Ilse G. lived at Brauner Weg 41 (today Singerstr.) in Berlin-Friedrichshain before emigrating to Holland. Her mother Adele Gappe-Hoffnung (13.07.1901 in Berlin) was deported to Minsk Ghetto on 14.11.1941, where she perished. The personal details and fate of her father Max Gappe is uncertain; a person of the same name emigrated in the late 1930s from Germany to Shanghai and lived there at 961 Tung …
Today I went to the so called "Landesarchiv" in Berlin/Germany to do some research on German Jews perished in Minsk. I searched for information about ADELE GAPPE-Hoffnung and found out, that her husband, MAX GAPPE, emigrated to Isreal and lived there until at least 1959, as it is stated in a letter written by him to a public office here in Berlin. His address was Haifa-Kiriat Bialik, Efraimstr. 39…
Here is what I have about Johanna Herrmann, nee Hoffnung, widowed Sandhaus: Born on 14.04.1900 in Berlin, survived in Neustadt; Emigr. to San Francisco, USA on 23.12.1952. (Stadsarchif Amsterdam Card), died in San Francisco on 15.05.1973. 2. Husband Werner Herrmann. Charlotte Schwarz-Hoffnung wrote a testimonial on Yad Vashem for her father Samuel (1870, same year as you mention) and that he died …
Wow, thank you SO SO MUCH for your research! This really helps me concerning my work! : )
Some minutes ago I found something interesting as well: A Page of Testimony for ARNOLD SANDHAUS, probably the first husband of Johanna Herrmann, widowed Sandhaus, nee Hoffnung. I know that his name was ARNOLD but at the moment I'm not a 100% sure if it's him to whom the Page of Testimony is dedicated. I have…
Ruth was also in the Netherlands, living with A. Sandhaus in Maastricht: she went back to Berlin on 25.3.1941.
Does anyone know when Ruth and/or Ilse came to the Netherlands?
Miriam Keesing: Ruth was also in the Netherlands, living with A. Sandhaus in Maastricht: she went back to Berlin on 25.3.1941. Does anyone know when Ruth and/or Ilse came to the Netherlands?
No exact date, but according to a claim their father Max Gappe filed in 1958 with the Entschädigungsamt, both girls were sent to the Netherlands by his first wife, Adele Gappe neé Hoffnung, while he was inter…
Person is in the National Database of Victims of Persecution