Basch, Sigismund

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Sigismund Basch was born into a Jewish family in Wollstein/Posen on June 13, 1883. He became a manufacturer of agricultural machinery in Posen and married Herta Berlowitz in 1914. Their children were born: Hildegard on November 10, 1915 and Heinz Hermann on April 25, 1920. The family then moved to Berlin and lived at Lutherstraße 51 (today Keithstraße 14) in a 6-room apartment. Sigismund Basch lost his employment due to the insolvency of his employer, and his father-in-law Felix Berlowitz supported the family financially.

Basch, Herta

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Herta Berlowitz was born in Elbing on April 12, 1894, the oldest of 5 daughters of Felix Pincus Berlowitz and his wife Franziska née Friedländer. Her sisters were Lotte (1896), Trude (1897), Ilse (1904) and Lucie (1908). Herta married Sigismund Basch in 1914, who manufactured agricultural equipment in Posen. Their children were born in Posen: Hildegard in 1915 and Heinz Hermann in 1920. The family then moved to Berlin, where they lived at Lutherstraße 51 (now Keithstraße 14) in a 6-room apartment.