levi, born 25.02.1840 in Windecken, daughter of Jacob Levi and his wife Jette, née Herz. Leyser and Betty Kaufmann had four children:


+ 79. Ludwig Kaufmann, born 07.03.1868 in Melsungen

+ 80. Carl Kaufmann, born 29.08.1869 in Melsungen

+ 81. Julius Kaufmann, born 07.02.1874 in Melsungen

82. Willi Kaufmann, born 04.03.1878 in Melsungen.


Leyser had a leather-shop in Kassel, Bahnhofstrasse 6, he died on 31.05.1919 in Kassel, Betty Kaufmann died on 17.06.1904 in Kassel.


30. Ruben / Rudolf Samuel Kaufmann, born 11.11.1843 in Melsungen, textil merchant. He married on 24.06.1874 in Sondershausen Clara Schwabach, born 17.02.1848 in Sondershausen, daughter of Salomo Schwabach and his wife Dorothea, née Wahl. Rudof and Clara Kaufmann had a daughter:

+ 83. Caecilie Kaufmann, born 22.05.1875 in Melsungen

+ 84. Leo Kaufmann, born 06.06.1877 in Melsungen

85. stillborn male, 15.05.1878 in Melsungen.


Rudolf and Clara Kaufmann lived in Kassel Hohenzollernstrasse 68. Clara Kaufmann died on 23.04.1910 in Kassel, Rudolf Kaufmann died on 20.02.1913 in Kassel.


31. Delze Levi, born 12.06.1831 in Melsungen. She was married on 12.08.1851 in Roehrenfurth to

Leiser Speier, son of Manus Speier abd his wife Hitzel, née Abt, leather merchant. Delze and Leiser Speier had a son:


+ 86. Isaac Speier, born 17.02.1856 in Melsungen.


Delze Speier died on 18.11.1899 in Melsungen.


41. Mendel Abraham Kaufmann, born 17.08.1845 in Melsungen, textil maker. He married on 16.12.1873 in Kassel Johanna / Hannchen Spangenthal, born 20.02.1850 in Spangenberg, daughter of Aron Levi and Feilchen Spangenthal. Mendel Abraham and Hannchen Kaufmann had three daughters:


+ 87. Franziska Kaufmann, born 11.12.1874 in Melsungen

88. Anna Kaufmann, born 08.06.1876 in Melsungen, she died 17.04.1934

+ 89. Paula Kaufmann, born 20.06.1879 in Melsungen.


Mendel Abraham Kaufmann died on 15.12.1920 in Kassel, Johanna Kaufmann died on 09.09.1932 in Kassel.


44. Juda / Julius Kaufmann, born 15.01.1851 in Melsungen, he married on 08.12.1892 in Kassel Hedwig Katz, born 02.02.1872 in Kassel, daughter of Jacob Katz and his wife Betty, née Wertheim. Julius and Hedwig Kaufmann lived in Kassel, Parkstrasse 8. They had two daughters:


+ 90. Martha Kaufmann, born 21.11.1893 in Kassel

+ 91. Frieda Grete Kaufmann, born 05.02.1895 in Kassel


Hedwig Kaufmann was deported on 07.09.1942 from Kassel to Theresienstadt and murdered there on 02.03.1943.


46. Roeschen Therese Kaufmann, born 28.02.1856 in Melsungen. She was married to Jacob Kahn, born 27.06.1845 in Eschwege, son of David Kahn, banker. Roeschen Therese and Jacob Kahn lived in Eschwege Marktplatz 17. Theyhad four children:


+ 92. Elsa Kahn, born 25.09.1876 in Eschwege

93. Gustav Kahn, born 12.06.1878 in Eschwege

+ 94. Sophie Kahn, born 10.02.1884 in Eschwege

+ 95. Alfred Kahn, born 15.05 1895 in Eschwege.

Jacob Kahn died on 18.02.1900 in Eschwege. Roeschen Therese Kahn moved on 15..09.1917 in Eschwege into Die Anlagen 2 and on 01.02.1928 into Friedrich-Wilhelm-Strasse 4. On 06.09.1939 she flet to Amsterdam/Netherlands. She lost the nationality on 25.11.1941. She was arrested in Westerbork and deported from there on 13.07.1943 to Sobibor, where she was murdered on 16.07.1943.



SIXTH GENERATION :


50. Mathilde Amalie Kaufmann, born 26.10.1854 in Melsungen, she was married on 25.08.1874 in Melsungen to Abraham Traugott, born 21.07.1839 in Niedermarsberg-Stadtbergen, son of Samuel Traugott and his wife Goldine, née Dalberg. Abaram Traugott owned a lumbermill, lumber and irontrade. Mathilde/Amalie and Abraham Traugott lived inMarsberg, they had eight children:


+ 96. Sally Traugott, born 16.09.1875 in Marsberg

+ 97. Hermann Traugott, born 23.02.1877 in Marsberg

+ 98. Sophia Traugott, born 03.01.1879 in Marsberg

+ 98. Paula Traugott, born 05.01.1881 in Niedermarsberg

100. Louis Traugott, born 1882 in Marsberg

101. Karl Traugott, born 1885

+ 102. Arthur Traugott, born 06.03.1888 in Niedermarsberg

+ 103. Minna Traugott, born 08.08.1892 in Niedermarsberg.


Abraham Traugott died in 1907. Mathilde Traugott died 06.01.1936 in Niedermarsberg.


51. Johanna Kaufmann, born 07.09.1856 in Melsungen, she was married on 28.10.1879 in Melsungen to Nathan Reifenberg, born in Laubuseschbach, living in Weilburg, son of Salomon Herz Reifenberg and his wife Sanne, née Koenigsburger.


52. Ida Kaufmann, born 14.09.1859 in Melsungen, she was married on 31.12.1884 in Melsungen to David Philippsohn, born 07.12.1857 in Kemnade / Bodenwerden (Hameln), living in Gandersheim, son of Salomon Philippsohn and his wife Therese, née Silzer. David and Ida Philippsohn lived in Gandersheim. They had two sons:


+ 104. Paul Siegfried Philippsohn, born 15.10.1885 in Gandersheim

105. N. N. Philippsohn, born 1888, after war he lived in Argentina.


David Philippsohn moved in 1936 to Frankfurt/Main, first he lived in Holzhausenstrasse 77 and from 21.03.1936. - 02.02.1939 in Henry and Emma Budge-Home for single old persons. On 18.08.1942 he was deported from Frankfurt/Main to Theresienstadt and murdered there on 23.09.1942.


53. Jenny / Selma Kaufmann, born 24.06.1861 in Melsungen, she was married on 29.10.1887 in Melsungen to Hermann Strauss, born 29.06.1857 in Heldenbergen, living in Frankfurt/Main, son of Moses Strauss and his wife Minna née Ballin-Oppenheimer. Jenny/Selma Strauss lived in Frankfurt/Main Malenstrasse 12, she died on 04.09.1941 in Frankfurt/Main, Gagernstrasse 36 (Jewish senior home) by pneumonia, hardening of the arteries and harm of the heart muscle.(Standesamt Frankfurt/Main V, Sterbebuch 1106/1941). She is called a widow, so Hermann Strauss died before her.


54. Bertha Kaufmann, born 31.05.1863 in Melsungen, she was married on 15.08.1886 in Melsungen to David Cohn, born 13.09.1858 in Neustadt Pinne, living in Frankfurt/Main, son of Michael Shmul Cohn and his wife Ernestine née David. Bertha and David Cohn had a son:


+ 106. Siegfried / Fritz Cohn, born 10.06.1888 in Frankfurt/Main


David Cohn died in 1926 in Frankfurt/Main. Bertha Cohn could escape to South Africa.


55. Hermine Kaufmann, born 09.01.1866 in Melsungen, she was married on 12.08.1893 in Melsungen to Moses Max Schweisheimer, born 19.12.1860 in Ederheim near Noerdlingen, living in Frankfurt/Main, son of Wolf Schweisheimer and his wife Minna née Kirchdorfer.


56. Eduard Kaufmann, born 10.02.1868 in Melsungen, merchant. He married on 06.09.1903 in Mannheim Paula Fanny Reiss, born 21.11.1880 in Mannheim. Eduard and Paula Kaufmann lived in Kassel, Sophienstrasse 5 and Hohenzollernstrasse 37. They had two children:


+ 107. Berthold Kaufmann, born 15.06.1904 in Kassel

+ 108. Helene Martha Kaufmann, born 22.01.1906 in Kassel

+ 109. Erna Kaufmann, born 03.07.1912 in Kassel.


Eduard and Paula Kaufmann emigrated to Amsterdam on 09.05.1939. Paula Kaufmann died 25.02.1940 in Amsterdam, Eduard Kaufmann died 08.02.1941 in Amsterdam.


57. Agnes Kaufmann, born 26.05.1873 in Melsungen. She was married on 13.04.1896 to Moritz Dalberg from Niedermarsberg, son of Heinemann Dalberg and his wife Karoline née Schoenheim, merchant. Agnes and Moritz Dalberg had a daughter:


+ 110. Gertrud Dalberg, born 18.09.1903 in Kassel


Agnes Dalberg was deported on 18.08.1942 from Frankfurt/Main to Theresienstadt and murdered there on 06.09.1942. Her grandson Robert Narev / Narewczewitz from New Zealand wrote testimonies for her and other members of his family in Yad Vashem.


62. Amanda Kaufmann, born 11.06.1861 in Melsungen, she was married on 14.03.1882 in Melsungen to Gumpel Gustav Ehrmann, born 28.01.1854 in Altwindermus / Büdingen, living in Frankfurt/Main, son of Ruben Ehrmann and his wife Berle née Hirsch.


71. Emma Kaufmann, born 20.03.1973 in Melsungen, she was married to N. N. Sondheimer. Emma and N.N. Sondheimer lived in Frankfurt/Main. Emma Sondheimer was deported on 18.08.1942 from Frankfurt/Main to Theresienstadt and murdered there on 17.09.1942.


72. Mendel Josef Kaufmann, born 26.10.1860 in Melsungen, merchant. He married Adelheid Mannheimer, born 26.03.1869 in Suhl, daughter of Moses Mannheimer and his wife Regine née Schwarzkopf. Mendel Josef and Adelheid Kaufmann moved to Kassel and lived in Sedanstrasse 4, they had a manufactory shop in Grosse Rosenstrasse 15. They had five children:


+ 111. Cilly Clara Kaufmann, born 07.06.1892 in Kassel

+ 112. Erna Flora Kaufmann, born 28.01.1895 in Kassel

+ 113. Julius Kaufmann, born 06.11.1896 in Kassel

+ 114. Max Kaufmann, born 11.11.1904 in Kassel

+ 115. Hildegard Kaufmann, born 05.08.1906 in Kassel.


Mendel Kaufmann died on 22.07.1933 in Kassel. Adelheid Kaufmann moved to Bremen. She was deported on 23.07.1942 from Bremen to Theresienstadt and murdered there on 21.04.1943.


73. Lenor Kaufmann, born 06.07.1867 in Melsungen, merchant. He married Rosa Nussbaum, born 26.01.1876 in Burghaun. Lenor and Rosa Kaufmann moved to Kassel and lived in Gruener Weg 14. They had two sons:


+ 116. Julius Kaufmann, born 13.04.1902 in Kassel

+ 117. Siegmund Kaufmann, born 25.02.1905 in Kassel.


Lenor and Rosa Kaufmann were deported on 07.09.1942 from Kassel to Theresienstadt. Lenor Kaufmann was murdered there on 21.09.1942, Rosa Kaufmann was deported from Theresienstadt to Treblinka on 29.09.1942.


76. Paula Helene Kaufmann, born 16.08.1868 in Melsungen. She was married to Manuel Ehrlich, born about 1855. They lived in Berlin, Knesenbeckstrasse 33. Paula Helene Ehrlich emigrated to Amsterdam and was deported to Auschwitz, where she was murdered on 13.11.1942. Manuel Ehrlich died in 1933 at the age of 78 years. Their granddaughter Leonie Strohmberger de Riegner lived in Buenos Aires. She wrote a testimony 1971.


77. Clara Kaufmann, born 04.07.1870 in Melsungen, she was married to N. N. Lewisohn. Clara and N. N. Lewisohn lived in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Clara Lewisohn was deported on 25.08.1942 from Berlin to Theresienstadt.


79. Ludwig Kaufmann, born 07.03.1868 in Melsungen, leather merchant. He married Henriette Levi, born 29.05.1871 or 02.06.1877 in Windelen / Hanau. They lived in Kassel, Bahnhofstrasse 6. They had three children:


118. Hermann Kaufmann, born 22.10.1899 in Kassel

119. Ernst Leo Kaufmann, born 31.05.1903 in Kassel

+ 120. Kaethe Kaufmann, born 31.05.1903 in Kassel.


Ludwig Kaufmann died 29.05.1930 in Kassel.

80. Carl Kaufmann, born 29.08.1869 in Melsungen, leather merchant. He married on 04.05.1902 in Mannheim Mathilde Bodenheim, born 28.11.1880 in Mannheim. Carl and Mathilde Kaufmann lived in Kassel Hohenzollernstrasse 5. They had three children:


+ 121. Paul Kaufmann, born 02.05.1903 in Kassel

+ 122. Herta Betti Kaufmann, born 02.03.1906 in Kassel

+ 123. Elisabeth Kaufmann, born 24.07.1914 in Kassel.


Carl Kaufmann died 15.12.1933 in Kassel, Mathilde Kaufmann died 02.04.1938 in Kassel.


81. Julius Kaufmann, born 07.02.1874 in Melsungen. He lived in Kassel and emigrated on 28.08.1938 to London and from there to Buenos Aires / Argentina .


83. Caecilie / Cecilie Kaufmann, born 22.05.1875 in Melsungen, she was married to N. N. Alexander. Caecilie and N. N. Alexander lived in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Caecilie Alexander was deported on 29.02.1940 into the mentel hospital Berlin-Buch and from there on July 1940 into the killing facility (Toetungsanstalt) Brandenburg/Havel where she was murdered..


84. Leo Kaufmann, born 06.06.1877 in Melsungen. He moved to Berlin and lived in Berlin-Schoeneberg. He was deported on 24.09.1942 to Raasiku and murdered there.


86. Isaac Speier, born 17.02.1856 in Melsungen. He married Flora Abt, born 23.10.1873 in Melsungen, daughter of Leyer Abt and his wife Jettchen, née Wertheim. Isaac and Flora Speier lived in Melsungen, Kasseler Strasse 28, where they owned a leather shop. They had a son:


+ 124. Leo Speier, born 26.10.1905 in Melsungen.


Isaac Speier died 11.05.1925 in Melsungen. Flora Speier emigrated on 16.01.1939 to Amsterdam to his son Leo. She was arrested in Westerbork and deported on 18.05.1943 to Sobibor, where she was murdered on 21.05.1943. In 2005 a memorial stone was laid in the Allee der Erinnerung in Sobibor. The history of the Speier family is written in „Die Geschichte des Hauses Kassler Strasse 28“ (judeninnnordhessen.tk or jinh.lima-city.de).


87. Franziska „Frenze“ Kaufmann, born 11.12.1874 in Melsungen. She was married on 10.04.1896 in Kassel to Jacob Julius Wolff, born 06.04.1864 in Sobernheim. son of Ferdinand Wolff and his wife Johanna Auguste, née Weidner. Franziska and Jacob Julius Wolff had a daughter:


+ 125. Erna Wolff, born 28.02.1897 in Frankfurt/Main.


Jacob Julius Wolff was a lawyer in Frankfurt/Main, he died on 09.02.1929 in Frankfurt/Main. Franziska Wolff was deported on 18.08.1942 from Frankfurt/Main to Theresienstadt and murdered there on 03.09.1942. Her grandson Josef Ettlinger wrote a testimony for her.


89. Paula Kaufmann, born 26.06.1879 in Melsungen. She was married on 31.05.1901 to Hugo Jacoby, born 07.12.1869 in Braunsberg / Koenigsberg. He was a pharmacist in Frankfurt/Main. Paula and Hugo Jacoby had two children:

126. Walter Jacoby, born in Frankfurt/Main

+ 127. Lotte Jacoby, born in Frankfurt/Main.


90. Martha Kaufmann, born 21.11.1893 in Kassel, Dr. phil, she lived in Frankfurt/Main, Friedrichstrasse 37, she was married on 11.04.1923 in Kassel to Guido Leopold Schoenberger, born 26.02.1891 in Frankfurt/Main, Dr. phil., art historian, he lived in Frankfurt/Main, Arndtstrasse 17.


91. Frieda Grete Kaufmann, born 05.02.1895 in Kassel, she was married on 07.10.1919 in Kassel to Louis Rosenzweig, born 18.08.1885 in Kassel, son of Traugott Rosenzweig and his wife Henriette, née Eisenberg, deputy factory director, Frieda Grete and Louis Rosenzweig lived in Kassel, Kathaeuserstrasse 5. They had two children:


+ 128. Ernst Traugott Rosenzweig, born 04.10.1922 in Kassel

+ 129. Irmgard Rosenzweig, born 12.11.1925 in Kassel.


Frieda Grete and Louis Rosenzweig emigrated on 15.04.1940 to New York.


92. Elsa Kahn, born 25.09.1876 in Eschwege, she was married on 27.08.1897 in Hannover to Richard Fürstenheim, merchant. In 1939 they lived in Kassel, Grosse Rosenstrasse 24. They emigrated on 05.03.1941 to Montevideo /Uruguay.


94. Sophie Kahn, born10.02.1884 in Eschwege, she was married on 25.03.1904 in Eschwege to Victor Pappenheim, born 15.02.1875 in Eschwege, son of Lazarus Louis Pappenheim and his second wife Emma, née Schierling, industrialist. Sophie and Victor Pappenheim lived in Kassel, Philosophelnweg 47. Victor Pappenheim died on15.06.1923 in Kassel. Sophie Pappenheim emigrated om 05.03.1941 to Montevideo/Uruguay.


95. Alfred Kahn, born 15.05.1895 in Eschwege, He studied chemistry in Munich, took part in WWI, he lived in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Kassel and Hannover. He got married in 1929 in Berlin-Friedenau and emigrated on 28.03.1933 into the Netherlands. He died in Bussum/Netherlands on 09.08.1976.



SEVENTH GENERATION :


96. Sally Traugott, born 16.09.1875 in Marsberg. He married Paula Cohn, born 17.11.1885 in Paderborn, daughter of Isaac and Sarchen Cohn. Sally and Paula Traugott lived in Marsberg, they had three children:


130. Elisabeth Traugott, born 07.05.1908 in Marsberg,

131. Heinz Traugott, born 22.11.1913 in Marsberg, he emigrated 1938 to Manila /

Philippines.

132. Ernst Traugott, born 18.08.1920 in Niedermarsberg.


Sally and Paula Traugott were forced to sell their property in 1939 and emigrated with her daughter Elisabeth in May 1939 to Manila / Philippines. Sally Traugott died in 1942 in Manila. Elisabeth Traugott died a little bit later. Paula Traugott emigrated after war with her sons Heinz and Ernst into the USA. They lived in California. Paula Traugott died on 10.04.1970 in San Francisco, California, USA. Ernst Traugott came in 2003 to visit to Marsberg.


97. Herman Traugott, born 23.02.1877 in Marsberg. He married first Greta Stern, born in Ruethen. Hermann and Greta Traugott had a daughter:


+ 133. Hilde Traugott, born 13.09.1915 in Marsberg

Greta Traugott died in 1915. Hermann Traugott married a second time Erna Stern, born 24.11.1891 in Ruethen, sister of his first wife Greta. Hermann and Erna Traugott had three children:


+ 134. Ilse Traugott, born 17.05.1919 in Kassel

+ 135. Klaus Traugott, born 31.07.1920 in Kassel

+ 136. Lore Traugott, born 14.12.1921 in Kassel.


Hermann Traugott was arrested in Sachsenhausen from 10.11.1938 till the end of November. In Februar 1939 he emigrated into the USA. Erna Traugott emigrated on 14.07.1939 with her children Lore and Klaus into the USA. Hermann Traugott died in 1946 in the USA. Erna Traugott died on 05.03.1974 in Castro Valley, Alameda Country Californis, USA.


98. Paula Traugott, born 03.01.1879 in Marsberg, she was married to Philipp Guttentag, born 30.06.1864 in Hagen, son of Gustav Guttentag and his wife Josefine Friederike née Meyer.


99. Paula Traugott, born 05.01.1881 in Niedermarsberg. She was married to Leopold Kaufmann, born 15.10.1870 in Essen. Leopold and Paula Kaufmann lived in Duisburg. Paula Kaufmann was deported on 25.07.1942 from Duesseldorf to Theresienstadt and murdered there on 22.02.1943.

102. Arthur Traugott, born 06.03.1888, he was Feldwebelleutnant in WWI im 1. bayrischen Feldarttilerieregiment R 6 and died on 12.06.1918. He is buried on the solders‘ cemetery Vauxbuin, Dep. Aisne, France, grave block 1 no. 450.


103. Minna Traugott, born 08.08.1892 in Niedermarsberg, she was married to Rudolf Wertheimer, born 12.02.1877 in Heldenbergen. Minna and Rudolf Wertheimer lived in Offenbach. Minna Wertheimer was deported on 30.09.1942 from Darmstadt to Treblinka and murdered there.

104. Paul Siegfried Philippsohn, born 15.10.1885 in Gandersheim. He married Frieda Rothschild, born 31.05.1893 in Borken (Hessen), daughter of Levi Rothschild and his wife Clara née Jacob. Paul Siegfried and Frieda Philippson had a daughter:


137. Hannelore Philippsohn, born 1924.


Paul Siegfried Philippsohn was deported on 11.06.1942 from Frankfurt to Theresienstadt and murdered there on 20.12.1942. Frieda Philippsohn was deported to Theresienstadt in 1942.


106. Siegfried / Frtiz Cohn, born 10.06.1888 in Frankfurt/Main, he married Else/Elise Ziegenmeyer, born 30.12.1894 in Hildesheim, daughter of Heinrich Ziegenmeyer and his wife Anna née Egermann. Siegfried and Else owned a store of ladies‘ clothing and fur. They had two children:


+ 138. Ellen Cohn, born 19.12.1930 in Frankfurt.

+ 139. Hans / Frank Cohn / Corell, born in Frankfurt/Main


Siegfried Cohn was arrested and briefly held in 1933. He sold the store und the home in 1938 and he escaped from Frankfurt just before „Kristallnacht“ to South Africa.


107. Berthold Kaufmann, born 15.06.1904 in Kassel, Dr. rer,pol,, he studied economics in Hamburg and worked later in Kassel. He emigrated in 1933 into the Netherlands and survived there with his girlfriend Lissy (Frenz/Kammler/Krause-Vilmar: Volksgemeinschaft und Volksfeinde. Kassel 1933-1945. Band 2. Studien. Fuldabrueck 1987. p. 214 f.) After war they lived in Amsterdam.


108. Helene Martha Kaufmann, born 22.01.1906 in Kassel, she was married on 24.02.1934 in Kassel to Fritz Plaut, born 13.04.1905 in Uelzen. Helene Martha and Fritz Plaut had a son:


140. Hugo Josef Plaut, born 28.11.1934 in Kassel.


The familiy emigrated on 19.06.1937 to Buenos Aires / Argentina.


109. Erna Kaufmann, born 03.07.1912 in Kassel, she was a student on the Malwida von Meysenbug-Schule in Kassel (today Heinrich-Schuetz-Schule) and did her Abitur in 1931. She studied medicine till 1934 and left Kassel on 15.09.1934 for Milano/Italy, 15.12.1935 for London and emigrated 25.08.1937 to Palestine and lived in Kfar Ono near Tel Aviv. She was married to N. N. Vogel.


110. Gertrud Dalberg, born 18.09.1903 in Kassel, opera singer. She was married on 21.12.1934 in Nordhausen to Erich Narewczewitz, born 14.01.1893 in Eschwege, son of Nathan and Emma Nerewczewitz, teacher in Eschwege. Gertrud and Erich Narewczewitz had a son:


141. Robert Narewczewitz, born 06.10.1935 in Eschwege.


In 1936 the family moved to Frankfurt/Main. Erich Narewczewitz was a teacher at the Jewish school in Frankfurt/Main. The family was deported on 18.08.1942 from Frankfurt/Main to Theresienstadt (Transport XII/1, Train Da 503, Gertrud`s prisoner number 617). Erich Narewczewitz was murdered there on 16.12.1943. Gertrud and Robert Narewczewitz survided and were taken on 05.02.1945 from Theresienstadt into the Switzerland (Gertrud`s prisoner number 217). They emigrated to Auckland / New Zealand. Robert changed his name into Narev. He took part in a memorial meeting in Eschwege in 1989 and wrote about his youth 2008 in the New Zealand Listener.


111. Cilly Clara Kaufmann, born 07.06.1892 in Kassel. She went to the Kaestnersches Privatlyzeum, then to a private school in Heidelberg an to a business-school in Kassel. After school she worked for some estate agents, before she became an independant commercial agent. She was married to Heinrich Mueller. a protestant, who died on 28.09.1928. They had a house in Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe, Schlossteichstrasse, which she was forced to sell in 1939 (cotract from 02.10.1939). Cilly Clara Mueller moved to Berlin ad was deported on 19.02.1943 from Berlin to Auschwitz.


112. Erna Flora Kaufmann, born 28.01.1895 in Kassel, she was married in Kassel on 18.01.1918 to Richard Victor Danielewicz, born 28.09.1879 in Berlin, dentist, son of Michaelis Danielewicz and his wife Henriette, née Nehab. In 1926 they changed their surname into Dahn. Erna Flora and Richard Victor Danielewicz had a son:


+ 142. Hans Danielewicz, born 02.01.1919 in Kassel

+ 143. Lotte Danielewicz, born 1920 in Kassel.

Richard Victor Dahn died on 23.04.1964 in Frankfurt/Main. Erna Flora Dahn died on 21.11.1972 in Frankfurt/Main. You will find more about the family inEli‘s Family tree Kaufmann p.18, no.35.

113. Julius Kaufmann, born 06.11.1896 in Kassel. He married Lilli Wachenheimer. Julius and Lilli Kaufmann had three children:


+ 144. Edith Kaufmann

+ 145. Gerhard Kaufmann

+ 146. Hanne Kaufmann.


Julius and Lilli Kaufmann emigrated to Palestine.


114. Max Kaufmann, born 11.11.1904 in Kassel, he emigrated to Belgium, he survived camps and lived after liberation in Opglabeek / Belgium.

115. Hildegard Kaufmann, born 05.08.1906 in Kassel. She moved on 01.06.1938 to Bremen and was deported from Hannover on 23.07.1942 to Theresienstadt and from there on 15.05.1944 ro Auschwitz.


116. Julius Kaufmann, born 13.04.1902 in Kassel. He emigrated to Sao Paulo on 01.03.1924.


117. Siegmund Kaufmann, born 25.02.1905 in Kassel. He emigrated to London on 27.03.1939.


120. Kaethe Kaufmann, born 31.05.1903 in Kassel. She was married on19.04.1927 to Adolf Lob Lustig, born 12.04.1892 in Fechenbach / Marktheidenfeld. He was Dr. jur, laweyer and lived in Munich, Prielnayerstrasse 20.


121. Paul Kaufmann, born 02.05.1903 in Kassel, he emigrated on 01.05.1936 to Amsterdam and lived after war in Amsterdam.


122. Herta Betti Kaufmann, born 02.03.1906 in Kassel, she moved on 13.07.1933 to London and emigrated on 20.10.1936 to England. She survived and lived after war in England.


123. Elisabeth Kaufmann, born 24.07.1914 in Kassel, she emigrated on 15.04.1935 to Bournmouth England. She was married to N. N. Halter. They lived after war in England.


124. Leo Speier, born 26.10.1905 in Melsungen, he emigrated into the Netherlands. He married Nanethe Leefsma, born 01.04.1911 in Henglo, Netherlands, daughter of Heiman and Sara Leefsma. Leo and Nanethe Speier had a son:


147. Isaac Alfred Speier, born 22.12.1935 in Amsterdam.


The family was deported to Auischwitz and murdered there on 11.02.1944.


125. Erna Wolff, born 28.02.1897 in Frankfurt/Main. She was married to Dr. Friedrich / Fritz Shlomo Ettlinger, born 18.02.1889 in Frankfurt/Main. Erna and Fritz Ettlinger had four children:


148. Otto Ettlinger

149. Hanna Ettlinger

150. Rudolf Ettlinger

151. Karl Ettlinger.


127. Lotte Jacoby, born in Frankfurt/Main, she was married to Dr. Bruno Faerst oder Fuerst.


128. Ernst Traugott Rosenzweig, born 04.10.1922 in Kassel, his parents sent him in 1936 to a bording school in Switzerland and in 1938 to England. On 25.02.1947 he emigrated into the USA and worked there as gardener and groundskeeper. He was a single and died on 04.01.2011.

(https://archives.cjh.org Center for Jewish History, Leo Baeck Institute)


129. Irmgard Rosenzweig, born 12.11.1925 in Kassel. Her parents sent her on 02.03.1939 to England. Later she emigrated into the USA. On 01.06.1952 she was married to Morris Wessel. Irmgard and Morris Wessel had a son:


152. David Wessel.


Irmgard Wessel died in 2014.

(https://archives.cjh.org)



EIGHTH GENERATION :


133. Hildegard Traugott, born13,09.1915 in Marsberg, she was a student on the Malwida von Meysenbug-Schule in Kassel (today Heinrich-Schütz-Schule) and did her abitur in 1934. Then she emigrated into the USA. She was married to N. N. Waletzky.


134. Ilse Traugott, born 17.05.1919 in Kassel, she was a student on the Malwida von Meysenbug-Schule in Kassel from April 1933 till 01.10.1935 and changed to an arts and crafts college. She emigrated to England and from there into the USA.


135. Klaus Traugott, born 31.07.1920 in Kassel. He finished school in Marsberg in 1936 and moved to a private highschool in Florence/Italy. On 14.07.1939 he emigrated with his mother and his sister Lore into the USA.


136. Lore (Lisa Ellen) Traugott, born 14.12.1921 in Kassel. She finished school in Marsberg in 1937, then she went to the Philanthropin in Frankfurt till the school was closed at the end of 1938. on 14.07.1939 she emigrated with her mother and her brother Klaus into the USA.


138. Ellen Cohn, born 19.12.1930 in Frankfurt/Main, she escaped with a Kindertransport (Quaeker) to England on 10.08.1939. She was married to N. N. Lehner. Ellen and N. N. Lehner lived in the USA. Ellen Lehner died in 2020.


139. Hans / Frank Cohn / Corell, born in Frankfurt/Main. He lived in the USA. He died in 2020.


142. Hans Danielewicz, born 02.01.1919 in Kassel, He changed his surname into Dahn. He married first Alice Winkler. Hans and Alice Dahn had a son:


153. Michael Dahn, born 11.03.1960 in Basel.


Hans Dahn married a second time Elisabeth Gayes Franet. Hans and Elisabeth had a daughter :

154. Natalie Dahn.

Hans Dahn died in 2020 at the age of 101 years.


143. Lotte Danielewicz, born 27.10.1920 in Kassel, she was married to M. Ernst Noam (Nussbaum), born 08.05.1908 in Hanau. Lotte and Ernst Noam had two sons:


+ 155. Eli Noam, born 22.08.1946 in Jerusalem

+ 156. Gil Noam, born 25.04.1950 in Tel Aviv.


Lotte Noam lived in St. Lègier, Switzerland. In 2020 she celebrated her 100th birthday.


144. Edith Kaufmann, she was married first to Holger Winding. Edith and Holger Winding had a daughter:


+ 157. Susanne Winding, born 10.03.1947.

Edith Winding Kaufmann was married a second time to Peter Thorsen. Edith and Peter Thorsen had two sons:


158. Rasmus Thorsen, born 11.07.1965

159. Jens Jacob Thorsen.


145. Gerhard Kaufmann, he married Lilian Rosenstock. Gerhard and Lilian Kaufmann had two sons:


160. Per Thomas Kaufmann

161. Jorgen Michael Kaufmann.


146. Hanne Kaufmann, she was married to Paul Scimitis / Schmits. Hanne and Paul Scimitis / Schmits had a daughter:


162. Anita Schmits.



NINETH GENERATION :


155. Eli Noam, born22.08.1946 in Jerusalem, he married Nadine Strossen. Eli Noam was a student at the Odenwald-School in Heppenheim, later he studied at the Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and became 1976 professor at the Columbia University in New York. In 2008 Noam Eli and in 2010 he and Nadine Strossen came to visit Melsungen.


156. Gil Noam, born 25.04.1950 in Tel Aviv, he married Maryann Wolf.






















Sources:


www.lagis-hessen.de Jewish Gravesites

Hessian Vital Records


www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch


https://www,yadvashem.org The Central Database of Shoa Victims´Names


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

Kassel 2006 (Manuskript).


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


Karl Kollmann / York-Egbert Koenig: Namen und Schicksale der juedischen Opfer des

Nationalsozialismus aus Eschwege. Ein Gedenkbuch. Frankfurt am Main 2012.


Gudrun Banke: Auf den Spuren der Marsberger Juden. Ein Erinnerungsbuch. Band 1.

Marsberg 2007.


Dietrich Heither, Wolfgang Mattaeus, Bernd Pieper: Als juedische Schuelerin entlassen.

Erinnerungen und Dokuemnte zur Geschiche der Heinrich-Schuetz- Schule in Kassel.

Kassel 1984.


Information from Christopher Kuehn, Cutchogue, NY, USA and Eli Noam, New York, USA.




Reseached and compiled by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen, January 2021

(based on researches from 2009)