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Fanny Kallmes (née Nathan) * 1871

Haynstraße 10 (Hamburg-Nord, Eppendorf)

HIER WOHNTE
FANNY KALLMES
GEB. NATHAN
JG. 1871
GEDEMÜTIGT / ENTRECHTET
FLUCHT IN DEN TOD
16.7.1942

further stumbling stones in Haynstraße 10:
Gertrud Brühl, Wilhelm Cohn, Olga Delbanco, Hermann Falkenstein, Josefine Holländer, Elfriede Ruben

Fanny Kallmes, née Nathan, born 26.10.1871, humiliated/disenfranchised, escape to her death on 15.7.1942

Haynstraße 10 (Eppendorf)

Fanny Nathan had been born on Oct. 26, 1871 as the second child of the Jewish parents Abraham Nathan and his wife Hanna Nathan, née Levy, in Hamburg at Luisenstraße 5/Marienthal. (Abraham Nathan died on July 1, 1907, Hanna Nathan on November 26, 1915. Both were buried in the Jewish Cemetery Ilandkoppel).

We know nothing about Fanny Nathan's childhood or any education. She married James Kallmes, a merchant, in Hamburg on April 10, 1894. The couple lived at Brahmsallee 15 in Harvestehude. James Kallmes was born in Hamburg on October 5, 1861, the first of five children of Israel Julius Kallmes and Julie Kallmes, née Schöning, who were also Jewish. His siblings were born after him: Iwan (born Apr.22, 1863), Anna (born Dec. 4, 1865), Albert (born Febr. 25, 1870) and as the youngest child Otto (born Oct. 4, 1872).

James Kallmes grew up in a culturally interested and artistic environment: His father actively supported the Hamburg Art Association and was also a member of it. His mother wrote poetry. The well-off Kallmes family household included a piano.

James, Iwan and Israel Julius Kallmes registered the newly founded trading company with the name Kallmesius in the commercial register on January 1, 1886. The company headquarters were located at Kleiner Burstah 11/Altstadt. Over the years, the partners expanded the company into a flourishing importer and exporter of hides and skins, especially overseas. It grew to a respectable size. By death, Israel Julius Kallmes left the company on March 28, 1911. (He was buried in the Ilandkoppel Jewish Cemetery).

James Kallmes had become a Hamburg citizen since June 24, 1886, according to the citizens' protocol. He continued the parental tradition and held family tickets to the Kunstverein in Hamburg from 1905 to 1909.

In 1913, James Kallmes bought a house in the posh Harvestehude district at Harvestehuder Weg 71, which he later signed over to his wife. The Kallmes couple rented a room to Wilhelm Cohn (born Dec. 27, 1873) from 1913.

From 1915 to 1916, Fanny Kallmes possessed a passport and made extensive trips to Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Holland. According to the description in her passport, she was a slender woman with dark brown eyes and dark brown hair.

On March 18, 1919, James Kallmes passed away in Bad Homburg. (He was buried in Hamburg at Ilandkoppel Jewish Cemetery.) After his death, an account was set up under the name J. Kallmes Jr. Estate, and Fanny Kallmes benefited from the interest on the estate.

In 1922, she sold the house at Harvestehuder Weg 71 to the Consul General of the Kingdom of Belgium, Albert Moulaert (born Aug. 1, 1906). Shortly before, the latter had already moved in there as a subtenant.

Fanny Kallmes and her lodger Wilhelm Cohn had obviously become a couple in the meantime. They remained together from then on. In 1922, they moved to Oberstraße 140 in Harvestehude. Wilhelm Cohn registered there again as a subtenant.

From 1925 on, Ilse Lewin (born Jan. 24, 1909), a niece of Wilhelm Cohn, spent her vacations with Fanny Kallmes and Wilhelm Cohn in a guest room specially furnished for her. She later remembered many wonderful vacations in Hamburg. Childless Fanny Kallmes was obviously attached to her niece (Ilse Lewien lived in Kreischa/Oschatz near Dresden from 1925 to 1932, then moved to Berlin and emigrated to Palestine in July 1934).

In 1929, Fanny Kallmes and Wilhelm Cohn moved into an apartment at Sierichstraße 90 in Winterhude.
On the occasion of their parents' golden wedding anniversary on January 1, 1930, the children Albert, Anna, Iwan, Otto and sister-in-law Fanny Kallmes established "The Julius and Julie Kallmes Foundation" in Hamburg and gave the foundation money to the Jewish community in Hamburg. The purpose of the foundation was to support needy and worthy persons in the broadest sense. Members of the Kallmes and Schöning families were to be given preference over other applicants until the year 2000. Iwan and Otto Kallmes were to be given the right to sit and vote on the foundation's board for the duration of their lives.

Fanny Kallmes and Wilhelm Cohn moved again in 1933, this time to Haynstraße 33 in Eppendorf, and in 1934 to Haynstraße 10 on the third floor. (This No. 10 is also where the Stolpersteine for Fanny Kallmes and Wilhelm Cohn called Korn were laid). In 1935 they moved to Lenhartzstraße 13 in Eppendorf. Wilhelm Cohn always registered as a subtenant.

The Nazi state - as with all wealthier Jews - also accessed the assets of Fanny Kallmes. Her account was frozen on December 7, 1938. It showed a credit balance of RM 3,599. The Oberfinanzdirektion also instructed Fanny Kallmes to transfer her securities to a blocked deposit account at Deutsche Bank. She owned a share of 1,000 RM in the Uhlenhorster Fährhaus, which, however, showed a loss in value of 350 RM. She also owned a savings bank book with RM 3,900. After she had disclosed her living expenses, the Oberfinanzdirektion approved her to use RM 300 per month from her assets for her living expenses.

Like all wealthier Jews, Fanny Kallmes was also required to pay the "Judenvermögensabgabe" after the November pogrom in 1938. Starting on December 13, 1938, she paid five installments of 1,200 RM each. On December 17, 1938, the Chief Finance Office also issued a "security order" on her deceased husband's estate account. The lawyer Morris Samson (born October 21, 1878) had been appointed as executor of the estate, who now had to call himself "Konsulent." The assets consisted of mortgages and securities, the interest on which Fanny Kallmes received. After Fanny Kallmes` death, James Kallmes had decreed, the assets were to be signed over to the Jewish Community.

The Chief Finance Office stipulated that part of the assets had to be exchanged for Reich Treasury Bonds. (The Reichsschatzanweisungen were used to pay the costs of the Second World War). With these Reichsschatzanweisungen, Fanny Kallmes paid the third and fourth installments of the "Judenvermögensabgabe."

In the meantime more or less destitute, Fanny Kallmes was financially supported by her brother-in-law Otto Kallmes with mostly monthly payments of 167 RM and by her sister-in-law Anna Kallmes with another 167 RM. When her brother-in-law Iwan died on October 25, 1939, she received quarterly financial support of RM 250 from his estate.

In October 1939, Fanny Kallmes had to deliver her silverware, jewelry and various household appliances to the Oberfinanzdirektion. The proceeds amounted to 382.14 RM, which she had to pay into her "security account".

She earned a small additional income by subletting a room: On July 4, 1939, the unmarried non-Jewish Helene Pauline Lange (born May 7, 1884) moved in and lived there until June 9, 1941.

On September 6, 1939, the Chief Finance Office again requested Fanny Kallmes to declare her financial circumstances. However, as of November 1, 1939, it granted Fanny Kallmes only 450 RM of the 720 RM demanded for her monthly living expenses.

On November 29, 1940, the "Julie and Julius Kallmes Foundation" was dissolved.
On September 26, 1941, Fanny Kallmes moved with Wilhelm Cohn to the second floor of Haynstraße 10.

On December 6, 1941, her brother-in-law Otto Kallmes was deported to Riga. This meant that Fanny Kallmes no longer received his regular financial support.
In addition, Fanny Kallmes and Wilhelm Cohn had to move to the "Judenhaus" at Agathenstraße 3 on April 22, 1942. Obviously, they now no longer saw any perspective for their lives. On July 11, 1942, their sister-in-law Rosa Anna Lucie Kallmes was deported to Auschwitz, which would have meant that in the future her financial support would also have ceased. Fanny Kallmes and Wilhelm Cohn had not been affected by the large-scale deportations until now because of their age, but now the "old-age transports" to Theresienstadt were due to leave on July 15 and 19, 1942.

Fanny Kallmes and Wilhelm Cohn took barbiturates on July 14, 1942 and put an end to their lives themselves. Roommates from the house at Agathenstraße 3 informed the police station, which had both of them transported to the Jewish hospital in Johnsallee. There they died on July 15, 1942.

Fanny Kallmes and Wilhelm Cohn were buried in the Ilandkoppel Jewish Cemetery.

The James Kallmes estate, with its securities and mortgages, still amounted to RM 30,000 after the death of Fanny Kallmes. The assets were transferred to the Jewish Community in Hamburg, which was only allowed to dispose of them with permission.

On the fate of the sister of Fanny Kallmes, née Nathan:
Marie Nathan (born March 26, 1865) married Albert Elias Ascher (born Sept. 18, 1852) on November 26, 1894. They had a son Erich Ascher (born Oct. 15, 1894) who escaped to the USA in 1939. Albert Ascher died on December 27, 1916, Marie Ascher on September 17, 1936 in Hamburg.

About the fate of the siblings of James Kallmes:
Iwan Kallmes (born April 22, 1863) had married Rosa Anna Lucie Goldschmidt (born Jan. 2, 1883) on December 4, 1903. Iwan Kallmes died on January 25, 1939 and was buried in the Ilandkoppel Jewish Cemetery. Anna Kallmes was deported to Auschwitz on July 11, 1942 (see above).

Anna Kallmes (born Dec. 4, 1865) married Wolf Katzenstein (born March 14, 1859) on July 17, 1891. He died on January 26, 1932, she on Oct. 1, 1938. Both were buried in the Jewish Cemetery Ilandkoppel.

Albert Kallmes (born Febr. 25, 1870) married Minna Sophie Elisabeth Claussen (born June 12, 1882), a gentile, on April 12, 1916. He survived in this mixed marriage, died in Hamburg on June 8, 1949, and was buried in the Ilandkoppel Jewish Cemetery. Minna Kallmes died on July 17, 1955.

Otto Kallmes (born Oct. 4, 1872) was deported to the Riga-Jungfernhof concentration camp on Dec. 6, 1941, and murdered. (See www.stolpersteine-hamburg.de)

Translation by Beate Meyer
Stand: February 2022
© Bärbel Klein

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