The Freimann Family Tree
Notes for Betty ERLANGER
General Note
In February 1937 , Hermann and Betty made a trip to Palestine , to visit their children and grandchildren, and shortly after returned to Germany.

On the 10th of September 1942, all remaining Jewish inhabitants of Nurenberg (everyone over 65) were deported to Theresienstadt. Among them were also Hermann and Betty Freimann.

Hermann died there on April 26, 1943 .

Betty was transported to Auschwitz in October 1944 and died there.
Birth Note
See Betty Erlanger's birth certificate (doc.52).
Address Note
Hermann Freimann came to Nurenberg in 20.5.1897 .

He married Betty Erlanger 17.7.1902 .

Hermann and Betty first lived in Luitpold Strasse 14 in Nurenberg , later moved to a smaller appartment on Koenigstrasse 27 , over their shop.This was before the War.

In 1941, letters from Palestine to Hermann and Betty Freimann were addressed to : Israelitisches Schwesternheim,Wielandstrasse 6,Nuernberg.

This was their address still in Juli 1942.

On the 10th of September 1942, all remaining Jewish inhabitants of Nurenberg (everyone over 65) were deported to Theresienstadt. Among them were also Hermann and Betty Freimann.

A letter to the Freimanns dated January 1943 carries their new address: Judenrat Theresienstadt , Protektorat Bohmen-Maehren.

This letter was answered in Betty's handwriting on 28.3.1943 .

A letter from the Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain, dated 23.10.1944, reads:"your parents have been receiving parcels...they were even able to confirm one such parcel on the 14th May 1944. The present address of your parents at Theresienstadt is Kurze Gasse 7..."

Hermann died 26.4.1943.
Death Note
Hermann and Betty were deported to Theresienstadt on September 10, 1942.

According to a letter from the Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain , 23 Oct 1944, Hermann and Betty Freimann were still alive in May 1944, in Kurze Gasse 7,Theresienstadt.

We now know,however, that Hermann died 26.4.1943 , and that on the 12th of October 1944 Betty was deported to Auschwitz, where she died (transport no.Eq 1164 from Terezin to Auschwitz, among the very last transports out of Terezin).
Welcome to the Freimann family tree web-site. This site contains genealogical data of individuals related to my family , the Freimanns and the Katzenbergers from Germany , as well as my wife's family , the Lasnicks. I wish to thank Thea and Heinz Skyte , who have done a remarkable research on the Jewish Community of Sugenheim, for so generously sharing their "Freimann" data with me. Special gratitude also goes to David Seldner, my friend and cousin , and to Christiane Kohl , for their crucial help and contribution to the "Katzenberger" research. If you have any information or connections to the above individuals, please let me know. Thank you. Joach Freimann , Israel.

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