Alma Jülich was born into a Jewish family in Duisburg-Ruhrort on June 13, 1880.

Martha Neff was born in Prague on May 9, 1890, into a Jewish family.

Rosa Lang was born in Berlin on September 6, 1874, the daughter of Adolf Wilhelm Lang, a master tailor, and his wife Lina, née Wollstein.

Adolf Aron Nathanson was born in Nauen on June 16, 1859, the son of the merchant Joel Nathanson and his wife Heimchen née Lagrand.

Max Nartelski was born on February 23, 1888 in Königsberg into a Jewish family. His brothers were Julius and Jakob, one sister was named Minna. He moved to Berlin, became a textile merchant and remained single. He lived alone in Schöneberg at Bambergerstraße 58. Shortly before his deportation he had to move to Nürnbergerstraße 14, presumably to a so-called Judenwohnung. On August 15, 1942 he was deported to Riga
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