Jewish cemetery
A very small cemetery, consisting of four brick walls (from the 16th century) with a small gate. The gravestones are from the period from 1811- 1846.
Martha Heimann
Martha Heimann was born in Berlin on January 21, 1874. Her parents were the banker and freight forwarder Benno Heimann, born in Schwerin on March 6, 1836, and his wife Franziska Friederike Heimann, née Meyer, born in Berlin on July 22, 1844. Martha Heimann never really got to know her father Benno Heimann. Benno Heimann voluntarily retired from life on March 27, 1874. In November 1895, Martha married the brother of her cousin Margarete Alexander, married Mauthner - Fritz Alexander, who decided to pursue a career in art and left Berlin to seek his fortune as a painter in Munich.
Siegfried Levy
Moorbad Saarow i. Mark, Kuranstalt Märkisches Haus, 31. 8. 21. - M. l. Siegfried. In memory of you here at the spa, I send you and your dear family my warmest greetings Your faithful friend Rich. Schukert - How are you?
Charlotte Fränkel
München, June 11, 1914. - Dear Mrs. Lotte. - My two cards to you have remained without reply and I am now in the greatest anxiety as to what will happen now, because I know of no one else to turn to. Grete Wollheim is still in Friedrichsrode. I can't wait for her to come home, as it won't be decided for another 14 days whether she is fit for work. Yesterday Regine Deutsch arrived unexpectedly and I'm coming back with her at 6 o'clock on Saturday evening. I would like to ask you the following.
German-Israelite Orphanage for Boys - Papendamm
Former girls' school of the German-Israelitic community in Hamburg (Karolinenstraße)
The last remaining Jewish school in Hamburg during the Nazi era was located at Karolinenstra<e 35 from 1938. On April 29, 1942, the Gestapo in Hamburg decreed that the Israelitische Töchterschule at Karolinenstraße 35 had to be closed. Since December 1941, a smear campaign had been launched by the school administration to deprive the Jewish community of its school.
Kafka's Berlin
Franz Kafka was born in Prague on July 3, 1883. He was the first child of Hermann and Julie Kafka. His father came from a family of Jewish craftsmen and merchants, his mother from a Jewish family who had made a fortune with a brewery. His parents founded a gallantry shop for fashion accessories in Prague, where they both worked. Franz, his two brothers who died as infants and his three sisters grew up mainly in the care of nannies and governesses.
Fulda Rabbi's Villa
The Rabbi's Villa was a symbol of Michael Cahn's social standing. It is large and elegant and was designed to accommodate several tenants, including craftsmen, merchants and bankers who were involved in Fulda society, including the merchant Oskar Nussbaum, who owned a specialist leather goods shop and was politically active in the DDP. His wife Klara campaigned for children from poorer families and chaired the board of trustees of the Israelite kindergarten which moved into the villa in 1927 but had to close again in 1933.