Treinle Therese Rosenberg-Wechsler was the daughter of Samuel Wechsler, a teacher, and Bella Falk. On 20 June 1899, Therese married Meier Rosenberg from Leer. The couple had a shop in Reimerstrasse which sold second-hand goods. They had nine children. Treinle's husband Meier died in 1912. After that, she ran the shop on her own. In early 1938, Treinle Rosenberg-Wechsler left Leer and went to Magdeburg, where she moved in with her son and his family. After her child was arrested during Kristallnacht and spent a short time at Buchenwald concentration camp, she decided to emigrate. In late November 1938 Treinle Rosenberg-Wechsler moved to Rotterdam with her son and his family. There they lived in a former hotel that had been turned into a refugee camp. Soon after, Treinle’s eldest child also joined her in the Netherlands. In February 1940, Treinle’s son and his family left for America. Treinle stayed behind with her eldest child, who was forced to go to Westerbork in September 1940. In November 1940, Treinle Wechsler-Rosenberg was ordered to leave the coastal area. She went to Meppel, where she first lived in Woldstraat for a short time and then moved into a pension in Molenstraat. In the early hours of 3 October 1942, Treinle Rosenberg-Wechsler was taken away from this pension. She remained at Westerbork until mid-1944, when she and several family members were deported to Theresienstadt together. Five of her nine children survived the war.
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This person is commemorated on a memorial in Meppel. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.
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