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Emilie Lilly Rosenstein (née Joseph) * 1886

Hegestraße 27 (Hamburg-Nord, Eppendorf)

1941 Lodz
weiterdeportiert ???

further stumbling stones in Hegestraße 27:
Flora Joseph, Gustav Rosenstein, Lilly Windmüller

Emilie (Lilly) Rosenstein, née Joseph, born on 4 Dec. 1886 in Hamburg, deported on 25 Oct. 1941 to Lodz, deported further to Chelmno in July 1942
Gustav Rosenstein, born on 17 May 1881 in Altona, deported on 25 Oct. 1941 to Lodz, died there on 6 Mar. 1942

Hegestrasse 27

Gustav Rosenstein was a commercial agent. He had his business in the old city center of Hamburg, at Reichenstrasse 23 (today Grosse Reichenstrasse), and initially, he resided with this wife Emilie in Altona at Ohlendorffs Allee 4 (today Susettestrasse) and later at Treskowplatz 5 (today Eulenstrasse). On 22 Dec. 1911, their only child was born, a daughter they named Henny. We do not know which industry Gustav Rosenstein represented. The Synagogue Community (Synagogengemeinde) did not assess him for the usual Jewish religious tax (Kultussteuer). The reasons are unknown, with a war injury or an illness more likely than continuous failure in business. Emilie Rosenstein did not pursue any gainful occupation.

In July 1932, the Rosensteins moved to Hamburg, into the middle of the thriving center of Jewish life, to Grindelallee 105. After the Nazi "seizure of power,” they found accommodation in Eppendorf at Hegestrasse 27 on the second floor, where their Stolpersteine are located today. It is known that Lilly Windmüller and the married couple Iwan and Elfriede Rosenstein (see corresponding entry) temporarily lived with them as subtenants. It was not possible to establish any family relations of the two Rosenstein couples. In other respects, the documents only reveal that Gustav Rosenstein was assessed for income tax as late as June 1941, which means he possibly pursued gainful employment.

On 25 Oct. 1941, Gustav and Emilie were deported to the Lodz Ghetto. There they lived at Blattbindergasse 8/10 in apartment no. 22, where other "Eppendorfers,” Anna Rosenbaum and the married couple Iwan and Elfriede Rosenstein, were committed as well. This suggests that the distribution within the ghetto was carried out according to the transport and the alphabet. We have no details about the fate of the daughter, who was possibly still alive at this time.

On 8 Mar. 1942, Gustav died in Lodz at the age of 60. Emilie was murdered in Chelmno in July 1942.


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

Stand: October 2018
© Dietrich Rauchenberger

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