Apartment/Flat

Henry Ruben (born 1873) was the son of the Hamburg merchant Philipp Jacob (later Ruben) and his wife Friedchen Adler. In 1890, Ruben began an apprenticeship at the Celle banking house David Daniel, a company founded and run by the Jewish Daniel family. In 1901, Henry Ruben married Grete Hammerschlag, the daughter of the fur trader Moses Hammerschlag, in Minden. In the same year, the bank was taken over by Hannoversche Bank as a Celle branch under the name "Hannoversche Bank vormals David Daniel".

Georg Wolff (born September 29, 1894 in Celle) came from the long-established Jewish merchant family Cussel on his mother's side. His father was the schoolmaster Max Wolff. He married Lilly Engers (born May 22, 1900). The couple had three children: Anne-Lise (b. 10.2.1928), Renate-Auguste (b. 19.10.1933) and Ellinor Esther (b. 9.9.1935). It is known that Anne-Lise and Renate Auguste had been living in England since January 1939, but the fate of Ellinor Esther is not known.

Anna Hess, Martha Enoch, Elise Rheinhold – Bahnhofstraße 7

Anna (born 27.5.1855), Martha (born 7.7.1856) and Elise (30.7.1865) were the daughters of the merchant and banker Philipp Daniel and his wife Elise, née Meyer. They had a brother, Eugen (born 22.10.1858).

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.

Lydia Dawosky – Breite Straße 19

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).

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.

Eva Kauffmann, née von der Wall (born April 13, 1908 in Celle) was the daughter of Else and Julius von der Wall. Von der Wall ran a successful law firm at Mühlenstraße 25 and was the only Jewish lawyer admitted to the Celle Higher Regional Court.

Oskar Salomon was born on September 20, 1878 in Uelzen. He was married to Nanny (born May 1, 1881), née Schloß, from Gleicherwiesen in Thüringen. They had three children: Gerhard (born on December 10, 1907) and the twins Hans and Grete (born on May 14, 1909). The family lived at Westcellertorstrasse 1. In 1907, Oskar Salomon had taken over a shop for outerwear and shoes from his father, but eventually specialized in shoes. From 1929, the business was located at Poststrasse 7.

Else Dessau, née Wolff, was born in Celle on January 21, 1898. Her parents were Anna, née Cussel and Max Wolff, the father of the Jewish community. Else had three sisters and four brothers. The family moved to Hamburg in 1915. Else became a tailor and in 1929 she married the tailor John Dessau. The couple lived in Hamburg and their son Heinz was born on April 13, 1930. Shortly after the birth, John Dessau left his family. Else lost her job in 1933 because she was a Jew.