Jablonskistr. 7
Jablonskistr. 7
This five-story house at Jablonskistraße 7 was owned by Abraham Loszynski and his wife Natalie Loszynski, née Arnheim. They moved into the building in 1922. Later, other members of the family moved in as well. Ownership of the property was transferred to the German state, and the Loszynskis expropriated, on June 1, 1942. At least 73 Jewish people lived in the building. The Gestapo deported 46 people from here.
The property manager Hans Joachim Barczok sent this list of Jewish residents of Jablonskistraße 7 to the Chief of Finance in January 1943, to claim rental payments that he would otherwise lose since the tenants had been deported. The document contains information on when the residents were deported and who moved in after them.
Apartments
Street-facing building, 1st floor, 1st entrance
Apartment Arnheim/Rosen
Michaelis Arnheim moved into the building with his wife Cäcilie Arnheim, née Meyer, on August 1, 1938. He was a brother of Natalie Loszynski, the property owner. He and his wife lived in two rooms. They sublet a third room from May 1939 on to Arthur Flatow and his son Heinz. In September 1941, Heinz Flatow managed to escape with his non-Jewish wife Margot to Switzerland. The Gestapo deported Cäcilie and Michaelis Arnheim on June 13, 1942, to Sobibor extermination camp. Arthur Flatow was deported about a month later to the Theresienstadt ghetto. None of them survived.
About two weeks after the Arnheims were deported, Lina Rosen, née Joseph, moved into the apartment with her sister Hedwig Joseph. They had previously lived just down the road at Jablonskistraße 20. Like the Arnheims, the sisters sublet the third room – to “Leonie Sara Rosner und child Uri” – presumably Leonie Frankenstein, née Rosner, and her baby son Peter-Uri. The Gestapo deported Lina Rosen and Hedwig Joseph on March 1, 1943, to Auschwitz, where they were both murdered.
Later, Leonie Frankenstein managed to escape from internment in the assembly camp at Große Hamburger Straße and decided to go underground with her husband. They moved from place to place with their toddler, hiding from the authorities, and managed to survive to the end of the war. Subsequently, the family (who by that time had another son, 1944-born Michael) emigrated to Israel and later Sweden.
Apartment Rothholz/Wolff/Badt
Husband-and-wife Benjamin and Rosa Rothholz, née Sternberg, were first registered as resident at this address on May 17, 1939. Rosa Rothholz died about a month later. Ruth Lohmann and her young daughter Gisela occupied one room in the apartment. Ruth was not married. Gisela’s non-Jewish father evidently did not live with them.
In January 1942, Benjamin Rothholz died. Husband-and-wife Julius and Valeska Wolff moved in as the new main tenants. They had probably moved from their apartment at Mainzer Straße 27 in Friedrichshain, where Julius Wolff was listed as resident in the Berlin directory of 1941. The Wolffs were deported on August 10, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto, where they were both murdered.
Four months later, Herbert and Erna Badt took over the lease on the apartment and moved into two of the three rooms with their young son Jona. They sublet the unfurnished third room to Ruth Lohmann and her eight-year-old daughter Gisela for Reichsmark 35 per month. Ruth and Gisela Lohmann were deported on January 12, 1943, to Auschwitz, where they were murdered. Herbert, Erna and Jona Badt had lived for less than two months in the apartment when they were deported, on February 19, 1943, to Auschwitz. All three were murdered.
Street-facing building, 2nd floor
Apartment Loszynski/Rosskamm
Abraham and Natalie Loszynski, who owned the property at Jablonskistraße 7, lived with their sons Max and Siegbert in a 3-room apartment with a kitchen, storeroom, and a basement compartment. They were subjected to Nazi persecution not only because they were Jewish but also because Siegbert Loszynski suffered from epilepsy. In July 1939, he was admitted to the so-called mental hospital in Berlin-Buch and later Wuhlgarten: institutions where patients were murdered. After several months, the Loszynkis succeeded in getting their son Siegbert released. Their elder son Max performed forced labor for the German state railroad.
By the time the Gestapo deported Abraham and Natalie Loszynski, on July 13, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto, they had already been robbed of their property. Hans Joachim Barczok took over management of the building in February 1942. One month after the deportation of their parents the Loszynskis’ sons were deported to Riga, where they were murdered on arrival. Shortly before his deportation, Max Loszynski had written in the declaration of assets that his brother Siegbert was “in jail” but there is no record of where or on what grounds.
“Another apartment in the building is currently sealed off, also due to evacuation. The same has occurred with other apartments. Under the impact of these special conditions, receipts and expenditures have been difficult to balance.”
After the Loszynskis were deported, the apartment remained vacant for about two months. On October 15, 1942, a new main tenant, Paula Rosskamm, née Zydower, moved in with her son Werner. They sublet a furnished room to Moritz Steinitz for Reichsmark 27 per month. In early January 1943, husband-and-wife Max and Bertha Falkenstein moved into another partly furnished room für Reichsmark 40 per month. The Falkensteins hardly had time to get accustomed to their new surroundings: Max Falkenstein was deported on March 1, 1943, to Auschwitz; Bertha Falkenstein three days later. Moritz Steinitz was deported on March 2, 1943, also to Auschwitz.
On May 1, 1943, Kurt Lewitz was allocated a furnished room in Paula Rosskamm’s apartment. He probably moved into the room that Moritz Steinitz had occupied. Kurt Lewitz was to stay in the room for less than a month. He was deported on May 28, 1943, to the Theresienstadt ghetto. He was later sent to Auschwitz, then to Dachau concentration camp, where he died. Paula Rosskamm and her son Werner Rosskamm were deported on July 1, 1943, first to the Theresienstadt ghetto and then to Auschwitz, where they were murdered.
Although the Soviet army was already approaching Berlin, the new property manager Georg Noster still wrote to the Chief of Finance to claim outstanding rental payments for the apartment previously occupied by the Rosskamms, who had been deported in July 1943.
Apartment Rautenberg
Felicitas Rautenberg, née Kaufmann, had lived at Jablonskistraße 7 before her marriage to Max Rautenberg in early 1943. After the wedding, Max Rautenberg, who worked for the Jewish Community of Berlin, moved in with her. The newly-weds rented out a 2-rooom apartment. Felicitas Rautenberg’s mother Martha Kaufmann also lived in the building until her death on April 19, 1942. Felicitas and Max Rautenberg sublet a room to Johan Malinowski, about whom nothing is known. Felicitas Rautenberg was deported on March 1, 1943, to Auschwitz; her husband a few weeks later on March 17, 1943, to the Theresienstadt ghetto. Neither of them survived.
Street-facing building, 3rd floor
Apartment Aufrecht
Gertrud Aufrecht, née Loszynski, and her husband Richard moved in at Jablonskistraße 7 shortly after their marriage in late 1929. Gertrud was the sister of the property owner Abraham Loszynski, who lived on the second floor. Her daughter Margarete was born in April 1933. Richard Aufrecht took his own life on September 22, 1940. His drowned body was found in Berlin’s Westhafen port. Rosa Heise moved into one room of the apartment at an unknown point in time as a subtenant. On January 12, 1943, Gertrud and nine-year-old Margarete Aufrecht were deported to Auschwitz. Rosa Heise seems to have been deported a month later – but from Jablonskistraße 31, a few doors down the road.
Street-facing building, 3rd floor, 2nd entrance
Apartment Stenschewski
By May 1939, Leo Lippmann and Florentine Stenschewski, née Ludomer, and their daughter Rita were also living at Jablonskistraße 7. Before they moved to Prenzlauer Berg, Leo Lippmann Stenschewski had run a shoe and stocking store in Neukölln. The family rented out two rooms with a kitchen and hallway for Reichsmark 46.90 per month. They sublet a furnished room with use of the kitchen to husband-and-wife Ludwig and Ruth Lewin. Deportation separated them: Florentine Stenschewski and her 15-year-old daughter Rita, who was being treated in the Jewish hospital, were deported on March 2, 1943, to Auschwitz. Leo Stenschewski was deported a day later and murdered on May 1, 1943. Ruth Lewin was deported on March 1, 1943, to Auschwitz; her husband Ludwig Lewin on March 17 to the Theresienstadt ghetto. None of the apartment’s occupants survived.
Street-facing building, 5th floor
Apartment Wind
Else Wind, née Neumann, moved into the building in June 1939. She worked for the Jewish Federation in Berlin as a stenographer. Her husband Georg had fled to Uruguay in 1938. Else stayed behind with their young son Heinz. Her elderly mother Charlotte Neumann lived in the Jewish nursing home on Auguststraße. Else Wind rented out an unfurnished room for Reichsmark 30 per month. Who the main tenant was is not known; Else Wind noted in her declaration of assets only that he or she had “emigrated”. On November 29, 1942, Else and her six-year-old son Heinz were deported to Auschwitz, where they were both murdered.
Apartment Katzky
Ides Edith Katzky, née Fleischer, and her daughters Helga and Ursula had lived on the fifth floor of the building at Jablonskistraße 7 at least since April 1938. All three managed to escape Nazi persecution: Their names appear on a list of passengers to New York of May 26, 1939. Ides Edith’s husband and the sisters’ father Samuel Siegbert was already registered in Brooklyn by that time. In 1940, the family lived with Ides Edith’s father Sandek Flinker in New York.
Unknown location
Apartment Goldschmidt/Lesser
Hermine Goldschmidt and her husband Salomon Goldschmidt moved into the building in May 1939. Which apartment they occupied is not known. They had previously lived a few streets away at Weißenburger Straße 41 (now Kollwitzstraße). They were deported on November 17, 1941, to the Kovno ghetto, where they were murdered as soon as they arrived.
The apartment remained vacant for six months until husband-and-wife Siegismund and Fritze Lesser moved in on May 1, 1942. They were deported on September 24, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto. Siegismund Lesser survived only three months in the ghetto. Fritze Lesser died there on May 10, 1943.
Apartment Bartel/Knopf
Cäcilie and Gustav Bartel were long-term tenants of an apartment at Jablonskistraße 7. They lived here with their daughter Johanna Jerochim, née Bartel, who stated in her declaration of assets that it had been her home since 1918. In May 1933, Johanna’s husband, Leo Gerson Jerochim, had also moved in. A year later, their daughter Marion Paula was born. The young family occupied one room in the apartment. In March 1938, Gustav Bartel died.
After May 1939, a subtenant named Ignatz Ichel Silber moved into the apartment. He was arrested on June 21, 1941, and sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Later he was transferred to Ravensbrück concentration camp, where he was murdered on November 27, 1941.
Johanna Kahn also moved into the apartment as a subtenant after May 1939. She was arrested on November 2, 1939, and imprisoned in Ravensbrück concentration camp. On her release, she was deployed as a forced laborer in Günther Quandt’s Pertrix battery factory, where the working conditions for Jewish forced laborers were especially dangerous. By the time Johanna Kahn was deported to Auschwitz, during the Nazis’ “Factory Action” of 1943, she no longer owned anything that the state could confiscate. She was a subtenant of Fritz Knopf, who was a partner in a “mixed marriage”. Johanna Kahn was murdered in Auschwitz.
On August 15, 1942, the remaining main tenant Cäcilie Bartel witnessed the deportation of her daughter Johanna Jerochim, her son-in-law Leo Jerochim and her granddaughter Marion. They were all murdered as soon as they arrived in Riga. Cäcilie Bartel was deported about a month later to the Theresienstadt ghetto. She died after seven months in the ghetto.
Neighborhood
Prenzlauer Berg was a predominantly working-class area with many typical Berlin tenements. There was a flourishing Jewish community in the district, with a synagogue, a Jewish cemetery and a Jewish orphanage.
Author
Bethan Griffiths
Johanna Abraham, née Teller
Born October 7, 1874, in Hohensalza (Inowrocław)
Deported October 29, 1941, to the Litzmannstadt ghetto, murdered in Kulmhof extermination camp
Cäcilie Arnheim, née Meyer
Born July 30, 1882, in Usch
Deported June 13, 1942, to Sobibor extermination camp, murdered
Michaelis Arnheim
Born November 9, 1880, in Rogasen (Rogoźno)
Deported June 13, 1942, to Sobibor extermination camp, murdered
Gertrud Aufrecht, née Loszynski
Born April 15, 1907, in Rogasen (Rogoźno)
Deported January 12, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Margarete Aufrecht
Born April 28, 1933, in Berlin
Deported January 12, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Richard Aufrecht
Born November 4, 1901, in Berlin
Suicide September 22, 1940
Erna Badt, née Blank (known as Zweig)
Born May 30, 1913, in Berlin
Deported February 19, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Herbert Badt
Born December 15, 1912, in Posen (Poznań)
Deported February 19, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Jona Badt
Born October 29, 1941, in Berlin
Deported February 19, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Cäcilie Bartel, née Schleimer
Born December 16 or 17, 1868, in Reckow
Deported September 24, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto, died April 22, 1943
Gertrud Croner
Born November 12, 1907, in Berlin
Deported August 24, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Herbert Croner
Born December 24, 1936, in Berlin
Deported August 24, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Bertha (Bera) Falkenstein, née Raphael
Born October 26, 1879, in Stenschewo (Stęszew)
Deported March 4, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Max Falkenstein
Born October 26, 1877, in Märkisch Friedland
Deported March 1, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Harry Fischel
Born November 29, 1910, in Namslau (Namysłów)
Deported March 3, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Rita Klara Fischel, née Urbach
Born May 3, 1917, in Berlin
Deported October 29, 1941, to the Litzmannstadt ghetto, murdered in Kulmhof extermination camp
Arthur Flatow
Born March 9, 1874, in Berlin
Deported July 7, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto, died October 8, 1943
Heinz Flatow
Born June 27, 1915, in Berlin
Fled September 23/24, 1941, to Switzerland
Survived
Leonie Frankenstein, née Rosner
Born September 21, 1921, in Leipzig
Survived in hiding
Peter-Uri Frankenstein
Born January 20, 1943, in Berlin
Survived in hiding
Hermine Goldschmidt, née Weil
Born July 31, 1890, in Bad Kissingen
Deported November 17, 1941, to the Kovno ghetto, murdered November 25, 1941
Salomon Goldschmidt
Born January 27, 1886, in Wiesbaden-Biebrich
Deported November 17, 1941, to the Kovno ghetto, murdered November 25, 1941
Rosa Heise
Born probably September 10, 1886, in Regenwalde
Deported probably February 26, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Arthur Huldschinsky
Born March 17, 1870, in Berlin
Deported April 2, 1942, to the Warsaw ghetto, did not survive
Johanna Jerochim, née Bartel
Born November 7, 1909, in Weißensee
Deported August 15, 1942, to the Riga ghetto, murdered August 18, 1942
Leo Gerson Jerochim
Born January 2, 1902, in Schneidemühl
Deported August 15, 1942, to the Riga ghetto, murdered August 18, 1942
Marion Paula Jerochim
Born July 31, 1934, in Berlin
Deported August 15, 1942, to the Riga ghetto, murdered August 18, 1942
Hedwig Joseph
Born March 26, 1885, in Horst
Deported March 1, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Johanna Kahn
Born September 11, 1901, in Cologne
Imprisoned November 2, 1939, in Ravensbrück concentration camp, deported March 1, 1943, to Auschwitz, probably murdered
Helga Katzky
Born August 13, 1928, in Berlin
Fled May 26, 1939, to the United States
Survived
Ides Edith Katzky, née Fleischer (or Flinker)
Born March 10, 1898, in Warsaw (Warszawa)
Fled May 26, 1939, to the United States
Survived
Samuel Siegbert Katzky
Born May 24, 1902, in Berlin
Fled to the United States
Survived
Ursula Katzky
Born July 21, 1930, in Berlin
Fled May 26, 1939, to the United States
Survived
Martha Kaufmann, née Manasche (Manasse)
Born March 16, 1864, in Schwerin
Died April 19, 1942
Fritz Knopf
Date of birth and death unkown; fate unknown
Fritze Lesser, née Mendelsohn
Born January 6, 1867, in Gnesen (Gniezno)
Deported September 24, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto, died May 10, 1943
Siegismund Lesser
Born February 26, 1865, in Schönlanke (Trzcianka)
Deported September 24, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto, died November 26, 1942
Siegfried Samuel Lewandowski
Born July 19, 1911, in Culmsee (Chelmza)
Deported March 4, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered January 4, 1944
Ludwig Lewin
Born February 29, 1896, in Sadke (Sadki)
Deported March 17, 1943, to the Theresienstadt ghetto; October 1, 1944, to Auschwitz, murdered
Ruth Lewin, née Katzenberg
Born March 24, 1901, in Guxhagen
Deported March 1, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Kurt Lewitz
Born April 15, 1901, in Berlin
Deported May 28, 1943, to the Theresienstadt ghetto; September 29, 1944, to Auschwitz; October 10, 1944, to Dachau concentration camp, murdered January 19, 1945
Emma Lewitzki
Born December 15, 1885 (or 1884), in Jutroschin (Jutrosin)
Deported January 25, 1942, to the Riga ghetto, did not survive
Rosa Lewitzki
Born March 12, 1887 (or 1881), in Lübben
Deported January 25, 1942, to the Riga ghetto, did not survive
Gisela Lohmann
Born April 6, 1935, in Berlin
Deported January 12, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Ruth Lohmann
Born February 22, 1912, in Posen (Poznań)
Deported January 12, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Abraham Loszynski
Born April 28, 1867, in Schokken (Skoki)
Deported July 13, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto; September 19, 1942, to Treblinka extermination camp, murdered
Herbert Loszynski
Born May 30, 1902, in Rogasen (Rogozno)
Fate unknown (possibly fled to Bolivia)
Herta Loszynski, née Levy
Born April 23, 1905, in Berlin
Fled to Italy
Survived
Marta Loszynski
Born March 10, 1877, in Murowana Goslin (Murowana Goslina)
Deported August 21, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto; September 29, 1942, to Treblinka extermination camp, murdered
Max Loszynski
Born August 30, 1898, in Rogasen (Rogozno)
Deported August 15, 1942, to the Riga ghetto, murdered August 18, 1942
Natalie Loszynski, née Arnheim
Born December 1, 1874, in Rogasen (Rogozno)
Deported July 13, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto; September 19, 1942, to Treblinka extermination camp, murdered
Selma Loszynski
Born August 5, 1878, in Murowana Goslin (Murowana Goslina)
Deported August 21, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto; September 29, 1942, to Treblinka extermination camp, murdered
Siegbert Loszynski
Born August 5, 1904, in Rogasen (Rogozno)
Deported August 15, 1942, to the Riga ghetto, murdered August 18, 1942
Johan Malinowski
Date of birth and death unknown; fate unknown
Paula Jenny Manasse, née Seidel
Born January 27, 1890, in Berlin
Deported January 25, 1942, to the Riga ghetto, did not survive
Esther Mendelsohn, née Rindfleisch
Born February 6, 1884, in Wangrowiec (Wagrowiec)
Fled June 8, 1939, to Shanghai
Survived
Max Mendelsohn
Born January 26, 1918, in Wangrowiec (Wagrowiec)
Fled June 8, 1939, to Shanghai
Survived
Meta Mendelsohn
Born November 9, 1921, in Wangrowiec (Wagrowiec)
Fled June 8, 1939, to Shanghai
Survived
Leo Piski
Born December 13, 1907 (or December 23, 1907)
Deported January 12, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Felicitas Rautenberg, née Kaufmann
Born January 3, 1895, in Berlin
Deported March 1, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Max Rautenberg
Born May 19, 1894, in Rastenburg (Kętrzyn)
Deported March 17, 1943, to the Theresienstadt ghetto; October 6, 1944, to Auschwitz, murdered
Paula Riesenburger, née Becker
Born April 4, 1909, in Berlin
Deported January 19, 1942, to the Riga ghetto, did not survive
Isidor Riesenburger
Born October 12, 1896, in Schönwalde
Deported January 19, 1942, to the Riga ghetto, did not survive
Lina Rosen, née Joseph
Born December 17, 1883, in Horst
Deported March 1, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Paula Rosskamm, née Zydower
Born March 15, 1895, in Berlin
Deported July 1, 1943, to the Theresienstadt ghetto; October 28, 1944, to Auschwitz, murdered
Werner Rosskamm
Born October 8, 1926, in Berlin
Deported July 1, 1943, to the Theresienstadt ghetto; September 28, 1944, to Auschwitz; October 10, 1944, to Dachau concentration camp, murdered February 22, 1945
Benjamin Rothholz
Born May 11, 1874, in Swarzedz
Died January 20, 1942
Rosa Rothholz, née Sternberg
Born July 5, 1875, in Namslau (Namysłów)
Died June 19, 1939
Erwin Schwarz
Born November 16, 1908, in Berlin
Deported October 29, 1941, to the Litzmannstadt ghetto, did not survive
Ignatz Ichel Silber
Born March 1, 1899, in Mielec
Imprisoned June 21, 1941, in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, later in Ravensbrück concentration camp, murdered November 27, 1941
Moritz Steinitz
Born April 16, 1880, in Kopreinitz (Koprionicza)
Deported March 2, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Florentine Stenschewski, née Ludomer
Born December 11, 1894, in Lippe
Deported March 2, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Leo Lippmann Stenschewski
Born October 7, 1894, in Rogasen (Rogoźno)
Deported March 3, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered May 1, 1943
Rita Stenschewski
Born March 16, 1928, in Berlin
Deported March 2, 1943, to Auschwitz, murdered
Else Wind, née Neumann
Born September 2, 1904, in Berlin
Deported November 29, 1942, to Auschwitz, murdered
Heinz Wind
Born July 22, 1936, in Berlin
Deported November 29, 1942, to Auschwitz, murdered
Julius Wolff
Born March 22, 1870, in Schwetz (Świecie)
Deported August 10, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto, died January 19, 1944
Valeska Wolff, née Grünfeld
Born December 19, 1868, in Schwersenz (Swarzędz)
Deported August 10, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto, died October 16, 1942