Ream, Betty

Betty Lazarus was born in Berlin on February 15, 1874 to Jewish parents Ida Lazarus and her husband. Nothing is known about her youth. On September 16, 1894, she married Daniel Ries. Together with Emil Steffen, he had been running a metal trade since 1903, first in Alt Moabit, later at Flottenstrasse 54/55 in Berlin-Reinickendorf. The marriage produced three children: Käthe, born in Scharmbeck on June 13, 1895, Adelheid (Ada), born in Scharmbeck on February 19, 1897, and Fritz Ries, born in Berlin on December 21, 1903. The family lived in Berlin-Tiergarten, Bochumer Straße 5 I. After Daniel's death in 1936, Betty sold the house she had inherited from Daniel at Flottenstrasse 54/55 and moved to Fregestrasse 71 in Berlin-Friedenau. The son Fritz had already emigrated to Palestine in 1934, the daughter Käthe, married Wolff, later emigrated to the USA. The daughter Adelheid (Ada) married the rabbi Dr. Siegfried Alexander, born on October 12, 1886 in