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Alma Lisser (née Königsfeld) * 1879

Grindelallee 73 (Eimsbüttel, Rotherbaum)

1942 Auschwitz

further stumbling stones in Grindelallee 73:
Lonny Beese, Bert(h)a Hirnheimer, Alexander Norden, Caroline Norden, Max Moses Norden, Carl Norden, Siegfried Norden

Alma Lisser, née Königsfeld, born on 22 Feb. 1879 in Ratibor, deported on 11 July 1942 to Auschwitz

Alma Königsfeld was born in the Silesian city of Ratibor (today Raciborz in Poland).

She was married and had two children with her husband, whose first name was impossible to establish, unfortunately. Daughter Lonni Lisser was born on 18 May 1905 in Breslau (today Wroclaw in Poland), son Hans Lisser at a time and place unknown to us.

In 1925, the couple got divorced in Hamburg. Alma Lisser then worked as a housekeeper for Adolf Beese, Lonni’s father-in-law. The family of Lonni’s husband was not Jewish, i.e., Lonni lived in a "mixed marriage” ("Mischehe").

Since 1936, Alma, Lonni, and Lonni’s father-in-law, Adolf, lived in one apartment. When the anti-Jewish legislation made continued cohabitation impossible, Alma had to move out. As of 1 Jan. 1941, she moved into accommodation with a Mrs. Engelstein at Mittelweg 16. Since she had no income, Lonni and Adolf supported her, for she no longer had any financial reserves. As early as Sept. 1938, she had been forced to cancel her life insurance, receiving the surrender value of 501.28 RM (reichsmark).

When getting her deportation order, she lived in the "Jews’ house” ("Judenhaus”) at Rutschbahn 25a. It is not known when and under what circumstances Alma Lisser moved there.

On 11 July 1942, she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered. As concerning so many other things, nothing is known about the circumstances and time. Alma Lisser was declared dead as of 8 May 1945.

Her daughter, Lonni Beese, committed suicide in Hamburg on 10 Sept. 1944. A Stolperstein for her is located next to that for Alma.

Alma Lisser’s granddaughter Ursula survived because she had a non-Jewish father.


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

Stand: March 2017
© Nora Bisanz

Quellen: Amt für Wiedergutmachung, Akte 1805050; StaH, Oberfinanzpräsident 314-15, Bd.3, R 1938/2279; StaH, 522-1, Jüdische Gemeinden, 992e2, Bd.4, Deportationsliste Auschwitz vom 11.7.1942