Ilse Scheuer-Nathan

Sinzenich, – Birmingham, Alabama,

Reached the age of 98 years

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Waarom woonde Jakob niet samen met zijn vrouw Helene Daniel en kinderen op hetzelfde adres .

Op de verschrikkelijke dagen en nachten van de 9 en 10 November, 1938,  in Duitsland en Oostenrijk tot aan de grenzen  van  Czechoslovakia , dit gebied maakte nu deel uit van Azi Duitsland. The Nazi’s organiseerde een series van Progrom tegen de Joodse bevolking in Duitsland en in de recente aangesloten gebieden. Deze gebeurtenis stond later bekend als Kristalnacht, de nacht van gebroken glas omda…

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Het gezin van Helene Daniel - Scheuer en Jakob Scheuer

Helene Daniel (Moeder)

* Geboren op 6 november, 1898 in Flamersheim, Duitsland 
* Getrouwd  met Jacob Scheuer (geboren op 14 oktober, 1887 in Sinzenich, Duitsland) in 1921

Kinderen:

Ernst Scheuer,

geboren op 20 februari, 1924 in Sinzenich, Duitsland

Overleden op 16 april, 1945 in Schwartzheide (Senftenberg) a sub kamp van Sachesenhause,

Ilse Scheuer,

geboren op 20 February, 1924 in Sinzenich, Duits…

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Het gezin van Jacob Scheuer en Helene Scheuer Daniel en de andere Daniel familie leden en de deportatie uit Westerbork

Ilse en Ruth zijn de enige overlevende van het gezin (Jacob en Helene Scheuer). Zij zijn beide ook de enige 2 overlevende van de familie Daniel.

Westerbork was in oktober, 1939 opgezet om Joodse vluchtelingen en diegenen die illegaal Nederland binnen waren gekomen onderdak aan te bieden. Toen de Duisters Nederland binnen vielen op 10 mei 1940 waren er 750 Joodse vluchtelingen in het kamp. De Duits…

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Jakob Scheuer

Jakob Scheuer                                                                                                                

Geboren op oktober 14, 1887 in Sinzenich, Duistland. Hij trouwde Helene Daniel (geboren 6 November 1898) in Flamersheim, Duitsland in 1921. Jakob en Helene en hun kinderen werden vanuit kamp Westerbork gedeporteerd naar Theresienstadt en later naar Auschwitz II Birkenau. Zi…

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Ilse Scheuer-Nathan

Ilse Scheuer                                                                                                                                                     Geboren op 20 February, 1924 in Sinzenich, Duitsland                                                                                         Getrouwd met Walter Max Nathan (geboren op 8 January, 1921 in Neustad, Duistland) op 2 January, 19…

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Ruth Siegler Scheuer en Ilse Nathan Scheuer.

Een interview n.a.v. de 75 jaar bevrijding van Auschwitz met de zussen Ruth Siegler Scheuer en Ilse Nathan Scheuer. 

Zie: people.com- Auschwitz liberation 75 years later

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Stutthof Concentration Kamp Guard Sentenced

Good afternoon Ruth,

You might be interested in this article, since you and Ilse were at camp Stutthof.

This afternoon July 6, 2020, I was reading a Dutch news paper and this had an article in there today
About a German War criminal . The German  Criminal Justice in Hamburg sentenced  the 93 year old man to Prison.

The man was Bruno Dey the old SS concentration kamp  guard. As a 17 year old he was at …

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Ilse Scheuer- Nathan

Ilse Scheuer 

Born on Februari 20, 1924 in Sinzenichz, Germany

Married to Walter Max Nathan ( Born January 8, 1921 in Neustad, Germany) On January 2, 1949 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Ilse, her parents, brother and sister Ruth were deported from Camp Westerbork to Theresienstadt and later to Auswitchz II Birkenau. a year later they were deported again to Stuffhof, Polen and to Praust, Polen. Then …

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What was the reason that Jakob Scheuer did not live at the same address with his wife Helen and the children

On the terrible ninth and tenth of November, 1938,  throughout Germany and Austria and the borders of Czechoslovak-Slovakia -which were now under German dominions-, the Nazis unleashed a series of pogroms against the Jewish population in Germany and the recently incorporated territories. This event became called Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) because of the shattered glass that littered…

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Jakob Scheuer

Jakob Scheuer  

Born on October 14, 1887 in Sinzenichz, Germany. He married Helene Daniel (Born on November 6, 1898 in Flamersheim, Germany) in 1921. Jakob and Helene and their children were deported from Westerbork to Theresienstadt and later to Auschwitz II ( Birkenau) . They both died on July 7, 1944 in Concentration Camp Auschwitz II (Birkenau).

His parents where: Moses Scheuer and Regina Sche…

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Ruth Siegler Scheuer and Ilse Nathan Scheuer

https://www.al.com/spotnews/2011/07/memories_of_family_loss_still.html

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Ruth Siegler Scheuer and Ilse Nathan Scheuer

https://people.com/royals/auschwitz-liberation-75-years-later-survivors-reveal-how-they-cheated-death/

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The Jakob Scheuer family, the Daniel family and there deportation from Westerbork

Ilse and Ruth were the only survivors of the household of Jakob and Helene Scheuer.

Westerbork was established in 1939 to house Jewish refugees who had entered The Netherlands illegally to provide them shelter. When the Germans invaded Holland on May 10, 1940 there were about 750 Jewish refugees housed In Westerbork. The German occupiers decided to house all Jewish refugees in Kamp Westerbork. Unt…

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Reading of the names from Camp Westerbork in memory of the 102,000 victims

Auschwitz commemoration in Westerbork: names of 102,000 victims are read aloud

The ceremony is to commemorate the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp

In the Camp Westerbork Remembrance Center in the province of Drenthe, eight hundred volunteers have been busy reading the names of 102,000 people continuously since last Wedn…

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Arrangements to emigrate from Holland for America

The family stayed in Bilthoven with their grandmother and her other children. They all had left Germany legally and were not classified as refugees. There eagerly anticipated emigration. Which was delayed for several nerve-wracking days because Jakob Scheuer’s papers were not in order. On September 1, 1939, when World War II broke out, the Dutch borders were closed for emigration to England. Even …

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Helene Daniel (Daughter of Janette Behr Daniel)

Helene Daniël

She was born on November 6, 1898 in Flamersheim, Germany. Married Jakob Scheuer (born on October 14, 1887 in Sinzenichz, Germany) in 1921.

Children:

*Ernst Scheuer, He was Born on February 23, 1923 in Sinzenichz, Germany. Died April 16, 1945 in Schwartzheiden) Senfenberg a sub Camp of Sachenhausen.

* Ilse Scheuer, Born on February 29, 1924, in Sinzenichz, Germany. Married Walter Max …

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Ilse and Ruth Return To Holland

Arriving in the early morning at the railroad station in Utrecht, they asked the station manager if there were any people left in Utrecht. He informed them that the Jewish Synagogue had just opened and the caretaker would be able to tell them. They waited outside the synagogue to open up for that day. They knew the caretaker from before the war and he informed them that there aunt and uncle, Annie…

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The Scheuer family trunk with family momento’s

Enrst Daniel was the son of Klara Scheuer and Alex Daniel.

Ernst Daniel was sent to Buchenwald shortly after Kristallnacht. He escaped and tried twice to get over the border to Holland. Was ultimately successful but was confined as a refugee in Reuven in the south of Holland with Jakob Scheuer. He was able to emigrate to the U.S.A. in 1941. He was bringing with him the Scheuer family trunk of poss…

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The family of Jacob Scheuer and Helene Scheuer Daniel and the other Daniel family members being deported from Camp Westerbork

Westerbork was established in October 1939 by the Dutch government to house Jewish refugees who had entered the country illegally. When the German invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, there were 750 refuges in the Camp. The Germans in 194o decided to move all refugees from other camps to Westerbork, after the fall of the Netherlands. Camp Westerbork led a “double life”. While most inmates stay…

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De Joodse Raad. The Jewish Council

In the Netherlands the Amsterdam Jewish Council was established on February 11, 1941. It was led by the diamond manufacturer and chairman of the Church Council of the Netherlands - Israelite main Synagogue, Abraham Asscher and the professor of ancient history, also the president of the Committee for Jewish Refugees, David Cohen. In addition, another twenty Jews were seated on the board.

The direct…

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Kamp westerbork a Refugee Camp from 1939 till 1942

Refugee Camp

After Kristallnacht on the night of November 9 to 10, 1938 many Jews wanted to leave Germany as quickly as possible. However, there were a few countries that let Jewish refugees in. Around 10,000 Jewish refugees found shelter in the Netherlands. The Dutch government wanted one camp for refugees to be founded. Camp Westerbork was built in 1939. The Jewish communities had to pay for the…

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Kamp Westerbork the Selection Process of the weekly Transportations

In general the selection procedure was as followed:

Days before a transport Gemmeker (the commander) would call in the Jewish "Dienstleiters" in his office at the Kommandantur. These Diestleiters were heads of the different departments of the camp, mostly German and Austrian refugees. Amongst the leaders were Kurt Schlesinger ( the overall head), Rudolf Fried (of the administration), Fritz Spanier…

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Kamp Westerbork as Transit Camp for Jews from 1942 till 1945

Transit Camp Westerbork

From July 1st, 1942 onwards, the camp had become the Jewsih Transit Camp Westerbork and was used as the point of departure, a total of 93 trains to Ausschwitz, Sosibor, Therensienstadt and Bergen-Belsen.

The intention was to make the camp operate like every other town, pretending to be a save haven. Creating the illusion that the other camps were a safe haven as well. The N…

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Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) November 9-10, 1938

Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass) was the beginning of a long nightmare for my family and millions of other German Jews. Ruth was 11 years old at that time. The event of Kritalnacht started in the afternoon on November 9, 1938. The insanity came with no warning Her father Jakob Scheuer was picked up by the German SS a long with most of the local Jewish males, and placed in jail in Zulpich.…

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Jewish Life in the Village of Sinzenich

The village of Sinzenich and the surrounding areas was home for many Jewish families. Historic information tells us that already in 1750 well to do Jewish families lived in Sinzenich and the serounding Eifel area. The families all had their own  businesses. They had a textile shop, a butcher shop, and traded in livestock horses and cows. There were also landowners that rented out pasture and crop …

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