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Dr. Ignatz Stern * 1864

Sierichstraße 152 (Hamburg-Nord, Winterhude)

1942 Theresienstadt
ermordet 15.08.1942

further stumbling stones in Sierichstraße 152:
Paula Rosenberg, Felix Rosenberg, Emmy Stern

Dr. med. Ignatz Stern, b. 5.24.1864 in Posen, deported on 7.19.1942 to Theresienstadt, died there on 8.15.1942
Emmy Stern, née Jacoby, b. 11.10.1874 in Neuteich/Danzig adm. district, deported on 7.19.1942 to Theresienstadt, died there on 2.20.1943

Sierichstraße 152

The couple had two children who were able to emigrate to the USA: Werner and Lilo. The family had lived in Hamburg in a spacious house at Sierichstrasse 152. On 19 July 1942, Emmy and Ignatz Stern were deported to Theresienstadt. Ignatz died there on 15 August 1942; his wife, on 20 February 1943. On 28 December 1945, there appeared this notice in the New York Jewish newspaper, Aufbau:

"Our most deeply beloved parents and parents-in-law, Dr. med. Ignaz Stern and Emmy Stern née Jacoby (of Hamburg) passed away two years ago in Theresienstadt. Our longing to be reunited and our wish to afford them a carefree life in their twilight years remained unfulfilled.
Werner H. Stern & Mrs. Therese Stern, née Sternburg…
Kurt Sober & Mrs. Lilo Sober, née Stern…”


Translator: Richard Levy
Kindly supported by the Hermann Reemtsma Stiftung, Hamburg.

Stand: January 2019
© Ulrike Sparr

Quellen: 3; 4; 5; 8; "Aufbau", 28.12.1945.
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