Fig tree family

The wealthy and respected Feigenbaum family lived here until 1938:

• Emil Feigenbaum, b. 1893
• Klara Feigenbaum, née Reis, b. 1892
• Kurt Feigenbaum, b. 1921
• Werner Feigenbaum, born 1929

Emil Feigenbaum was a businessman and co-owner of the company Lippmann Wolf und Sohn at Schwieberdingerstr. 62. The company ran a wholesale trade in old goods and had to be sold to Otto Lang and Hans Maas in August 1937.

In April 1938, the family also sold the house in Franklinstra e. In October 1938, they managed to escape to Belgium.

After the German invasion, Emil and Kurt were deported to France. Emil died in a German air raid on the deportation train.

After several labor camps in France, Kurt was deported to Ausschwitz, survived the death march to Buchenwald and was liberated there in 1945.Klara and Werner survived internment in the Belgian Mechteln concentration camp.

The surviving family members emigrated to the USA after the war and changed their name to Baum.