Z'Chor — Remember
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Excerpted from the book History of the Jewish Community of Schneidemühl: 1641 to the Holocaust
— these are but a few of the more than five hundred names featured in the book, of those who
became ensnared in the Nazi web in and around Schneidemühl, between 1940 and 1943,
whose fate has been researched and ascertained.
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This is in homage to their memory.




ABRAHAM, Caroline. Born 20 January 1864 in Woldenberg. Caroline Abraham was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and held prisoner at the Jewish community building in Schneidemühl before she was taken to the Jewish hospice in Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost, Jungfernstieg 14. Thereafter, no further definitive information on her fate could be ascertained.

ABRAHAM, Fritze, née Gabbe. Born 13 July 1869 in Prechlau. Fritze Abraham was living in Schneidemühl, Neue Bahnhofstr.7 at the time of the 1939 census. During the Aktion of 21 February 1940, she was arrested and held in the Jewish community building in Schneidemühl. On 2 July she was taken to Berlin to stay with relatives (Abraham) at Höchstestr. 51. Her confiscated savings account amounted to 329 Reichsmark. On 8 September 1942, as prisoner No. 6311, she was deported with the 59th Alterstransport No. I/61 to Theresienstadt, where she perished four months later on 8 January 1943.

ABRAHAM, Hanna, née Less. Born 17 December 1895 in Buschin. Hanna Abraham was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and sent to the labor camp Neuendorf the following day. From there she was taken to Berlin to stay with relatives (Less) at Alexandrinenstr.114 I. A Yad Vashem Page of Testimony from a relative in Israel states that,
together with her husband Max, Hanna Abraham perished in the Warsaw ghetto in 1944.

ABRAHAM, Jenny. Born 5 March 1890 in Deutsch Krone. Jenny Abraham was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and detained in the Jewish community center in Schneidemühl. On 11 March, she was deported to Transit Camp Głowna in Poznan. Thereafter, her name appears on a list of those who were sent on 2 April with Judentransportgruppe No. 474 to Berlin. No further definitive information on her fate could be ascertained.

ABRAHAM, Max. Born 29 April 1894 in Tempelburg. Max Abraham was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and deported to the labor camp Radinkendorf the following day. He was later sent to Schönfelde for forestry work. Together with his wife Hanna, Max Abraham perished in the Warsaw ghetto in 1944.

ABRAHAM, Rebecca, née Falkenberg. Born 19 November 1860 in Schlochau. Rebecca Abraham was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and detained at first in the Jewish community building in Schneidemühl, from where she was sent to Breslau to stay with relatives (Abraham) at Steinstr.3/5. She was subsequently sent to Berlin and stayed with relatives again (Willi Abraham) at Höchstestr. 51. Her last known address in Berlin was Iranischestr. 3. On 3 July 1942, she was deported as prisoner No. 841 with the 14th transport No. I/15 to Theresienstadt, only to be sent as prisoner No. 409 on 19 September 1942 to Treblinka—where the aged, the weak and the infirm were murdered upon arrival. Rebecca Abraham perished at the age of eighty-one.

ALEXANDER, Gertrud, née Philippsborn. Born 28 November 1900 in Tempelburg. Gertrud Alexander, daughter of Julius and Elsa Philippsborn, was most likely arrested in Torgelow, Pomerania, during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and detained in the Jewish community building in Schneidemühl. From there she was deported the following day to the labor camp Neuendorf. She was then sent to Berlin and allowed to stay with relatives (Philippsborn) at Klopstockstr. 23 until she was taken to the Jewish Hospital in Berlin. Her name subsequently appeared on a list covering the period 15 August–15 September 1940, suggesting that she was again sent to the labor camp Neuendorf. Her last known address was Jakobsdorf, a small town in Pomerania, where she did forestry work. She was eventually deported with the 37th Osttransport to Auschwitz on 19 April 1943.

ALEXANDER, Max. Born 27 January 1895 in Klotzlow. Max Alexander possibly the husband of Gertrud Alexander, was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and detained in the Jewish community building in Schneidemühl, from where he was deported the following day to the labor camp Neuendorf. He was subsequently sent to labor camp Beerfelde to do forestry work. His last known address was Jakobsdorf, a small town in Pomerania, where he did forestry work. On 19 April 1943 he was deported with the 37th Osttransport to Auschwitz.

ALEXANDER, Sidonie, née Joachim. Born 6 October 1917 in Miloslaw. Sidonie Alexander was arrested in Driesen during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and detained in the Bürgergarten in Schneidemühl, from where she was sent to the labor camp Neuendorf. During the period of 16 September to 15 October, she was sent to Berlin and allowed to stay with relatives (Jacoby) at Münchenerstr. 90. She was deported on 19 April 1943 to Auschwitz. No other definitive information on the fate of her husband, Hans Alexander, could be ascertained.

ALEXANDER, Zippora. Born 9 February 1882 in Lobsens. Zippora Alexander was living in Schneidemühl, Zeughausstr. 5 at the time of the 1939 census. During the Aktion of 21 February 1940, she was arrested, detained in the Bürgergarten in Schneidemühl and later sent to the labor camp Radinkendorf. Her name subsequently appeared on a list of the Reichsvereinigung (16 July and 15 August 1940), suggesting that she was sent to the Jewish community refugee home in Berlin, Gipsstr.12a, formerly the building that housed the orthodox rabbinical seminary. On 26 June 1942, she was deported with transport No. I/12 to Theresienstadt and at an unknown later date deported to Auschwitz.

ALTMANN, Leo. Born 3 August 1879 in Deutsch Krone. Leo Altmann, a butcher by profession, was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and detained in the Jewish community building in Schneidemühl. On 11 March, he was deported to Transit Camp Głowna in Poznan where he remained until 6 April when he was sent by bus with Judentransportgruppe No. 474 to the so-called Jüdisches Umschulungslager in Bielefeld. On 10 December, he was sent to Berlin, Christburgerstr. 16, to stay with relatives (Alexander Altmann or Hirsch); this was his last known address. Before he was deported to Auschwitz on 7 November 1942, his confiscated savings account amounted to 397 Reichsmark.

ALTMANN, Max. Born 20 July 1871 in Dreidorf. Max Altmann was living in Schneidemühl, Friedrichstr.7/I at the time of the 1939 census. He was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and detained in the Bürgergarten in Schneidemühl, from where he was sent to Berlin, Mommsenstr. 40 to stay with relatives (Altmann). Between the dates of 16 July and 15 August 1940, he was sent to the labor camp Neuendorf. One month later, he was taken to the Jewish community refugee home in Berlin, Weinbergsweg 13, possibly his last known address in Berlin, where he subsequently died on 3 November 1942. His confiscated savings account amounted to 1,141 Reichsmark. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Berlin-Weissensee.

ALTMANN, Regina, née Wartenberg. Born 9 April 1894 in Dreidorf. Regina Altmann was living in Schneidemühl at Friedrichstr.7/I at the time of the 1939 census; she was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and detained in the Bürgergarten in Schneidemühl. On 11 March, she was sent to Transit Camp Głowna in Poznan where she was detained until 4 April when she was sent to the labor camp Radinkendorf. Between the dates of 16 August and 15 September, she was sent to Berlin to stay at the Jewish community refugee home at Weinbergsweg. Her confiscated savings account amounted to 3 Reichsmark before she was deported with the 74th transport to Theresienstadt on 19 November 1942. There she survived for nearly two years, until 9 October 1944, when she was deported once again with convoy Ep to Auschwitz.

ALTMANN, Wolf. Born 24 July 1867 in Deutsch Krone. Wife: Minna, née Bretzen. Born 26 December 1873 in Deutsch Krone. Both Wolf Altmann and his wife, Minna, were arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and detained in either the mortuary or Jewish community building in Schneidemühl. On 11 March, they were sent to Transit Camp Głowna in Poznan where they were detained until 6 April, when both were sent with Judentransportgruppe No. 475 together by bus to the labor camp Radinkendorf. It is not clear how long they remained in Radinkendorf. Their last known address was in Berlin, Friedenstr. 3. Their confiscated combined savings accounts amounted to 618 Reichsmark, before the couple was deported as prisoners No. 4859/60 with the 45th Alterstransport No. I/47 to Theresienstadt on 19 August 1942. Wolf Altmann shared the fate of his wife when, five weeks later, on 26 September 1942, as prisoners No. 1832/33, both were deported with convoy Br from Theresienstadt to Treblinka where the aged and the infirm were murdered upon arrival.

ARENDT, Selma, née Sommerfeld. Born 7 May 1893 in Krojanke. Selma Arendt was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and detained in Schneidemühl. Her whereabouts for the following two years could not be ascertained. Her last known address was Königstr. 91 in Berlin-Friedrichshain. On 28 March 1942, she was deported with the 11th transport to Trawniki where she perished. Her husband, Joseph, born 15 March 1897 in Schneidemühl, had his last address in Berlin, Sybelstrasse 44. He was deported on 17 March 1943 with the 4th Gr. Alterstransport to Theresienstadt, together with 1,163 other prisoners. From there, on 10 October 1944 he was deported to Dachau, and on 5 January 1945 taken to the Kaufering concentration camp where he perished on 7 February 1945.

ARIS, Hedwig, née Neumann. Born 3 March 1880 in Schlochau. Hedwig Aris was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and held in the Jewish community center in Schneidemühl until 11 March, when she was deported to Transit Camp Głowna in Poznan where she was detained for nearly one month. On 6 April, together with her brother, Felix Neumann, she was placed on Judentransportgruppe No. 474 to the so-called Jüdisches Umschulungslager in Bielefeld where both remained prisoners. On 5 July, she was sent to Berlin to stay with relatives (Rosa Eisenstadt) at Tiele-Wardenburgstr.29. On 29 September that year, she was moved again, to stay for nearly two months with Max Neumann at Spenerstr.27, before yet another place was allocated for her at the nursing home at Hirschberg, Elsasserstr.54, her last known address in Berlin. Her confiscated savings account was 6,600 Reichsmark. As prisoner No. 2541 she was subsequently deported on 28 July 1942 with the 31st transport to Theresienstadt, where she barely survived the next two years. She was subsequently deported to Auschwitz as prisoner No. 1154 with convoy Ea on 16 May 1944.

ARNDT, Anna (Johanna), née Lesheim. Born 29 September 1874 in Neustettin. Anna Arndt was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940, held in the Jewish community center in Schneidemühl overnight and sent to the labor camp Neuendorf the following day. Her stay in the camp was brief as she was soon sent to the Jewish hospice in Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost, Jungfernstieg 14. Her last known address was in Berlin-Friedrichshain, Königstr.91. She was deported as prisoner No. 2632 on 29 July 1942 with the 32nd transport to Theresienstadt, where she survived for two months before being deported once again as prisoner No. 471 with convoy Br on 26 September 1942 to Treblinka, where she perished.

ARNDT, Ernestine (Esther), née Edel. Born 10 October 1864 in Schlochau. Ernestine Arndt was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940, held in the Jewish community building in Schneidemühl overnight, and sent to Berlin the following day to stay with relatives (Zadek Edel) at Linienstr. 8 II. Between the dates of 15 June and 15 July, she was taken to the Jewish old age home at Friedenstr. 3, her last known address in Berlin. She was deported on 29 July 1942 with the 32nd transport No. I/33 to Theresienstadt, where she survived another year before she succumbed to the squalor of her surroundings. She died there at the age of seventy-nine and was cremated on 18 November 1943.

ARNDT, Henriette. Born 16 February 1854 in Jastrow. Henriette Arndt was already eighty-six years old when she was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940, held captive in the Jewish community building in Schneidemühl overnight, and sent to the Jewish hospice in Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost, Jungfernstieg 14. However, her stay at the hospice was brief as she was soon sent back to Schneidemühl, her last address being Wilhelmsplatz 4. There she died on 25 March 1940 at eight o’clock at night. Multiple causes of death were a clogging of the arteries, weakness of the heart muscles, a heart attack. (sic) Since the cemetery in Schneidemühl had been destroyed in the previous year, it is not clear whether she was buried elsewhere or whether she was simply cremated, - the final desecration.

ARNDT, Hermann. Born 8 January 1899 in Schlochau. He had been arrested during the November pogrom of 9 November 1938 and taken to Sachsenhausen concentration camp where he remained until 6 June 1939.   During the Aktion of 21 February 1940 Hermann Arndt was arrested and held overnight in the Jewish community building in Schneidemühl. Subsequently his name appears on the list of deportees to the labor camps Neuendorf or Pillgramm; however, it is not clear whether or how long he remained in either camp. No other definitive information on his fate could be ascertained.

ARNDT, Martha, née Peiser. Born 28 September 1911 in Czarnikau. Martha Arndt was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940 and held
overnight in the Jewish community building in Schneidemühl. Subsequently, her name appears on the list of deportees to the labor camps Neuendorf or Pillgramm; however, it is not clear whether or how long she remained in either camp. Her husband Erich, born 15 June 1890 in Schneidemühl, was deported with the 4th transport from Berlin on 1 November 1941to Lodz where he perished in 1942. A Page of Testimony of Yad Vashem, signed by Elyahu Arndt in 1955 in Israel, suggests that Martha Arndt perished in Auschwitz.

ARNDT, Siegmund. Born 29 May 1870 in Kotzlow. Siegmund Arndt was arrested during the Aktion of 21 February 1940, held in the Jewish community building in Schneidemühl overnight and thereafter kept prisoner at the Bürgergarten. His name appears on a list of deportees to be sent to the labor camp Radinkendorf. It is not clear how long he remained there. He was subsequently deported as prisoner No. 2631 on 29 July 1942 with the 32nd transport No. I/33 to Theresienstadt where he survived for two months. On 26 September 1942, he was deported once again, as prisoner No. 472 with convoy Br to Treblinka, where he perished.














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