The Rothschild Family from Waltersbrück
(Ancestors of David Westheim)
F I R S T G E N E R A T I O N :
1. Pinchas, he had a son:
+ 2. Simon (Rothschild)
S E C O N D G E N R A T I O N :
2. Simon Rothschild, he married Ernestine / Beschen. Simon and Ernestine / Beschen Rothschild had three children:
+ 3. Seligmann Rothschild, born about 1775 in Waltersbrück
+ 4. Rechel Rothschild, born in Waltersbrück
+ 5. Briewe Rothschild, born about 1792 in Waltersbrück
+ 6. Moses Rothschild, born about 1798 or 1800 in Waltersbrück.
Simon Rothschild died on 22.09.1811 in Waltersbrück. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 28.
T H I R D G E N E R A T I O N :
3. Seligmann Rothschild, born about 1776 in Waltersbrück. He married Derz Gutheim, born about 1790 in Ungedanken, daughter of Levi (Jehuda, Loew, Leib) Gutheim and his wife Hale, née Zacharias. Seligmann and Derz Rothschild had five children:
+ 6a. Rahel / Reichel Rothschild, born 21.10.1810 or 04.09.1811 in Waltersbrück
+ 7. Simon Rothschild, born in June 1813 in Waltersbrück
+ 8. Isaak Rothschild, born 25.12.1816 in Waltersbrück
+ 9. Heinemann Rothschild, born 27.11.1824 in Waltersbrück
10. Leib Levi Rothschild, born 24.03.1832 in Waltersbrück.
Seligmann Rothschild died on 07.09.1837 in Waltersbrück, he in buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 108. Derz Rothschild died on 18.08.1869 in Waltersbrück. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no.142.
4. Rechel Rothschild, she was married to Mendel (Menachem Jakob) Loew Stern, born September 1766 in Neustadt, son of Loew /Arije Daniel and his wife Sarchen. She was his second wife. Mendel Loew Stern married first in 1794 the widow Hennel Ella, born Moses, widow of Noah Salomon. Rechel and Mendel Loew Stern had seven children:
+ 11. Ettel Stern, born 1805/06 or 1810 in Neustadt
12. Loeb Stern, born 15.09.1811 in Neustadt
13.Githa Stern, born1814 in Neustadt
+ 14. Betti / Bela Stern, born 15.07.1815 in Neustadt
15. Esther Stern, born 1818 in Neustadt
16. Vogel Stern, born 1821 in Neustadt
17. Kaechel Stern, born 1822 in Neustadt.
5. Briewe Rothschild, born about 1792 in Waltersbrück, she was married to Mendel Loew Stern. She was his third wife after her sister Rechel died (about 1822). Briewe and Mendel Stern had six children:
18. Simon Stern, born 15.01.1824 in Neustadt
19. Sara Stern
20. Daniel Stern, born 28.02.1826 in Neustadt
21. Hanchen Stern, born 23.03.1828 in Neustadt
22. Hirsch Stern, born 07.01.1830 in Neustadt
23. Fradchen Stern, born 12.05.1832 in Neustadt.
Mendel Stern died on 09.10.1840 in Neustadt, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Neustadt, grave no. 6. Briewe Rothschild died on 10.11.1852 in Neustadt at the age of 60 years.
6. Moses Rothschild, born about 1798 or 1800 in Waltersbrück. He married first on 17.03.1835 in Waltersbrück Sara Heinemann, from Oberurff, 26 years old, born about 1799, daughter of Joseph and Scheine Heinemann. Moses and Sara Rothschild had a son:
24. Simon Rothschild, born 23.03.1836 in Waltersbrück.
Sara Rothschild died on 13.04.1838 in Waltersbrück. Moses Rothschild married a second time on 23.10.1838 in Waltersbrück Ranchen Jacob from Freilingen, 26 years old, born about 1802, daughter of Meier Jacob and his wife Klara, née Wallach. Moses and Ranchen Rothschild had five children:
+ 25. Meier Rothschild, born 21.12.1839 in Waltersbrück
26. Beschen Rothschild, born 26.05.1842 in Waltersbrück
27. Klara Rothschild, born 19.03.1845 in Waltersbrück
28. Seligmann Rothschild, born 14.06.1846 in Waltersbrück
29. Giedel Rothschild, born 16.07.1849 in Waltersbrück.
Moses Rothschild died on 26.10.1875 in Waltersbrück, he in buried in the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 192. Ranchen Rothschild died on 16.02.1880 in Waltersbrück, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhaus, grave no. 242.
F O U R T H G E N E R A T I O N :
6a. Rahel / Reichel Rothschild, born 21.01.1810 or 04.09.1811 in Waltersbrück. She was married to Liebmann / Elieser Speier, born 23.04.1804 in Roehrenfurth, son of Seligmann Speier and his wife Gidel, née Joseph. Rahel / Reichel Speier died on 26.08.1840 in Roehrenfurth, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Beisefoerth, grave no.141. Liebmann / Elieser Speier died on 21.10.1872 in Roehrenfurth.
7. Simon Rothschild, born in June 1813 in Waltersbrück. He married on 15.11.1842 in Neustadt Gelle / Karoline Blumenfeld, born 1820 im Momberg, daughter of Moses Blumenfeld and his wife Gietel, née Loeb Katz. Simon and Gelle Rothschild had ten children:
+ 30. Seligmann Rothschild, born 09.09.1843 in Waltersbrück
31. Abraham Rothschild, born 22.12.1844 in Waltersbrück
32. Levi Rothschild, born 23.08.1846 in Waltersbrück
33. Isaak Rothschild, born 16.01.1850 in Waltersbrück
34. Gitel Rothschild, born 07.01.1852 in Waltersbrück
35. Beschen Rothschild, born 22.06.1853 in Waltersbrück
+ 36. Gerson Rothschild, born 01.05.1855 in Waltersbrück
+ 37. Malchen / Hannchen Rothschild, born 03.03.1857 in Waltersbrück
+ 37a. Sara Rothschild, born 06.01.1859 or 03.01.1860 in Waltersbrück
+ 38. Meier Rothschild, born 09.05.1861 in Waltersbrück.
Gelle Rothschild died on 03.12.1887 in Waltersbrück, she in buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 266. Simon Rothschild died on 21.07.1895 in Waltersbrück, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 207.
8. Isaak Rothschild, born 25.12.1816 in Waltersbrück. He married on 18.05.1848 Hannchen Schirling, born 1825 in Mardorf, daughter of Viktor Schirling and his wife Gidchen, née Rothschild (born 1788 in Waltersbrück). Isaak and Hannchen Rothschild lived in Waltersbrück, house no. 43, they had four children:
+ 39. Seligmann Rothschild, born 04.10.1848 in Waltersbrück
40. Abraham Rothschild, born 10.04.1851 in Waltersbrück
41. Halchen Rothschild, born 30.03.1853 in Waltersbrück
42. Eva Rothschild, brn 22.01.1855 in Waltersbrück.
Hannchen Rothschild died on 03.05.1889 in Waltersbrück, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 314, Isaak Rothschild died on 28.09.1895 in Waltersbrück. He is bureid on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 208.
9. Heinemann Rothschild, born 27.11.1824 in Waltersbrück. He married first Karoline Isenberg. Heinemann and Karoline Rothschild had a daughter:
43. Karoline Rothschild, born 19.07.1854 in Waltersbrück.
Karoline Rothschild died on 23.07.1854 in Waltersbrück. Heinemann Rothschild married a second time Minna Blumenfeld, born 25.01.1831 in Kirchhain, daughter of Meier Blumenfeld and his wife Betty, née Oppenheimer. Heinemann and Minna Rothschild had four children:
44. Seligmann Rothschild, born 13.01.1856 in Waltersbrück
45. Abraham Rothschild, born 29.11.1857 in Waltersbrück
46. Levi Rothschild, born 05.09.1859 in Waltersbrück
47. Farchen / Minna Rothschild, born 15.04.1861 in Waltersbrück.
Minna Rothschild, died on 19.05.1861 in Waltersbrück. Heinemann Rothschild married a third time on 02.06.1862 Guetel Blumenfeld, born 19.05.1838 in Kirchhain, daughter of Meier Blumenfeld and his wife Betty. née Oppenheimer. Heinemann and Guetel Rothschild had three children:
48. Betti Rothschild, born 14.10.1863 in Waltersbrück
49. Simon Rothschild, born 21.04.1865 in Waltersbrück
50. Marlies Rothschild, born 06.08.1873 in Waltersbrück.
Heinemann Rothschild died on 22.03.1892 in Waltersbrück, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 330.
11. Ettel Stern, born 1805/06 or 1810 in Neustadt, she was married on 07.01.1829 in Neustadt to Mendel Goldschmidt, born 09.09.1800 in Stadtlengsfeld, son of Suessel Goldschmidt and his wife Schoenchen, née Samuel. Mendel Goldschmidt died on 03.09.1869 in Neustadt, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Neustadt, grave no. 22.
14. Betti / Bela Stern, born 15.07.1815 in Neustadt. She was married on 16.03.1835 in Neustadt to Isaak Lilienfeld, born 29.01.1810 in Neustadt, son of Hirsch Lilienfeld and his wife Sara, née Katz. Isaak Lilienfeld died on 10.04.1847 in Neustadt. Betti / Bela Lilienfeld died on 31.10.1880 in Neustadt, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Neustadt, grave no. 52
25. Meier Rothschild, born 21.12.1839 in Waltersbrück, he married on 02.02.1870 in Waltersbrück Brendel / Bertha Alexander, bonrn 19.09.1844 in Waltersbrück, daughter of Suesskind Alexander and his wife Hendel, née Herzberg. Meier and Brendel / Bertha Rothschild lived in Waltersbrück, house no. 30. They had eight children:
51. Siemon Rothschild, born 19.11.1870 in Waltersbrück
52. Seligmann Rothschild, born 08.01.1873 in Waltersbrück
52a. Glara Rothschild, born 09.09.1875 in Waltersbrueck
53. Moses Rothschild, born 24.09.1879 in Waltersbrück
54. Siegmund Rothschild, born 30.01.1882 in Waltersbrück
55. Rosalie Rothschild, born 13.09.1884 in Waltersbrück
56. Felix Rothschild, born 01.10.1886 in Waltersbrück
57. Betty Rothschild, born 16.02.1888 in Waltersbrück.
Meier Rothschild died on 12.03.1900 in Waltersbrück, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 234.
F I F T H G E N E R A T I O N :
30. Seligmann Rothschild, born 09.09.1843 in Waltersbrück. He married first on 07.11.1871 in Waltersbrück Gelle / Karoline Rosenberg, born 10.11.1853 in Rosenthal, daughter of Jakob Rosenberg and his wife Betty, née Kaschmann. Seligmann und Gelle / Karoline Rothschild had two sons:
58. Seligmann Rothschild, born 18.01.1874 in Waltersbrück
59. Emiel Rothschild, born 27.04.1875 in Waltersbrück.
Gelle / Karoline Rothschild died on 26.08.1876 in Waltershausen, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 185. Seligmann Rothschild married a second time on 09.01.1878 in Waltersbrück Emma Rothschild, born 28.08.1848 in Angenroth, daughter of Moses Rothschild and his wif Caroline, née Baum. Seligmann and Emma Rothschild had two sons:
60. Leopold Rothschild, born 20.03.1880 in Waltersbrück
61. Hugo Rothschild, born 05.07.1882 in Waltersbrück.
Seligmann Rothschild died on 25.08.1884 in Waltersbrück, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 254. Emma Rothschild died on 02.03.1926 in Dinslaken.
36. Gerson Rothschild, born 01.05.1855 in Waltersbrück. He married on 13.09.1881 in Waltersbrück Fanny Kugelmann, born 11.09.1857 in Wohra, daughter of Joseph Kugelmann and his wife Mala, née Katten. Gerson and Fanny Rothschild had eight children:
+ 62. Siegmund Rothschild, born 04.03.1884 in Waltersbrück
+ 63. Kaethe Rothschild, born 05.06.1885 in Waltersbrück
+ 64. Max Rothschild, born 22.11.1886 in Waltersbrück
+ 65. Auguste / Guste Rothschild, born 11.09.1888 in Waltersbrück
+ 66. Jenny / Johannette Rothschild, born 13.02.1890 in Waltersbrück
+ 67. Klara Rothschild, born 15.07.1891 in Waltersbrück
+ 68. Rosa Rothschild, born 16.05.1893 in Zimmersrode
+ 69. Amalie / Mally Rothschild, born 26.04.1901 in Zimmersrode.
Gerson Rothschild died on 17.04.1930 in Waltersbrück, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 366. Fanny / Frommet Rothschild moved to Fulda and emigrated on 06.03.19139 into the Netherlands and lived in Almelo. She was arrested till 09.05.1943 in Vught-Hertogenbosch and deported on 09.05.1943 from Westerbork to Sobibor, where she was murdered on 14.05.1943.
37. Malchen / Hannchen Rothschild, born 03.03.1857 in Waltersbrück. She was marrried on 21.05.1878 in Beisefoerth to Daniel Rosenblatt, born 20.12.1851 in Beisefoerth, son of Feist Rosenblatt and his wife Minna née Heilbrunn. Malchen and Daniel Rosenblatt lived first in Beisefoerth, then in Zimmersrode. Malchen Rosenblatt died on 11.01.1923 in Zimmersrode, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 305. Daniel Rosenblatt died on 05.04.1940 in Zimmersrode, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 306.
37a. Sara Rothschild, born 06.01.1859 or 03.01.1860 in Waltersbrück. She was married on 26.12.1883 to Moses Adler from Meimbressen, born 25.05.1850 in Daseburg, son of Selig Adler and his wife Amalia née Winkler.
38. Meyer Rothschild, born 09.05.1861 in Waltersbrück. He was a teacher at the Jewish elementary school in Hoof and Breitenbach. He married Bertha Lorge. Meyer and Bertha Rothschild lived in Hoof, they had five children:
70. Berthold Rothschild, born 05.12.1889 in Hoof
+ 71. Theodor Rothschild, born 16.03.1891 in Hoof
72. Gertrud Rothschild, born 29.03.1893 in Hoof
73. Siegfried Friedrich Rothschild, born 11.09.1895 in Hoof
+ 74. Anna Rothschild, born 10.03.1900 in Hoof.
39. Seligmann Rothschild, born 04.10.1848 in Waltersbrück, he married on 26.10.1880 in Waltersbrück Hanchen / Johanna Katzenstein, born 13.05.1858 in Frankenau, daughter of Heinemann Katzenstein and his wife Sarchen, née Marx. Seligmann and Hanchen Rothschild lived in Waltersbrück, house no. 43. They had nine children:
+ 75 Dina / Antonia Rothschild, born 14.05.1881 in Waltersbrück
+ 76. Markus Rothschild, born 24.12.1882 in Waltersbrück
+ 77. Auguste Rothschild, born 28.08.1884 in Waltersbrück
78. Jettchen Rothschild, born 15.04.1886 in Waltersbrück, she died on 13.02.1887.
79. Betti Rothschild, born 31.05.1887 in Waltersbrück, she died on 20.04.1888.
80. Viktor Friedrich Rothschild, born 29.10.1888 in Waltersbrück, he died on 09.02.1889.
81. Frieda Rothschild, born 04.07.1892 in Waltersbrück
82. Therese / Rosel Rothschild, born 11.11.1889 in Waltersbrück
83. Emma Rothschild, born 27.06.1898 in Waltersbrück.
Seligmann Rothschild died on 17.04.1925 in Waltersbrück, Hanchen / Johanna Rothschild died on 20.04.1932 in Waltersbrück, both are buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen. grave no. 361.
S I X T H G E N E R A T I O N :
62. Siegmund Rothschild, born 04.03.1884 in Waltersbrück. He was Dr. phil and was a teacher at the Philantropin in Frankfurt/Main from 1911 till 1938. He married Elise Block, born 04.04.1892 in Ratibor. Siegmund and Elise Rothschild lived in Frankfurt Oederweg 7 and Eschenheimer Anlage 31. They had two sons:
+ 84. Ernest Rothschild, born 01.03.1922 in Frankfurt/Main
+ 84 a. Werner Rothschild, born 12.01.1928 in Frankfurt/Main
Siegmund Rothschild was arrested on 09.11.1938 and deported to Buchenwald. He emigrated in 1939 with his family to England and from there into the USA. Siegmund Rothschild died on 02.10.1952 in New York. Elise Rothschild wrote a lot of testimonies in Yad Vashem for family members. She died in 1992 or 1994 in New York.
63. Kaethe Rothschild, born 05.06.1885 in Waltersbrück. She was married to Adolf Hirschberg, born 06.07.1889 in Zwesten. Kaethe and Adolf Hirschberg lived since 1917 in Kassel, Graben 23, since 01.07. 1929 in Entengasse 13. They had a son:
+ 85. Ludwig Hirschberg, born 01.02.1920 in Kassel.
Kaethe and Adolf Hirschberg were deported on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga. Adolf Hirschberg was murdered there on 24.08.1943.
64. Max Rothschild, born 22.11.1886 in Waltersbrück. He married Johanna Katz, born 01.05.1892 in Neuenhain. Max and Johanna Rothschild lived in Zimersrode. They had three sons:
86. Erich Rothschild, born 13.05.1921 in Zimmersrode, he died on 26.06.1939 in Argentina.
87. Richard Rothschild, born 24.10.1922 in Zimmersrode, he died in 2012 in Argentina.
88. Fritz Simon Rothschild, born 26.03.1929 in Zimmersrode.
Max Rothschild was the head of the Jewish community of Zimmersrode. The family moved in the late 30th to Kassel and emigrated from there on 26.04.1939 to Buenos Aires / Argentina. Max Rothschild died on 14.01.1962 in Argentina.
65. Auguste Rothschild, born 11.09.1888 in Waltersbrück, she was married to Wolf Feldheim, born 04.04.1875 in Grudziadz, Kujawsko-Pomorski, Poland. Auguste and Wolf Feldheim lived in Fulda, Heinrichstrasse 48. They had two children:
+ 89. Bruno Feldheim, born 12.11.1921
+ 90. Selma / Zelma Feldheim, born in Fulda.
Wolf Feldheim died and Auguste Feldheim is called in a testimony written by her stepson Aharon Feldheim from Israel „housewife and widow“. Auguste Feldheim was deported on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga.
66. Jenny / Johannette / Jeanette Rothschild, born 13.02.1890 in Waltersbrück. She was married in 1923 in Zimmersrode to Salomon Abraham, born 14.08.1891 in Duerboslar /Rhineland, son of Markus Abraham and his wife Yetta née Hirtz. Jeanette and Salomon Abraham lived in Zimmersrode, they had two children:
+ 91. Walter Abraham, born 13.09.1921 im Zimmersrode
+ 92. Greta / Herta Abraham, born 26.08.1928 in Zimmersrode.
The family lived from 11.04.1939 in Kassel Zentgrafenstrsse 5 ½ Jeanette and Salomon Abraham were arrested with their daughter Greta on 20.05.1940 in the camp Wartekuppe in Kassel and deported on 09.12.1941 to Riga.
67. Clara Rothschild, born 15.07.1891 in Waltersbrück. She wa married on 02.11.1921 in Zimmersrode to Moritz Katz, born 04.11.1894 in Neuenhain, son of Jacob Katz and his wife Karoline née Rosenblatt. Clara and Moritz had three children:
+ 93. Otto Katz, born 25.09.1922 in Neuenhain
94. Harold / Hal Katz, born 16.10.1924 in Neuenhain
95. Ilse Katz, born 19.05.1928 in Kassel.
The family moved 1930 to Borken and emigrated 1939 into the USA. Clara Katz died on 01.10.1972 in New York City, Moritz Katz died on 05.02.1967 in New York City.
68. Rosa Rothschild, born 16.05.1893 in Zimmersrode. She emigrated into the Netherlands and was married there to Meyer Franken, born 16.03.1873 in Haaksbergen, Overjissel, Netherlands. Rosa and Meyer Franken lived in Almelo, Wierdensestraat 119. They had a son:
96. Gerson Franken, born 23.04.1936 in Almelo.
The family was deported on 11.05.1943 from Westerbork to Sobibor and murdered ther on 14.05.1943.
69. Amalie / Mally Rothschild, born 26.04.1901 in Zimmersrode. She was married to Jakob Stiefel, born 19.01.1893 in Ziegenhain. Amalie and Jakob Stiefel had three children:
97. Werner Stiefel, born 25.02.1924 in Duesseldorf
98. Eva Stiefel, born 03.04.1937 in Kassel
99. Gerhard Stiefel, born 26.04.1938 in Kassel.
The family was deported on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga. Jakob Stiefel was murdered in Riga-Salaspils in 1942. Amalie Stiefel was deported with her children Eva and Gerhard on 05.11.1943 from Riga to Auschwitz and murdered there. Werner Stiefel in considered lost.
71. Theodor Rothschild, born 16.03.1891 in Hoof, he was a dentist (Dr. med. dent) in Kassel. He married on 17.07.1918 in Kassel Bettina Schiff, born 25.02.1893 in Gladenbach, daughter od Isaak Schiff and his wife Dora née Strauss. Theodor and Bettina Rothschild had a daughter:
100. Doris Rothschild, born 06.02.1920 in Kassel.
The family emigrated on 14.05.1934 to Monte Carlo.
74. Anna Rothschild, born 10.03.1900 in Hoof, she was married on 26.02.1921 to Julius Hamberg from Volkmarsen.
75. Dina / Antonia Rothschild, born 14.05.1891 in Waltersbrück. She was married on 16.11.1906 in Waltersbrück to Albert Pfifferling, born 02.05.1876 in Datterode, son of Baruch Pfifferling and his wife Henriette, née Burghardt. Dina/Antonia/Toni and Albert Pfifferling lived in Datterode Hintergasse (today Brunnenstrasse 24). They had four children:
+ 101. Julius Pfifferling born 17.10.1907 in Datterode
+102. Hilde Pfifferling, born 11.11.1910 in Datterode
+ 103. Ilse Pfifferling, born in Datterode
104. Ernst Pfifferling, born 08.01.1914 in Datterode.
Albert Pfifferling died in March 1933 in Datterode. Antonia Pfifferling followed her daughters and emigrated 1939 into Switzerland and flet with her to Argentina.
76. Markus Rothschild, born 24.12.1882 in Waltersbrück. He married on 20.01.1920 in Niederklein Hilda Stern, born 12.02.1892 in Niederklein, daughter of Moses Stern and his wife Bertha née Buxbaum. Markus and Hilda Rothschild lived in Waltersbrück, house no. 43. They emigrated into the USA and lived in Bronx, New York.
77. Auguste Rothschild, born 28.08.1884 in Waltersbrück, she was married on 26.05.1911 in Waltersbrück to Joseph Nussbaum, born 24.12.1882 in Neumorschen, son of Isaak Nussbaum and his wife Peschen née Oppenheim. Auguste and Joseph Nussbaum had two daughters:
105. Irma Nussbaum, born 02.04.1912 in Neumorschen
+ 106. Hedwig / Hedy Nussbaum, born 01.12.1915 in Neumorschen.
Joseph Nussbaum died on 28.12.1934 by a road accident. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no. 42. Auguste Nussbaum emigrated with her daughters in 1936 into the Netherlands and from there in 1938 into the USA.
S E V E N T H G E N R A T I O N :
84. Ernst Rothschild, born 01.03.1922 in Frankfurt/Main. He emigrated with his parents and borther Werner 1939 to England and 1940 from there into the USA. He married Margot Ochs. Ernst and Margot Rothschild lived in New York, they had a son:
107. Alex Rothschild
Ernst Rothschild died 11.12.2011.
84a. Werner Rothschild, born 12.01.1928 in Frankfurt/Main. He emigrated with his parents and his brother Ernst 1939 to England and from there into the USA. He married Audrie, born 18.09.1929. Werner and Audrie Rothschild have three children:
108. Amy Rothschild, married Manheim
109. Dori Rothschild, married Fishbin
110. Gary Rothschild
Werner and Audrie Rothschild came to visit to Frankfurt in 2004. Audrie Rothschild died 05.09.2016. Werner Rothschild came in 2019 again to Frankfurt with his three children.
85. Ludwig Hirschberg, born 01.02.1920 in Kassel, he was deported with his parents on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga and from there to Natzweiler, where he died on 24.12.1944.
89. Bruno Feldheim, born 12.11.1921. He married Joan N.N. Bruno and Joan Feldheim had four children:
111. Orly Feldheim
112. Naomi Feldheim
113. Yael Feldheim
114. Female, died younger than four years between 1965 – 1969.
Bruno Feldheim died 16.09.2016 in Belgium.
90. Selma / Zelma Feldheim, she was married to N.N. Heisler / Hizler. She wrote a testimony for her mother Auguste Feldheim.
91. Walter Abraham, born 13.09.1921 in Zimmersrode. He lived in Kassel, Berlin-Wilmersdorf and Heidelberg. He was deported on 07.03.1943 from Stuttgart to Auschwitz.
92. Greta / Herta Abraham, born 26.08.1928 in Zimmersrode. She lived with her parents from 11.04.1939 in Kassel Zentgrafenstrasse 5 ½. She was arrested on 20.05.1940 in the camp Wartekuppe in Kassel and deported on 09.12.1941 with her parents to Riga. On 01.10.1944 she was deported from there to Stutthof.
93. Otto Katz, born 25.09.1922 in Neuenhain. He married about 1946 Edith Alexander, born 05.10.1923 in Rehlingen, Saarlouis. Otto and Edith Katz had two children:
115. Steven Katz
116. Judy Katz.
Edith Katz died before 12.08.2011, Otto Katz died on 10.02.2017 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York.
101. Julius Pfifferling, born 17.10.1907 in Datterode. In November 1938 he emigrated to Bologne /France) and from there to Santiago de Chile. He had a son:
+ 117. Alberto Pfifferling.
102. Hilde Pfifferling, born 11.11.1910 in Datterode. She followed her sister Ilse and emigrated on 28.12.1935 into Switzerland. And flet later to Argentina.
103. Ilse Pfifferling, born 14.11.1912 in Datterode. She emigrated on 04.09.1934 into Switzerland Later she flet to Argentina and was married to Alfred(o) Katzenstein. Hilde and Alfredo Katzenstein had a son:
+ 118. Marcello Katzenstein, born 14.08.1945 in Argentina.
Alfredo Katzenstein died on 22.09.1977 in Argentina, Ilse Katzenstein died on 05.11.1977 in Argentina.
106. Hedwig / Hedy Nussbaum, born 01.12.1915 in Neumorschen, she emigrated with her mother and her sister in 1936 into the Netherlands and from there in 1938 into the USA. She was married in 1940 to Benno Westheim, born 11.09.1909 in Abterode, son of David Westheim and his wife Dina née Spangenthal. Hedy and Benno Westheim had three sons:
119. Jerry Westheim, born 13.09.1941
120. David Westheim, born 25.03.1950
121. Alan Westheim, born 05.11.1956.
Hedy Westheim died on 29.05.1962 at the age of 46 years.
E I G H T H G E N E R A T I O N :
117. Alberto Pfifferling, he lived in Chile, he had a son:
+122. Gonzalo Pfifferling.
118. Marcello Katzenstein, born 14.08.1945 in Argentina. He had four children:
123. Marianna Katzenstein
124. Alfredo Katzenstein
125. Mauro Katzenstein
126. Edith Yael Katzenstein
Marcello Katzenstein died on 22.03.2013.
N I N T H G E N E R A T I O N :
122. Gonzalo Pfifferling. He liveds in Chile. He has three sons:
127. Julio Pfifferling
128. Raul Pfifferling
129. Leon Pfifferling.
In 2015 Gonzalo Pfifferling came to visit with his three sons to Datterode.
Note: blue: The ancestors of David and Alan Westheim
Sources:
www.lagis-hessen.de – Jewish gravesites: Haarhausen
Neustadt
Binsförth
– Hessian vital records: Waltersbrück
Zimmersrode
Neustadt
Neumorschen
Alfred Schneider: Die jüdischen Familien im ehemaligen Kreise Kirchhain, Amöneburg 2006.
Oelzweig und Eichbaum. Von der Verwurzelung der Schauenburger Juden. Schauenburg o.J.
www.judeninnordhessen.tk – Genealogien juedischer Familien:
Forschungen Chris Kuehn: Descendants of Reuben HA-LEVI
Descendants of Haune
Forschungen E. Preuschhof: Nordhessen 13, Nussbaum, Jakob
www.alemannia-judaica.de/waltersbrueck_synagoge.html
Helmut Thiele: Die juedischen Einwohner zu Kassel 1700 – 1942. Familiendaten und Adressen. Kassel (als Mauskript vervielfaeltigt) 2006.
Namen und Schicksale der Juden Kassels 1933 – 1945. Ein Gedenkbuch. Kassel 1986.
Information from Brigitte Hofacker, project Jewish live in Frankfurt
Researched and compiled by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen, April 2017
Revised and supplemented Melsungen, March 2019
Supplemented Melsungen, February 2021