David Ichenhäuser

Text of the card - Chemnitz, 5 Jan. 86 - L.E !  Today I have had no news from you; yesterday I received a card from Fanny, but I don't quite know how to make sense of it; if you hadn't written the address, I would be very embarrassed today. - It is too late to send a letter today; I hope you will receive my letter yesterday. In your possession. Tomorrow I want to go to L. - Herzl. Best wishes for you & and our loved ones from your David.  -  David Ichenhäuser was born in Fürth on September 24, 1854. His parents were the Fürth merchant Jacob Ichenhäuser and his wife Babette, née Ollesheuer. In 1882 he married Emma Dülken from Deutz. The couple had three sons: Heinrich, born in 1887, killed in World War I, Ernst, born in 1889; Max, born in 1892, husband of Gertrud Moises, daughter of Sigmund and Martha Moises. Emma Ichenhäuser died in February 1928. David Ichenhäuser was co-owner of the timber business Lenzen, Meyer & Cie. Shortly before deportation, David Ichenhäuser had to leave his apartment at Aachener Straße 409 and move into a ghetto house at Beethovenstraße 16. On July 27, 1942, David Ichenhäuser was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto on Transport III/2 at the advanced age of almost 88. He died there just 13 days later - on August 9, 1942. Two stumbling stones in the Lindenthal district of Cologne commemorate the fate of David and Ernst Ichenhäuser.