Samuel Husch

Samuel Husch was born on February 1, 1868 in Pobiedziska (German: Pudewitz) in what is now Poland. He was married to Therese Husch, née Neumann. The couple had three children: Hans, Werner and Annelies, later married to Scholz. They divorced in 1922. Mr. Husch was a merchant and ran a grain wholesale business until 1936. His sons Hans and Werner emigrated to Chile in 1937 and 1938, where they died in 1950 and 1970. Until June 1942, Mr. Husch lived in his spacious apartment on Franklinstrasse. On July 1, his daughter Annelies brought him to the Henriettenstift, the old people's home of the Jewish community, which was considered a so-called Jews' home. On July 2, 1942, the residents were deported to Theresienstadt. As the number of 50 elderly people to be transported had already been reached, Mr. Husch was able to return to his apartment. On July 4, 1942, the daughter found her father hanged, and the neighbors reported that the Gestapo had visited him earlier. The apartment and the property passed into the possession of the German Reich as "anti-people and anti-state property". As a half-year-old, his daughter Annelies always feared deportation. The air raids on Dresden by the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces from February 13 to 15, 1945 saved her and her children's lives.

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