The Schlesinger Family from Riede



FIRST GENERATION :


1. Bernhard / Issacher Schlesinger, born about 1787. He married Lea / Leia Kander, born about 1789 in Riede, possibly the daughter of Gumbert Kantor Felsenstein and his wife Mindel née Katz. Bernhard and Lea Schlesinger had three children:


+ 2. Gumpert Schlesinger, born about 1825 in Riede

3. Beile Schlesinger, born 09.08.1827 inRiede

+ 4. Joseph Schlesinger, born 09.12.1830 in Riede.


Lea Schlesinger died on 29.08.1845 at the age of 56 years in Riede. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Obervorschuetz, grave no. 222. Bernhard Schlesinger died on 10.05.1855 at the age of 68 years in Riede.



SECOND GENERATION :


2. Gumpert Schlesinger, born about 1825 in Riede. He married on 07.06.1854 in Riede Karolina Stern, born about 1824 in Gilsa, daughter of Abraham Stern and his wife Hanne née Wallach. Gumpert and Karolina Schlesinger had three children:

5. Lea Schlesinger, born 01.12.1855 in Riede, she died on 06.12.1855 in Riede.

+ 6. Bernhard / Issacher Schlesinger, born 18.05.1857 in Riede

7. Aron Schlesinger, bon 27.07.1860 in Riede.


Gumpert Schlesiger died on 16.03.1867 at the age of 42 years in Riede. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Obervorschuetz, grave no. 170.


4. Joseph Schlesinger, born 09.12.1830 in Riede. He married at the age of 27 years on 27.07.1858 in Riede Beschen / Betty Hofmann, 23 years old, born 24.05.1835 in Kirchberg, daughter of Moses Hofmann and his wife Breine, née Hahn. Joseph and Beschen Schlesinger had ten children:


8. Lea /Leia Schlesinger, born 23.07.1859 in Riede

+ 9. Bernhard Schlesinger, born 16.02.1861 in Riede

10. Jacob Schlesinger, born 08.10.1862 in Riede

11. Gumpert Schlesinger, born 22.03.1864 in Riede

12. Levi Schlesinger, born 11.08.1866 in Riede

13. Muenchen/Minchen Schlesinger, born 07.04.1868 in Riede, she died 22.09.1871 in Riede.

14. Sarchen Schlesinger, born 21.03.1870 in Riede, she died 13.09.1871 in Riede.

15. Resgen / Besgen Schlesinger, born 13.10.1872 in Riede

16. Siemon Schlesinger, born 28.09.1876 in Riede

17. Breinchen Schlesinger, born 17.03.1878 in Riede.


Joseph Schlesinger died on 31.05.1903 in Kirchberg. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Obervorschuetz, grave no. 355. Beschen Schlesinger died on 20.09.1907, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Obervorschuetz, grave no. 356.




THIRD GENERATION :


6. Bernhard / Issacher Schlesinger, born 18.05.1857 in Riede. He married Sara Andorn, born 04.12.1862 in Gemuenden Wohra, daughter aof Baruch Andorn and his wife Bina née Marx. Bernhard and Sara Schlesinger had five children:


+ 18. Gustav Schlesinger, born 14.07.1888 in Riede

+ 19. Flora Schlesinger, born 28.04.1890 in Riede

20. Johanna Schlesinger, born 09.01.1894 in Riede, she died on 02.02.1906 in Riede, she is

buried on the Jewish cemetery of Obervorschuetz, grave. no. 353.

+ 21. Jenny Schlesinger, born 06.03.1896 in Riede

+ 22. Alfred Schlesinger, born 11.08.1899 in Riede.


Since 1912 the family lived in Naumburg. Bernhard and Sara Schlesinger moved on 28.10.1938 to Frankfurt/Main, Oderweg 26. Bernhard Schlesinger was deported on 18.08.1942 from Frankfurt/Main to Theresienstadt and murdered there on 25.09.1942.

(Volker Knoeppel, a.a.O., p. 20, 129/130.)


9. Bernhard Schlesinger, born 16.02.1861 in Riede. He married on 26.10.1892 in Guxhagen Breinchen / Bertha Speier, born 02.12.1858 in Guxhagen, daughter of Baruch Speier and his wife Minchen / Minkchen née Heinemann. (Standesamt Guxhagen, Trauregister 10/1892) Bernhard and Bertha

Schlesinger moved to Gudensberg, house no. 213 ½ (today Fritzlarer Strasse 18). They had a textilshop. As they don't have children they passed the shop on Hugo Oppenheimer.

Bernhard Schlesinger died on 21.05.1934 in Gudensberg. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Obervorschuetz, grave no. 281. Bertha Schlesinger moved to Frankfurt/Main. She committed suicide on 09.05.1939. (Gedenkbuch Bundesarchiv)


Hugo Oppenheimer, born 16.06.1887 in Berkach/Thuringia. He married on 09.06.1920 in Kassel Bertha Speier, born 26.05.1889 in Guxhagen, daughter of Baruch Speier and his wife Beschen/Betti née Speier. Hugo and Bertha Oppenheimer moved to Gudensberg House no. 213 ½ (today Fritzlarer Strasse 18). They overtook Bernhard Schlesinger's shop. They had a son:


+ 23. Lothar Oppenheimer, born 01.06.1922 in Gudensberg.


In April 1933 the SS broke into the house of the Oppenheimer family and mistreated Hugo Oppenheimer seriously. The family emigrated on 04.12.1935 into the USA and lived in Norma, New Jersey, Gershol Ave. Hugo Oppenheimer died on 31.10.1942 in Norma, New Jersey.

(Entschädigungsakten RP Kassel, K. 09619-89-A-Op. und K. 08961-22-A-Op.)



FOURTH GENERATION :


18. Gustav Schlesinger, born 14.07.1888 in Riede. He lived in Naumburg and dealed with furs and goats. He married on 20.12.1923 in Kirchhain Flora Stern, born 28.12.1895 in Zwesten, daughter of Nahum Stern and his wife Male née Katten. Flora Stern lived in Kirchhain.

(Standesamt Kirchhain, Trauregister 29/1923, Alfred Schneider, a.a.O., p. 74)

Gustav and Flora Schlesinger had three children:


24. Berthold Schlesinger, born 21.09.1924 in Naumburg

25. Renata Schlesinger, born 10.11.1929 in Naumburg

26. Ernst Schlesinger, born 08.11.1930 in Naumburg.

In 1935 Gustav Schlesinger asked for an exit permit, which he got on 23.01.1936.The family moved on 28.10.1938 to Frankfurt/Main and emigrated 1938 to Chile.

(Volker Knoeppel, a.a.O., p. 48/49,130.)


19. Flora Schlesinger, born 28.04.1890 in Riede. She was married to Joseph Stern, butcher in Kirchhain, born 20.09.1891 in Zwesten. Flora and Joseph Stern had three children:


27. Malchen Stern, born 25.09. or 25.11.1924 in Kirchhain

28. Ruth Stern, born 25.09. or 25.11.1924 in Kirchhain

29. Gerhard Stern, born 29.11.1930 in Kirchhain.


The family emigrated on 29.08.1938 from Kirchhain to Argentina.

(Alfred Schneider, a.a.O., p. 74,Volker Knoeppel, a.a.O., 130, 132.)


21. Jenny Schlesinger, born 06.03.1896 in Riede. She moved on 28.10.1938 to Frankfurt/Main, Oderweg 26.


22. Alfred Schlesinger, born 11.08.1899 in Riede. He emigrated on 26.01.1936 to Argentina.

(Volker Knoeppel, a.a.O., p. 130)



FIFTH GENERATION :


23. Lothar Oppenheimer, born 01.06.1922 in Gudensberg, he flet with his parents on 04.12.1935 into the USA and lived in Norma, New Jersey, Gershol Ave. He was a watchmaker. He was married and had three children, born 1948, 1951 and 1952.

(Entschädigungsakte RP Kassel K. 08961-22-A-Op.)





Sources;


Hessissches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden (HHStAWI), Bestand 365, no. 710

Personenstandsregister Riede.


Standesamtsbücher Merxhausen (Riede), Standesamt Wolfhager Land. Wolfhagen


Volker Knoeppel: „… da war ich zu Hause“ Synagogengemeinde Naumburg 1503 – 1938.

Hofgeismar / Naumburg 1998.


Alfred Schneider: Die jüdischen Familien im ehemaligen Kreise Kirchhain. Amöneburg 2006.


www.lagis-hessen.de – Jewish Gravesites: Obervorschuetz

Hessian Vital Records: Kirchhain


Gedenkbuch Bundesarchiv



Compiled by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen, April 2016