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Max Sommerfeld * 1897
Hirtenstraße 44 (Hamburg-Mitte, Hamm)
1942 Mauthausen
ermordet 15.08.1942 Mauthausen
further stumbling stones in Hirtenstraße 44:
Hedwig Sommerfeld
Hedwig Sommerfeld, born on 5 Nov. 1899 in Salzwedel, deported on 6 Dec. 1941 to Riga
Max Sommerfeld, born on 12 Dec. 1897 in Salzwedel, deported on 6 Aug. 1942 to Mauthausen, date of death there 15 Aug. 1942
Hedwig Sommerfeld, born on 5 Nov. 1899 in Salzwedel, belonged to the German-Israelitic Community since 1928 at the latest. In the membership census of 1935, she was registered as the head of the household. The year before, she had moved with her mother and siblings from Anckelmannstrasse 91 to Hirtenstrasse 44, which was also the residence of her oldest brother Hugo, born on 27 May 1896, who later moved to Frankfurt and survived the Shoah.
Hedwig remained unmarried. She did not earn a lot as a salaried employee and had no income at all from 1930 until 1934.
Her mother, Emilie Sommerfeld, née Falck, born on 29 June 1872 in Hamburg, passed away on 14 Jan. 1935.
Her brother, Max Sommerfeld, born on 12 Dec. 1897 in Salzwedel, and his family shared the apartment on Hirtenstrasse with Hedwig. He worked as a non-medical practitioner and had an income "insignificant in terms of taxes,” as the Community administration noted. His wife Frieda, née Glau, was a Protestant and "Aryan.” She brought a daughter into the marriage who was also a "full Aryan.” The Sommerfeld couple had two children together, Friedemann, born on 21 Jan. 1933, and Rita, born on 9 Dec. 1937. When these were born, the family had already moved to Düsternstrasse 41. Max Sommerfeld belonged to the Jewish Religious Organization (Jüdischer Religionsverband), but not to the Reich Association [of Jews in Germany] (Reichsvereinigung [der Juden in Deutschland]), since he lived in a "mixed marriage.” If a Jewish person was criminalized and taken into "protective custody” ("Schutzhaft”), the protection afforded by the "privileged” mixed marriage expired.
Max Sommerfeld was taken into "protective custody” in 1942, committed to the Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp, and deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp. From there, his Urn was sent to his family by mail; the date of death was considered to be 15 Aug. 1942 (Jewish religious tax [Kultussteuer] card file: 15 Aug. 1942). The urn was buried in the Jewish Cemetery.
Hedwig’s younger sister, Martha Sommerfeld, born on 30 Sept. 1901, emigrated in 1938, probably to Brazil. For her part, Hedwig had completed her preparations for emigration by Apr. 1939. However, for unknown reasons, she stayed in Hamburg and was deported to Riga-Jungfernhof on 6 Dec. 1941.
Translator: Erwin Fink
Kindly supported by the Hermann Reemtsma Stiftung, Hamburg.
Stand: January 2019
© Hildegard Thevs
Quellen: 1; 4; 5; 6: 8; StaH, 522-1, Jüdische Gemeinden, 391 Mitgliederliste 1935; 992 e 2 Deportationslisten Bd. 3.
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