Apartment/Flat

Friedrich Salomonson was born in 1897 as the younger brother of the butcher Max Salomonson in Nordhorn. He was married to the two years äolder Niederländerin Esther Phillips. Both had two children: Lion was born in 1930 in Osnabrück, Hanni 1942 in Nordhorn.

In Nordhorn's main street the Oster family ran a textile business, known mainly for work clothes. They did not belong to the old-established Jewish families, but had immigrated. The family had two children: Max, the older one, and Margarete, called „Gretl“. Max married Ruth Rochacz from Leipzig. Both fled to the Netherlands in 1935, where two children were also born, Helga and Benjamin.

The house Prollstra;e 5 (formerly Groüe Gartenstra;e 15) was declared a „Judenhaus“, i.e. all Jewish families still remaining in Nordhorn had to take up residence here from 1938. After the Süskind family had moved to Neuenhaus, these were only the old Oster couple and the Frank-de Vries family living in this house with their father-in-law Salomon de Vries. His age, combined with physical weakness, was the reason why the family had not fled, but initially remained in Nordhorn.

Only a short distance from the synagogue, Hijman Cohen and his wife Grietje, née Goldstein, both from the Netherlands, had been running a slaughterhouse with a focus on horse slaughtering since about 1910. The first children were still born in Enschede (Nathan, Hendrika and Rachel), another four in the münsterländische Ochtrup (Samuel, Salomon, Isaak and Jakob).

When Hijman and Grietje Cohen retired to Enschede in the 1920s, their son Isaak took over the family butcher store together with Margarete, née Gottschalk.

The historical picture postcard (lithograph) of Berlin with views of the Reichstag building, the Victory Column and the Brandenburg Gate was sent on 22 July 1900 from Berlin to Marienbad to Mr. Paul Borchardt. The picture side of the card was also the side on which there was at least space for a few greetings. In this case - happy birthday. Paul Borchardt celebrated his 14th birthday on July 23. The card arrived in time, as evidenced by the postmark.

Text of the card: Monday, 15.4.99 - Dear parents !  - About to go on 1 day to Holland greets you and the children warmly - your faithful Philipp.   The sender of the card is with great probability the son-in-law Philipp Schlesinger, the husband of Anna (Anny) Schlesinger. The couple Philipp and Anna Schlesinger, née Borchardt had two children - Werner Julius and Victor Schlesinger.

The hop merchant Bernhard Steinberger, born on April 6, 1846 in Schonungen - died on October 6, 1916 in the Medical Clinic in Erlangen was married to Babette, née Sußmann, born on January 3, 1855. The couple had four children - 1. Hugo, born on May 3, 1877 - deported on May 25, 1942 together with his wife Elsa,née Bechmann to Izbica and murdered there, -  2. Siegfried, born on 13 März 1879, - died on 5 März 1926 in Bamberg,married to Paula Hessberg, born on 4 February 1891, - died on 15 October 1990 in Hamden,New Haven County  - 3.

 Jakobstra;e 3 in Görlitz, here lived Erich Oppenheimerm
his wife Charlotte Oppenheimer and their son, Werner Oppenheimer

Dr. med. Erich Oppenheimer, born on 24. May 1894 in Berlin resident in Görlitz Place of detention: until December 13, 1938, Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Tormersdorf, collection camp Date/place of death: April 24, 1942, Tormersdorf collection camp, (suicide)

Post Office Square 10 in Görlitz, here lived Dr. Fritz Warschawski and Käthe Warschawski.

Dr. Fritz Warschawski, born on 1888 1933 to Palästina fled died 1960 in Tel Aviv
Käthe Warschawski, b. am 1933 to Palästina fled died 1935 in Tel Aviv

Sigmund Fischer, born on September 10, 1879 in Usov (German: Mährisch Aussee)/ Mähren, resident in Görlitz Place of detention: until 13. December 1938, concentration camp Sachsenhausen, collection camp Tormersdorf, deportation destination: August 30, 1942, ghetto Theresienstadt, murdered on May 15, 1944 in the extermination camp Auschwitz