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Ina Schuster (née Pincus) * 1889

Isestraße 27 (Eimsbüttel, Harvestehude)

HIER WOHNTE
INA SCHUSTER
GEB: PINCUS
JG. 1889
1941 DEPORTIERT
MINSK

further stumbling stones in Isestraße 27:
Pauline Levy, Lilli Hermine Levy, Max Levy-Edler, Arthur Schuster

Arthur Schuster, born on 24 Sept. 1876 in Zempelburg (today Sepolno Krajenskie in Poland), deported on 8 Nov. 1941 to Minsk
Ina Schuster, née Pincus, born on 20 Mar. 1889 in Parchim, deported on 8 Nov. 1941 to Minsk

Arthur Schuster was married to Ina Schuster, née Pincus. The couple had two children: Ilse, who already died in 1930, and Georg. Before Arthur Schuster arrived in Hamburg, he worked in Bremerhaven for his brother, who owned a large department store. In 1911, Arthur Schuster opened his own store selling glassware, porcelain, and kitchen utensils at Neuer Steinweg 64 in Hamburg, with his wife working in accounting.

Schuster had participated in World War I and belonged to the League of Jewish Frontline Soldiers (Bund jüdischer Frontsoldaten) founded in 1919. Its members took a stance against discrimination and fought for integration of Jewish soldiers into the German nation. Arthur Schuster was also actively involved in the Jewish religious community, occupying a leading position there. Apart from that, he spent much time in his extensive library. He was most interested in music and architecture. He played music himself in a small orchestra. He would have liked to see his musically talented son Georg study music, recalls Lotte Salmansohn, a niece of Ina Schuster.

However, this wish did not come true. In 1938, the Nazis forced Arthur Schuster to sell his business to an "Aryan.” Prior to that, Arthur Schuster was compelled to hand over the store to the trustee Otto Jandt, the owner of the "Haus der Geschenke” gift stores at Alter Steinweg 38, Steindamm 73, and Hamburger Strasse 140. Zealously, Jandt wrote his report to the Hamburg Chief Finance Administrator (Oberfinanzpräsident) on 12 Nov. 1938: "The store was closed by me immediately at 1 p.m. Available staff (10 Aryan employees) ordered to report for duty on Monday at 10 a.m. I had the purchaser Mr. Elssmann, having worked there for six years, and the accountant Ms. Pschorr, having worked there for more ten years, swear an oath toward conscientious execution and support of my trusteeship. Preliminary work for the stocktaking, beginning on Monday, and the detailing of all debts have been initiated. I have taken possession of all business keys as well as safe keys.”

Thus, the Schusters were robbed of the basis of their livelihood. Son Georg emigrated to Palestine before the end of the year. By then, Arthur and Ina Schuster lived on their savings only, being forced to give up their apartment on Eppendorfer Landstrasse. For some time, they resided at Isestrasse 27, until they were forced to move to the "Jews’ house” ("Judenhaus”) at Bornstrasse 16. From there, they were deported to Minsk on 8 Nov. 1941. They have been considered missing ever since.


Translator: Erwin Fink
Kindly supported by the Hermann Reemtsma Stiftung, Hamburg.

Stand: January 2019
© Maike Grünwaldt

Quellen: 1; 2; 4; 8; AfW 201015; Frank Bajohr, "Arisierung in Hamburg" : die Verdrängung der jüdischen Unternehmer 1933–1944, Hamburg 1997, S. 371; Moshe Zimmermann, Die deutschen Juden, 1914–1945, München, 1997, S. 31.
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