Apartment Hans and Helmut Teichner (nephews of Cilly and Adolf Hirsch)

The Teichner family consisted of the following people: Father: Leopold Teichner, merchant (1871-), mother: Marta née Lissmann (1870-), Hans (1908-1957) Helmut (1911-2001), Alice and Katharina (1906-). Marta Teichmann was a sister-in-law of Mrs. Hirsch (also née Lissmann) and the mother of the actress Lilli Palmer. This meant that the children Hans, Helmut, Alice and Katharina were cousins of this actress. As their father Leopold Teichner became a partner in the Hermann Tietz department store, succeeding his brother-in-law Adolf Hirsch, the family moved from Plauen (Saxony) to Landshut on October 6, 1921. After Leopold Teichner moved back, Hans took over the business until his emigration in 1933 and then Helmut Teichner until his own emigration (1938).After his emigration, Hans Teichner developed a training program for ski instructors in the USA and presented it to the United States Ski Association. Helmut Teichner founded the Wilmot Mountain Ski School in Wilmot, Wis, He was director and vice president of the United States Ski Association's central division for 14 years, among other positions. His two sisters also emigrated. Katharina (1906-) went to the USA. The older sister Alice emigrated to Switzerland, she was a trained opera singer and took the name Bickl, etc. For more detailed biographies, see the links provided.