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Minna Hirsch * 1909

Isestraße 79 (Eimsbüttel, Harvestehude)

1941 Lodz

further stumbling stones in Isestraße 79:
Charlotte Hecht, Ephraim Hirsch, Ernestine Hirsch, Ilse Hirsch, Ida Koppel, Henriette Kuppermann, Nelly Kuppermann, Gerda Kuppermann, Caesar Laski

Ephraim Hirsch, born 7 July 1883 in Lübeck, deported 25 Oct. 1941 to Lodz
Ernestine Hirsch, née Hillel, born 4 April 1880 in Rogasen, deported 25 Oct. 1941 to Lodz
Minna Hirsch, born 11 Mar. 1909 in Hamburg, deported 25 Oct. 1941 to Lodz
Ilse Hirsch, born 20 Oct. 1910 in Hamburg, deported 25 Oct. 1941 to Lodz

Ephraim Hirsch owned a pawn shop which provided a poor existence for his family. It was located on Wexstraße and was later moved to Hammerbrookstraße, then to Königstraße. Initially Ephraim Hirsch also lived with his family on Wexstraße, but in June 1939 they moved, perhaps not of their own free will, to Isestraße.

Ephraim Hirsch came from a Lübecker family. His parents were Jacob Hirsch and his wife Johanna, née Blumenthal. Ephraim Hirsch was in his second marriage. His first wife Emmi, the mother of his two daughters Minna and Ilse, had died. Ephraim Hirsch then married Ernestine Hillel from Rogasen.

We know very little about the family’s fate. We can only say with certainty that his daughter Ilse had tried to immigrate to St. Louis in the USA since 1938. "The applicant is allegedly engaged (she wears an engagement ring) and wants to marry abroad", is noted in a letter from an expert at the foreign currency office who, in June 1939, had to deal with her household goods to be moved. She received the obligatory clearance certificate on 30 May 1939. The entry "June 1939 USA" in her religious tax card file was crossed out. Nothing came of her emigration, likely due to the outbreak of war.

Upon inquiry by the regional finance office, the police chief replied succinctly: "Ms. Hirsch and her parents are still registered as reported." Ilse Hirsch earned a living as a "house daughter" (Haustochter), yet lived with her parents, just like her sister Minna who worked as a commercial clerk. Until 1936 Minna Hirsch worked for a private company on Kaiser Wilhelmstraße, later for a Jewish aid organization.

The entire family was deported to Lodz on 25 Oct. 1941, where all further trace was lost.

Translator: Suzanne von Engelhardt

Kindly supported by the Hermann Reemtsma Stiftung, Hamburg.

Stand: October 2016
© Christa Fladhammer

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