At the moment two brothers of the Brauer family are known:
The parents were Pincus and Johanna Brauer.
Wilhelm was married to Erna. They run a horse trade in Lublinitzer Straße 6. They lived at Bahnhofstr. 16.
The Brauers had 4 children of whom we know only one by name: Hanna Strauss, nee Brauer (*07/18/1908). She managed to flee and lived in the 50ties in Haifa (Shoshnat Hacarmel 4). In 1968 she moved back to Germany and lived at least for 12 years in Bremen(Osterfeuerbergstr. 7-9). In 1970 she filed for compensation but had only a few informtion to proof her claim. When the authorities in 1980 asked her to bring more documents she gave up - already critically ill - and withdraw her application.
The family already fled on 07/26/1937, probably to Oppeln where her father Wilhelm (*08/01/1883) was arrested on 06/15/1938 and detained in Buchenwald. There he was shot on 07/01/1940 when he tried to flee.
Here you can find the file of Buchenwald
and
here a request for informtion of his daughter at the International Tracing Service. .
Her mother (*01/18/1882 in Kokotter, nee Süssmann) died on 10/29/1941. Where she died is not known.
Hugo (*10/15/1889) was married to Rosa (nee Sandelowsky, * 09/30/1895 in Königsberg) and had a stud farm with more than 100 horses on the outskirts of Guttentag. Rosa owned a house in Lublinitzer Straße 4. At the street were two shops which were rented. The residential house, where the family lived, were in the backyard.
The couple hat a son, named Heinz (*06/12/1929) and three daughters. Two daughters died as small children, thereof Kate who was born in 1926 and as last person buried on the Jewish cemetry in 1936. The third daughter Edith (*1921) emigrated to Israel in 1938.
Hugo was arrested in 1937 and detained for more than 1 ½ year. Also his wife was arrested but was set free after a few weeks. Later the family lived in Königsberg at the parents of Rosa.
Read here the testimoney of Edith regarding the fate of her parents and Heinz.
In January 1939 Rosa was forced to sell her house at Lublinitzer Straße 4. On 01/25/1939 a purchase agreement was signed with Georg Zoloniewski. The purchase price was based on the standard value of 39,000 RM.
Read here the purchase agreement of 23.01.1939.
In the approval process the approving authorities orded a new valuation at Arthur Kuschner who said that the market value was only 38,000 RM.
Read here the valuation of Arthur Kuschner
and here the approval of the purchase agreement.
Rosa was forced to sign a new contract with the lower value in June 1939.
Lesen Sie hier den Kaufvertrag vom 25.07.1939.
On 02/06/1939 Hugo was arrested in Amberg and brought into the police-jail in Hof (Bavaria). On 02/07/1939 he was brought back to Breslau. Later he was sent to the Arbeitsheim Radinkendorf. Also Rosa and Heinz were detained there. This was a camp for Jews who lost their home. They had to work there but it was not a classic concentraton camp.
Hugo died probably there on 12/28/1942.
Here you can find the proof that Hugo was in Radinkendorf.
Rosa and Heinz were deported from Radinkendorf to Berlin. Here Rosa could manage to handle the purcharse agreement to a relative who later emigrated to America and provided Edith with the contract after the war.
On 01/29/1943 to Auschwitz. Heinz died there on 02/11/1943 at 19:20, reportedly by heart failure. His sister Edith didn’t know that and was searching him for decades.
Read here a request for informatin of his sister Edith at ITS.
When and where Rosa died is not known.
Today (2015) Ediths name is Dina Teitelbaum. She still lives in Israel.
In the late 70ties she filed for restitution for the house in Lublinitzer Straße 4. She was restituted on the basis of the purchase price.
The heirs of Georg Zoloniewski, therof a daughter whose name after her marriage was Zeller. They had filed for restitution some years earlier and the process was already closed. When Dina Teitelbaum filed for restitution the Zeller process was reopened. Asked Mrs. Zeller was disgusted: “In 1938 Rosa Brauer was not persecuted and she got her money.”
Read here the testimoney of the heirs of Georg Zolandzieski
I found more Brauers who were born in Guttentag, but I don't know if they lived in Guttentag in 1933:
Read here about the mass excecutions at Fort IX in Kovno (Kauen, today Kaunas)
How the inn Max Brauer (see picture on the right) is connected to the family Brauer is not known at the moment.
Dear Edith,
I have so many questions about you and your relatives. Therefore I would be very greatful if you contacted me or answer my question by E-mail.
You or your granddaughter can simply write me an E-mail.
Best regards
Prof. Dr. Monika Dobberstein
