In Remembrance
We remember the teachers of the “Higher Israelite School” who were killed in concentration camps or missing since their deportation:
Max Adler, elementary teacher, killed on 25 November 1941 in Kaunus
Dr. phil. Siegbert Werner Baer, teacher for maths and physics, deported to KZ Auschwitz on 29 January 1943, missing
Abraham Beller, elementary teacher, died on 03 August 1942 in Sibiria
Sally Bruckmann, elementary teacher, missing since 10 May 1942 in ghetto Belzyce, as well as his wife Gerta and three of their four children
Hedwig Burgheim, kindergarten worker and teacher, missing since 1943 in KZ Auschwitz
Dr. phil. Isaak Hallemann, teacher for religion and maths, missing since 22 March 1942 in transit camp Izbica
Klara Hallemann, born Mandelbaum, elementary teacher, missing since 22 March 1942 in transit camp Izbica
Dr. phil. Max Martin Sigmund Heinemann, classical philologist, publisher, teacher, missing since 1944 in KZ Auschwitz
Gertrud Herrmann, teacher for German, history, Latin and short hand, missing since 13 July 1942 in KZ Auschwitz
Walter Herz, elementary teacher, missing in KZ Auschwitz
Max Jaffe, elementary teacher, missing since 13 July 1942 in KZ Auschwitz as well as his wife Emilie
Dr. phil. Manuel Joel, teacher for history and geography, killed on 24 December 1938 in KZ Buchenwald
Dr. phil. Alberto Jonas, teacher for history and religion, killed on 29 August 1942 in ghetto Theresienstadt
Emil Kahn, teacher for English and French, killed on 08 August 1942 in ghetto Lodz together with pupils from Cologne, his last place of employment
Daniel David Katzmann, elementary teacher, teacher for physical education, killed together with his family after 29 January 1943 in KZ Auschwitz
Samuel Sally Lampel, elementary teacher, cantor, killed together with his wife Rosa after 1942 in KZ Auschwitz
Hildegard Landau, aspirant teacher, died in the Shoa
Gertrud Lewin, teacher for needle work, physical education and house work, missing since 10 May 1942 in Ghetto Belzyce
Dr. phil. Paul Lonnerstädter, teacher for maths and physics, missing since 26 October 1942
Ignatz/Hermann Löwy, teacher for religion, killed on 20 December 1943 in ghetto Theresienstadt
Josef Meyer, elementary teacher, missing in extermination camp Majdanek
Kurt Peckel, elementary and religion teacher, cantor, died in the Shoa
Dr. phil. Sally Rabinowitz, teacher of romance languages, killed on 23 July 1943 in Sobibor
Berta Rosenzweig, language teacher, killed in 1943 in extermination camp Treblinka
Gertrud Oppe, maried Rothenberg, elementary teacher, missing since 21 January 1942 in Riga together with her family
Julius Schapiro, elementary and music teacher, killed on 26 January 1945 in KZ Buchenwald
Dr. phil. Nachmann Schlesinger, teacher for natural sciences, missing since 1942 in KZ Auschwitz
Salomon Steinberg, elementary teacher, killed at 05 February 1945 in KZ Bergen-Belsen
Henriette Tockel, elementary teacher, missing since her deportation from Hamburg to the East
Kurt Weil, elementary teacher, missing since his deportation to Belzyce in may 1942
Marcus Beer Weil, teacher for religion, killed on 28 July 1943 in ghetto Theresienstadt
We also remember the pupils who died in the Shoa and whose names and destinies are mostly unknown to us.