In the early 2000s, the city of Herborn dedicated a memorial plaque to the resident Jews that were persecuted and murdered during the Holocaust. We would also like to add our own digital memorial to those whose memories shall never fade. This list was compiled based on information courtesy of Betti and Bernard Sternberg, Gerald Stern, and the Youth Education Project of the Lahn-Dill District.
May they always be remembered.
Auschwitz
Karoline Friedemann (born Karoline Beifuß)
born June 20, 1876 in Lassphe. Deported to Auschwitz on August 28, 1942, date of murder unknown (listed as “missing”)
Lily Hirsch (born Lily Zweig)
born June 15, 1900 in Herborn. Last known residence was in Burg, date of murder unknown (but declared dead in Nazi records)
Selma Witzel (born Selma Herzberg)
born May 21, 1909 in Herborn. Deported to Auschwitz in 1941, murdered at the camp on November 28, 1943.
Majdanek
Julius Salomon
born February 26, 1899 in Werdorf. Deported on June 10, 1942 to the Majdanek camp near Lublin. Date of murder is unknown (listed as “missing”)
Minsk ghetto
Selma Hecht (born Selma Homburger)
born December 31, 1876. Deported to Theresienstadt on August 28, 1942, then later Treblinka, the date of murder is unknown (listed as “missing”)
Berta Levi (born Berta Dannheisser)
born June 24, 1873 in Kasingen. Deported to the Minsk ghetto on August 28, 1942, date of murder unknown (listed as “missing”)
David Löwenstein
born September 25, 1866 in Langendembach. Deported to Minsk on August 28, 1942, date of murder unknown (listed as “missing”)
Rosa Löwenstein (born Rosa Blumenthal)
born November 24, 1868 in Kayer. Deported to Minsk on August 28, 1942, date of murder unknown (listed as “missing”)
Abraham Simon
born May 5, 1868 in Kölschhausen. Deported to Minsk on August 28, 1942, date of murder is not known (declared dead in Nazi records)
Karoline Simon (born Karoline Kirschner)
born July 5, 1865 in Lindholm. Deported to Minsk on August 28, 1942, date of murder is not known (declared dead in Nazi records)
Noé
Emma Weiler (born Emma Moses)
born January 15, 1880 in Herborn. Last known residence was in southern France, deported to Noé concentration camp. Murdered on December 3, 1942.
Osten (unlisted death camps)
Selma Levi (born Selma Hirsch)
born April 17, 1904 in Haiger. Deported in 1941, date of murder is not known (declared dead)
Henriette Lucas
born April 6, 1863 in Herborn. Deported on August 28, 1942, date of her murder is not known.
Betty Stern (born Betty Löwenstein)
born July 12, 1896 in Herborn. Deported on June 10, 1942, date of murder is unknown (declared “missing”)
Julchen Stern (born Julchen Hammerschlag)
born December 12, 1882 in Herborn. Deported on June 10, 1942, date of murder is unknown.
Moritz Stern
born August 29, 1877 in Niederweidbach. Deported on June 10, 1942, date of murder is unknown (declared “missing”)
Willi Stern
born October 9, 1885 in Herborn. Deported on June 10, 1942, date of murder is not known.
Sobibor
Meta Salomon (born Meta Stern)
born January 22, 1909 in Niederweidbach. Deported on June 10, 1942, date of murder unknown (declared “missing”)
Silvia Salomon
(remembrance by Larry Salomon)
born November 15, 1933 in Herborn. Deported June 10, 1942 (at the age of 8 years old), her date of murder is unknown (declared “dead”)
Theresienstadt
Simon Friedemann
born December 4, 1875. Deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-camp in 1942, murdered on April 17, 1944.
Joseph Hattenbach
born May 19, 1877 in Herborn. Deported to Theresienstadt in 1942, murdered on February 14, 1944.
Rosa Hattenbach (born Rosa Katzenstein)
born June 15, 1883 in Volkmarsen. Deported to Theresienstadt on August 28, 1942, murdered on September 20, 1942.
Leopold Hecht
born November 15, 1862 in Herborn. Deported to Theresienstadt on August 28, 1942, murdered on September 20, 1942.
Leopold Kneip
born October 27, 1865 in Herborn. Last known to have lived in Burg. Deported in 1941, date of murder is unknown.
Lina Rosenbaum (born Lina Hecht)
born December 9, 1873 in Oberzell. Deported to Theresienstadt on August 28, 1942, murdered on September 19, 1942.
Berta Rosenberg (born Berta Hirsch)
born April 7, 1905 in Haiger. Deported to Theresienstadt, date of murder unknown (listed “missing”)
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