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Flora Hasenberg (née Josias) * 1888

Bornstraße 6 (Eimsbüttel, Rotherbaum)

1941 Minsk
ermordet

further stumbling stones in Bornstraße 6:
Max Gutmann, Kurt Hasenberg, Richard Hasenberg, Benno Kesstecher

Richard Hasenberg, born 19.10.1888 in Elmshorn, deported to Minsk on 8.11.1941, murdered

Flora Hasenberg, née Josias, born 21.3.1888 in Friedrichstadt, deported to Minsk on 8.11.1941, murdered

Kurt Hasenberg, born 8.7.1920 in Hamburg, deported to Minsk on 8.11.1941, murdered

Bornstraße 6, Eimsbüttel

Richard Hasenberg was born on October 19, 1888 in Elmshorn. He was married to Flora Hasenberg, née Josias, born on March 21, 1888 in Friedrichstadt. Their son Gerd Jacob Hasenberg was born on May 3, 1915 in Hamburg, their son Kurt on July 8, 1920, also in Hamburg. The family lived at Grindelberg 4a and from 1932 at Bornstraße 6 in the Grindel district.

Richard Hasenberg worked from 4.5.1927 to 30.9.1931 as an office clerk at the police department, building police (Baupolizei), Große Bleichen 23. The building police belonged to the police department as Department VIII. The directorate of the building police was housed at Große Bleichen 23/27. Richard Hasenberg was presumably dismissed during the Great Depression in 1931. In an application for crisis support (unemployment benefit), he stated "grain and animal feed” as the profession he had learned.

The family belonged to the Hamburg Jewish Community. In the welfare file stamped with a "J”, both spouses are described as "Mosaic” (old-fashioned for Jewish). The welfare file was opened because Richard Hasenberg applied for support due to unemployment in 1931.

Even when their son Kurt was admitted to the Eppendorf General Hospital in November 1931 due to diphtheria and discharged on January 29, 1932, the welfare authorities covered the costs. There is a handwritten addition on the hospital bill: "previously paid by the Beh. KK f. Staatl. Angest.” (Official health insurance fund for state employees).

In the welfare file there is a handwritten entry dated January 25, 1940, which shows that the couple rented out several rooms of their 5 1/2 room apartment in Bornstraße as well as a sleeping area in the apartment. "H. wants to rent out another room with meals and will waive support from February 1”. The family had also already sublet a room in the former 4 1/2 room apartment at Grindelberg 4a.

After a home visit on January 28, 1935, the welfare office noted in the file that the family had taken in two foster children. They shared a room. The family received RM 50 for the foster children Erich Cohen and Richard Frankenthal, RM 55 and RM 28 per month respectively. Richard Frankenthal was born on April 9, 1924 in Hamburg and Erich Cohen on April 1, 1920 in Hamburg.

Erich Cohen was dismissed on March 31, 1936. He was sent to a home. After that, his brother Herbert Cohen, born on September 5, 1918, lived in the apartment as a subtenant for some time. He completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith at the Talmud Torah School. Herbert Cohen was probably arrested during the November pogroms in 1938 and sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He died there on December 5, 1938 (see www.stolpersteine-hamburg.de).

In March 1936, a note recorded that Richard Hasenberg was temporarily working as a messenger and bread carrier. From July 1938, he found work as a construction worker, first in Buxtehude and later in Stade. In January 1940, he submitted another application for unemployment benefit. According to the information contained therein, his eldest son had already emigrated to Australia.

Richard, Flora and Kurt Hasenberg were deported to Minsk on November 8, 1941 and murdered there. All three were declared dead after the war.

Their foster child, Richard Frankenthal, was also deported to Minsk on November 8, 1941.

Erich Cohen survived the war in England.

Their son Gerd Jacob Hasenberg had emigrated in 1938. In an affidavit dated February 1960, he wrote of a "forced departure”. In 1951, he filed applications for restitution for household effects that had been forcibly auctioned off and other confiscated assets. At the time, he was living as a British citizen in Castlecrag, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, under the name George Jacob Berg.

The exhibition "We don't need Jews here - Hamburg's Jewish police officers - repressed, persecuted, forgotten (1918-1952)” paid tribute to Richard Hasenberg's fate, among other things.

Translation Beate Meyer
Stand: November 2024
© Martin Bähr

Quellen: Hamburger Adressbuch, Jg. 1928 – 1941; StaH 131-11 Personalamt (-Gesamtregistratur) 1537 Richard Hasenberg, 213-13 Landgericht Hamburg – Wiedergutmachung 17700 Erben nach Richard Hasenberg; 17792 Richard Hasenberg; 351-14 Arbeits- und Sozialwesen – Einzelfälle 1246 Richard Hasenberg; zur Praxis der Unterbringung von Pflegekindern s. Lohalm, Uwe: Fürsorge und Verfolgung. Hamburg 1998. S. 38 f.; Totenbuch KZ Sachsenhausen, https://www.stiftung-bg.de/totenbuch/ main.php, Zugriff 22.1.2020; Gedenkbuch des Bundesarchivs, https://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/de868024; Zugriff 6.1.2023.