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Sarah Heimann * 1894

Durchschnitt 1 (Eimsbüttel, Rotherbaum)

HIER WOHNTE
SARAH HEIMANN
JG. 1894
DEPORTIERT 1942
ERMORDET IN
AUSCHWITZ

further stumbling stones in Durchschnitt 1:
Hans Borchardt, Martha Borchardt, Raphael Friedländer, Jeanette Friedländer, Julius Levi

Sarah Heimann, born on 30 Sept. 1894, deported on 11 July 1942, murdered in Auschwitz

Duchschnitt 1 Rotherbaum

Sarah was born on 30 Sept. 1894 as the eighth of ten children of the Jewish couple Sally Heimann and Hanna, née Schlesinger, in Hamburg at Marienstrasse 12/Neustadt.
Sarah Heimann has left only a few biographical traces.

We know about her childhood that she was raised along very strict religious lines and that the family was careful to maintain a kosher diet. When she was an adult, it was noted on her Jewish religious tax (Kultussteuer) file card that she worked as a domestic servant.

The Heimann family maintained close contact among their family members. Sarah was – according to family tradition – the "good spirit” in the Heimann household.

She lived with her parents Hanna and Sally Heimann on the second floor at Rutschbahn 25 in the Rotherbaum quarter. Her parents had occupied the apartment since 1910. The landlord was the Minkel Salomon David Kalker-Stift, a charitable foundation that offered Jews free housing in the building, as well as inexpensive rental apartments. We do not know if the family lived there rent-free.

When her father Sally Heimann fell ill, Sarah assisted her mother in his care, and when he died on 3 Sept. 1921, she subsequently helped her mother cope with life as a widow. Sally Heimann was buried in the Langenfelde Jewish Cemetery on 5 Sept. 1921.

Until 1934, Sarah Heimann and her mother remained in the apartment at Rutschbahn 25. Across from them, also on the second floor, lived her brother Joseph Hesekel Heimann, his wife Gretchen, née Weichselbaum (born on 16 Nov. 1902), as well as their children Betty (born on 20 Jan. 1934), Sophie (born on 25 Dec. 1934), Abraham Sally (born on 9 Mar. 1936), Jakob (born on 30 July 1937), and Menachem (born on 18 Sept. 1938). Sarah Heimann looked after the children.

Sarah Heimann then moved in with her brother Benzion Heimann and his family at Rutschbahn 11 starting in 1934 and she also took care of the six children there: Rahel (born on 21 Dec. 1929), Frieda (born on 1 Aug. 1931), Abraham Sally (born on 21 Jan. 1933), Wolf (born on 7 Jan. 1934), Adele (born on 5 May 1936), and Lea (born on 12 Nov. 1937). The Heimann couple fled with their children to Palestine in 1939.
Then another brother, Joseph Hesekel Heimann, also found a place to stay at Rutschbahn 11 with his family until they fled to Palestine in the summer of 1939. Sarah Heimann took care of the children in this case as well.

She then moved to Rutschbahn 31 to stay with her sister Baszion, who had married Siegmund Aron, and then to Durchschnitt 1 with the Schlesinger family. She was related to the Schlesinger family through the maternal line.

During the last days before her deportation, Sarah Heimann had to move into the "Jews’ house” ("Judenhaus”) at Bornstrasse 22.
She was deported with the transport departing on 11 July 1942 to Auschwitz, where she was murdered by gassing.

Details regarding the fate of Sarah Heimann’s siblings:
David (born on 10 Nov. 1887) died on 25 Apr. 1899 in Hamburg and he was buried in the Langenfelde Jewish Cemetery.
Adele Heimann (born on 23 Nov. 1889) died on 13 Nov. 1891 in Hamburg and she was buried in the Langenfelde Jewish Cemetery.
Blüme Heimann (born on 21 Sept. 1891), died on 27 May 1892 in Hamburg and was buried in the Langenfelde Jewish Cemetery.
One child (born on 28 Oct. 1896) was stillborn and buried in the Langenfelde Jewish Cemetery.
Magnus (born on 25 Jan. 1899), died in Hamburg on 25 Apr. 1914, and he was buried in the Langenfelde Jewish Cemetery.

Betty Heimann (born on 7 Sept. 1888) married Samuel Bari in Hamburg on 1 Aug. 1913. The couple had eight children. The couple was deported to Theresienstadt with their two youngest children Magnus (born on 19 Dec. 1927) and Mirjam (born on 25 Feb. 1929) on 15 July 1942. Magnus and Mirjam Bari were liberated by the Allies on the death march to Flossenbürg. Betty and Samuel Bari were liberated in Theresienstadt at the end of the war. Stolpersteine are planned for the couple Betty and Samuel Bari and for the children Magnus and Mirjam at Bogenstrasse 24.

Baszion Heimann (born on 4 Mar. 1893) married Siegmund Aron on 31 May 1934 in Hamburg. The couple was deported to the Lodz/Litzmannstadt Ghetto on 25 Oct. 1941. Siegmund died there and Baszion was murdered in Chelmno/Kulmhof in Sept. 1942. They have been commemorated by Stolpersteine at Grindelberg 74a (see www.stolpersteine-hamburg.de).

Joseph Hesekel Heimann (born on 27 Oct. 1890) married Gretchen, née Weichselbaum (born on 16 Nov. 1902). They had children Betty (born on 20 Jan. 1934), Sophie (born on 25 Dec. 1934), Abraham Sally (born on 9 Mar. 1936), Jacob (born on 30 July 1937), and Menachem (born on 18 Sept. 1938). The couple fled with their children to Palestine in 1939.

Benzion Heimann (born on 8 Sept. 1895) married Sara Schenkolewski (born on 7 Feb. 1904) in Hamburg. They had the children Gella (born on 3 June 1928), Rahel (born on 21 Dec. 1929), Frieda (born on 1 Aug. 1931), Abraham Sally (born on 21 Jan. 1933), Wolf (born on 7 Jan. 1934), Adele (born on 5 May 1936), and Lea (born on 12 Nov. 1937). The couple fled with their children to Palestine in 1939.

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

Stand: May 2021
© Bärbel Klein

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