Heinrich Hellmann textile store - Mauernstraße 38

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From 1927, the merchant Heinrich Hellmann (born 1894) ran a textile shop at Mauernstraße 38; previously he had his store at Am Heiligen Kreuz 30 for a few years. However, he was then able to buy the more conveniently located house at Mauernstraße 38 and also moved his store there. He had two children with his wife Berta (born 1897): Emil-Jakob (born 1927) and Helene (born 1933). After Heinrich Hellmann's early death in October 1935, his widow continued to run the business until the pogrom in November 1938.

Adolf Isaak Joseph - Municipal care home Harburger Straße 70

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Adolf Isaak Joseph was born on January 2, 1874 in Schermeisel, Oststernberg district, Mark Brandenburg. He was a gardener by trade and frequently changed his place of residence. He probably did not have a regular job. In 1931 he came to Celle and lived in the "Herberge zur Heimat", Bergstraß 42. From 1933 he lived in the municipal care home at Harburger Strasse 70. In 1940, he was instructed by the city to carry coal to the apartment of the Jewish couple Iwan and Lydia Dawosky (Breite Straße 19) because they were no longer able to do so themselves.

The Kohls family

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At Bergstrasse 10 lived the Jewish couple Adolf (born 23. 10.1896) and Elsa Kohls (née Cahn, 19.11.1894) lived with their daughters Edith (b. 20.04.1920) and Lieselotte (b. 18.01.1922), as well as Elsa's mother, Rosa Cahn (b. 1862).

Feingersch family

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Isaak and Rebekka Feingersch (born 1885 and 1887) emigrated from Odessa to Frankfurt am Main with their daughter Marie in 1912. Their son David was born there. At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the Jewish family was arrested because they were Russian citizens. In order to escape the difficult living conditions in the Holzminden camp, Isaak volunteered to work in the potash plant in Ovelgönne near Celle. The family was allowed to join him and grew to a total of seven sons and three daughters.