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Ancestry Chart ..................... ........... ... ............................ 1 Key to State and Country Abbreviations ...... ......................................* . . ......* ........... 2 Remembrance ...................................... 3 The Jews of Germany ....................................... 7 The Jews of Hesse ............................................................................ ................ ........................ 15 The Jewish Cattle Dealers of Hesse. .................................................... 21 The Nazi Era in Hesse. ................................................... 24 Underlying Conditions in Germany before 1933 and the Resurgence of Antisemitism. .................................... . 24 H itler and the N azi Party. ................................................................................................ ....................................... 25 Harassment: The Beginning of Actions Against Jews in Germany in 1933 ....................................... ......... 25 Marginalizing the Jews: The Nirnberg Laws of 1935 ................................................................................................. 29 Escalation of Actions Against the Jews in 1938. ......................................................................................................... 29 Jew ish Em igration from R ural H esse .................................................................................................................................. 33 Emigration from Germany, including Hesse, before 1933. ................................................................................................ 33 Emigration from Hesse during the Nazi Era. ...................................................................................................................... 35 R eferen ces. ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 5 The REISS Family of Ulrichstein ....................................... 37 History of Ulrichstein and its Jewish Community. .................................................... 38 The Jewish Cemetery of Ulrichstein. .................................................... 41 Emigration from Ulrichstein. ..................................................... 42 Names in Ulrichstein. ................................................... 42 Sources of Information. .................................................... 42 Origins and Occurrence of the Name REISS. ..................................................................................................................... 43 The R EISS Fam ily in U lrichstein. ...................................................................................................................................... 44 The FROHLICH Family in Ulrichstein. .................................................... 44 R eferen ces. ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 4 Descendants of Morthachay of Ulrichstein ...................................................................................................................... 46 Descendants of Mordachai SALOMON* and Biene [UNKNOWN] of Ulrichstein ...................................... ..... . 48 Descendants of Joseph SALOMON* and [Name Unknown] of Ulrichstein ......................................... ........... 75 Descendants of Abraham SALOMON* and Freudel [UNKNOWN] of Ulrichstein ...................................... ..... . 88 Descendants of Levi SALOMON* and [Name Unknown] of Ulrichstein ....................................... .......................... 95 The GOTTLIEB and STRAUSS Families of Grebenau ................................................... 97 History of Grebenau and its Jewish Community................................................................................................................. 98 The Synagogue of Grebenau ............................................................................................................................................ 99 The Jew ish School of G rebenau. .................................................................................................................... .................. 99 The Jewish Cemetery of Grebenau. .................................................................................................................................... 99 R eferen ces. ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10 0 Descendants of Moses [UNKNOWN] and [Name Unknown] of Grebenau .................................................................. 105 Descendants of Nathan [UNKNOWN] and [Name Unknown] of Grebenau ................................................................. 120 The BAUM Fam ily of Lichenroth ................*****..................................................................... 125 History of Lichenroth and its Jewish Community. ......................................................................................................... . 126 The Synagogue of Lichenrotl .......................................................................................................................................... 127 The Jewish School of Lichenroth. .................................................................................................................................... 128 The Jewish Cemetery of Lichenroth. ................................................................................................................................ 128 Occupations and Social Structure. ................................................................................................................................... 128 S ources of Inform ation. .................................................................................................................................................... 129 R efere n ces. ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12 9 Descendants of [Unknown] BAUM and Fannie [UNKNOWN] of Lichenroth ............................................................. 130 The GOLDSCHMIDT, HESS and LEVI-KANN Families of Heubach, Sterbfritz, Uttrichshausen, and Ziintersbach ...................................................... 143 History of the Heubach and Uttrichshausen Jewish Communities. .................................................................................. 144 The Synagogue of Heubach....................................................................................................................................... 144 The Jewish Cemetery of Heubach and Uttrichshausen ........................................................................................ 144 Location of Vital Records.......................................................................................................................................... 144 R eferen ces. ................................................................................................................................................................ 14 4 History of Sterbfritz and its Jewish Community. ......................................................................................................... 145 The Synagogue of Sterbfritz. ..................................................................................................................................... 145 The Jewish School of Sterbfritz. ............................................................................................................................. 145 The Jewish Cemetery of Sterbfritz. ........................................................................................................................... 145 R eferen ces. ................................................................................................................................................................ 14 5 Descendants of Simon GULDSCHMIDT and Beila [UNKNOWN] of Heubach .......................................................... 146 Descendants of Mendel GULDSCHMIDT and WOgel [UNKNOWN] of Heubach ................................................... 153 Other GOLDSCHMIDT family groups in Heubach ....................................................................................................... 155 Descendants of David GOLDSCHMIDT and [Name Unknown] of Sterbfritz. ............................................................. 156 Descendants of Baruch GOLDSCHMIDT and [Name Unknown] of Ztintersbach........................................................ 161 GOLDSCHMIDT Family Groups in Fulda ................................................................................................................ 162 Descendants of Lib HESS and Hindel KATZ of Heubach .............................................................................................. 163 Descendants of Isack LEVI and Descendants of Isack HESS and Gidel [UNKNOWN]. ............................................. 169 The LILIENSTEIN and STERN Families of GoBfelden .................................... .............. 171 History of Go felden and its Jewish Community. ....................................................................................................... 172 T h e S y n ag og ue . ................................................................................................................................................................ 17 2 The Cemetery of Golfelden. ............................................................................................................................................ 172 Occurrence of the Name Lilienstein. ................................................................................................................................ 173 R eferen ces. ....................................................................................................................................................................... 17 3 Descendants of Samuel LOLYENSTEIN and Goddel [UNKNOWN] of GoBfelden ................................................. 174 Descendants of Rosa LILIENSTEIN and Berthold KATZ of Treysa.......................................................................... 182 Descendants of Lisser STERN and [Name Unknown] of GoBfelden ......................................................................... 184 The GRIESHEIM Family of Beuern and the EDELMUTH Family of Beuern and Reiskirchen ...................................................... 187 History of the Buseck Valley and its Jewish Community. ........................................................................................... 188 H istory of the B useck V alley. .................................................................................................................................... 188 The Jewish Community of the Buseck Valley ..................................................................................................... 189 T he Synagogue of B euern . ............................................................................................................................................. 19 1 C em etery . .......................................................................................................................................................................... 19 1 The GRIESHEIM Family of Beuern. ............................................................................................................................... 193 The EDELMUTH Family of Beuern and Reiskirchen. ............................................................................................... 193 R eferences. .......................................................................................................... .......................... .. .......................... 19 4 Descendants of Wolf GRIESSHEIM and Fratchen GOTTSCHALK* of Beuern ..................................................... 195 Descendants of Charles GRIESHEIM .............................................................................................................................. 201 Descendants of Bruno GRIESHEIM ................................................................................................................................ 202 Descendants of Jacob [UNKNOWN] and [Name Unknown] of Beuern ........................................ ................... ...... 203 Descendants of Markus [UNKNOWN] ............................................................................................................................ 229 Descendants of Leo EDELMUTH ............................................................................................................................. 231 Descendants of Unknown] EDELMUTH ....................................................................................................................... 231 Descendants of Hugo EDELMUTH .......................................................................................................................... 232 Descendants of Samuel EDELMUTH ........................................................................................................................ 232 The Name MEY ERFELD Fam ily ............... ....................................................................................... 23 The Name MEYERFELD Family ofBeuern............................................................................................................................................... 234 The MEYERFELD Family of T reysa and Ziegenhain.............. ........................................ 234 The M YERFELD Family of Kirtorf ............................ ........................................................................ 23 The MAYERFELD Family of Kirtorfsa ............................................................................................................................. 237 The MEYERFELD Family of Spangenberg. ................................................... 237 The MEYERFELD Family of Bielefeld and Beverungen. ............................................................................................... 237 The MAYERFELD Family of Crumstadt and Biebesheim. ........................................................................................ 237 R eferences. ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 37 Descendants of the Parents of Maiyer and of Burhurt MAIYERFELD of Beuern ........................................................ 238 Descendants of Meyer [UNKNOWN] and [Name Unknown] of Ziegenhain and Treysa........................................... 243 Descendants of Moses MEYERFELD ....................................................................................................................... 245 Descendants of the Parents of Adolph, Wilhelm and Ida MAYERFELD of Kirtorf ...................................................... 245 Descendants of [Unknown] MEYERFELD and Bertha OPPENHEIMER of Spangenberg ............................................ 245 Descendants of Sigmund MEYERFELD AND Elva OSTRANDER of California. ...................................................... 245 Descendants of Juda MEYERFELD and Matilda ROSENFELD of Bielefeld and Beverungen ................................... 246 Descendants of Joseph MEYERFELD ............................................................................................................................. 248 Descendants of Moritz MEYERFELD ........................................................................................................................... 248 Descendants of Moses [UNKNOWN] and [Name Unknown] of Crumstadt and Biebesheim....................................... 249 The LIPPM ANN Fam ily of Bauschheim ............................................... ........ .. ...... 261 H istory of B auschheim . .................................................................................................................................................... 262 R eferen ce s. ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 6 2 Descendants of Joseph LIPPMANN AND [Name Unknown] of Bauschheim .............................................................. 263 Descendants of Adolf LIPPMANN and Pauline GUTMANN of Furth. ........................................................................ 267 The MAY Families of RoBdorf, Griifenhausen and Ober-Ramstadt......................................... 269 R o fd o rf ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2 7 0 History of Ro dorf and its Jewish Community. .................................................................................................... 270 The Synagogue of RoBdorf. ...................................................................................................................................... 270 S ocial S tru cture. ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 7 1 The Jewish Cemetery of RoBdorf. ................................................................................................. ...................... 271 R eferences .......... ................................................................. .................... ............. ......................................... 27 1 Descendants of Mardachai GUTSCHEL* and Sara SALOMON* of RoBdorf ....................................................... 272 Other MAY Family Groups in RoBdorf .................................................................................................................... 277 G r fenh au sen .................................................................................................................................................................... 2 7 8 History of Grifenhausen and its Jewish Community. ................................................................................................ 278 The Synagogue of Grfenhausen. .............................................................................................................................. 278 The Jewish Cemetery of Grfenhausen. .................................................................................................................... 279 R eferen ces. ................................................................................... .... .................................. .............................. 2 7 9 Descendants of Mannasses MAY and Hannchen(?) MAY of Grafenhausen........................................................... 280 O ber-R am stadt ............................................................................................................................................... ............. 28 1 History of Ober-Ramstadt and its Jewish Community......................................................................................... 281 R eferen ces. ... ..... .............. ............................................. ......................................................................................... 2 8 1 Descendants of Liebmann MAY and Ros [UNKNOWN] of Ober-Ramstadt ................................................... 282 Descendants of Bella MAY .................................................. ......................................... ........................... 282 The M ETZGER Fam ily of W eisenau ........................................ ................................................... 283 History of Weisenau and its Jewish Community. ......................................................................................................... 284 T he Synagogue of W eisenau. ............................................................................................................................................ 285 The Jewish Cemetery of Weisenau. .................................................................................................................................. 286 R eferen ces. ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 8 6 Descendants of Moses [UNKNOWN] and [Name Unknown] of Weisenau and of Gumperich SAHN(?) and Fromet [UNKNOWN] of Hainstlden(?) ............................................................ 287 Other METZGER Family Groups. ................................................................................................................................... 297 The Jews of South-Central Poland ............................................................................................... 301 Early History of the Jews of South-Central Poland. .................................................................................................... 305 T he Jew s of W estern G alicia. ........................................................................................................................................... 308 The Jews of Russo-Poland........................................................................................................................................ 311 Eastern Upper Silesia (Ostoberschlesien) During the Nazi Era. .......................................................................................311 P oland A fter W orld W ar II. .............................................................................................................................................. 3 13 R eferen ce s. ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3 13 The DYNER, FREYLICH, GOLDBLUM, JAKUBOWICZ, MOSKOWICZ, TOBJASZ, MELLER (MELER) and SZLAMOWITZ Families of Olkusz ........................................... 315 History of Olkusz and its Jewish Community. .................................................................................................................. 316 H olocaust P eriod . ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 16 T he G oldblum F am ily. ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 18 Origin of the Goldblum Family of Olkusz. ....................................................................................................................... 318 O rigin of the nam e D yner. ................................................................................................................................................ 3 18 Other Goldblum (Goldbloom) Families. .......................................................................................................................... 318 Descendants of Abraham DYNER and Nachyma MOSKOWICZ of Olkusz and of Jakub TOBJASZ and Mindel [UNKNOWN]. .......................................................................................... 323 Descendants of Joel (Jocha) MELLER (MELER) and Gitel SZLAMOWITZ of Olkusz ................................................ 330 Descendants of Lewek FREYLICH and Anna JAKUBOWICZ of Olkusz .................................................................... 337 The KRIEGER Family of Oswiecim, Malec, Osiek and Kety .................................................... 341 History of Oswiecim and its Jewish Community. ........................................................................................................ 342 The KRIEGER Family of Osiek/Oswiecim. ..................................................................................................................... 346 T he N am e K rieger. ........................................................................................................................................................... 346 Oswiecim during World War II......................................................................................................................................... 346 R eferen ces. ....................................................................................................................................................................... 34 8 Descendants of Jakob KRIEGER and Bertha [UNKNOWN] of Malec................................................................ .. 349 Descendants of Jakob KRIEGER and Rosa ROSNER ..................................................................................................... 354 Last-M inute Additions and Corrections. ...................................................................................... 355 Biographical M aterial .......................... ....3 6..... .... .......... .......... ........ ........ ...... .......... ........ ........... 365 Index of Nam es. ....................................................................................... 1013 Persons Whose Last Names are Known. ........................................................................................................................ 1014 Persons Whose Last Names are Unknown, but Whose First Names are Known.......................................................... 1081 Persons Whose First and Last Names are Unknown. ................................................................................................ 1084 Index of Locations M entioned in the Biographies. ................................................................... 1087