Villa Adelaide - Nanette Bamberger

The " Villa Adelaide " was named after Adelaide Bamberger, wife of Rabbi Simon Bamberger, who lived in Fischach near Augsburg. The villa itself was built in 1908 in Bad Kissingen by Rabbi Dr. Seckel Bamberger (son of Simon Bamberger) and his wife Nanette, née Bamberger, at Promenadestraße 5c. Children: Seckel Bamberger and his wife Nanette had seven children - Sarah, married name Neuwirth, Kehla, Seligmann Bär, Yiras, married name Adler, Simcha Simon, Moses Löb and Adelaide, married name Jutkowski. Dr. Seckel Bamberger was considered one of the most orthodox and learned rabbis of his time. On his initiative, the Israelite Children's Healing Center was opened in 1905. In 1927, he founded the "Israelite Hospice for Adults" in Bad Kissingen. In 1932, after 30 years in office, he was retired against his will when he reached retirement age. He died in 1934 at the age of 71. He found his final resting place in the Jewish cemetery in Bad Kissingen. Nanette Bamberger ran a boarding house in the Villa Adelaide, which was highly regarded in orthodox circles, together with her daughter Kehla. - Adelaide Bamberger (Jutkowski)  emigrated to Palestine as early as September 1934. In 1939  Simon Bamberger and Iyras Bamberger (Adler) also emigrated to Palestine, Moses Löb Bamberger to England, Sarah Bamberger (Neuwirth) to the Netherlands and Seligmann to America. On April 24, 1942, Nannette Bamberger and Kehla Bamberger were deported via Würzburg to Krasnystaw (Krasniczyn ghetto) near Izbica along with most of the other Jews who had remained in Kissingen. Nanette died in the ghetto  where Krasniczyn.  Kehla Bamberger perished in one of the extermination camps in the Lublin area.