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The Family of Simon (Seligmann) & Rees Sachs of Berkach & Themar

The family of Simon & Rees Sachs is another of the great-grandparent families of the Jewish community of Themar. With this family, we can trace its roots back to the last half of the eighteenth century.

As the Nachkommenliste/Descendants List below makes clear, there are close linkages between the gran- and great-gran parental families of the Jewish community of Themar. The families of Simon Sachs, b. 1826, and Heinemann Sachs are also to be found on the Nachkommenliste for Hirsch & Rosa Friedmann family. We then find another Sachs family who played significant roles in Themar: Otto Sachs, b. 1837, whose marriage in May 1863 to Babette Schloss probably brought him to Themar where they formed a family and lived and worked in the northern part of the Bahnhofstrasse.

Once again, we owe a huge THANK YOU! to family members whose decades of research allow us to see the larger familial context within which the Jewish families in Themar lived.

Nachkommenliste are always a work in progress. Any contributions, comments, and/or corrections are welcome.

The names included in the Nachkommenliste are those of family members born in Germany or occupied Europe before 1945.

  • Simon [Seligmann] SACHS, b. 1760 Berkach, d. abt 1830 Berkach
  • ∞ Rees REIS, b. abt 1768
  •      1. Seligmann SACHS, b. abt 1800 Berkach, d. 08 Feb 1877 Berkach
  •      ∞ Rösle FRIEDMANN, b. 1793 Höchheim, d. 09 Oct 1868 Berkach
  •           2. Simon SACHS, b. 26 Dec 1826 Berkach, d. 29 Jul 1899 Themar
  •           ∞ Marianne FRIEDMANN, b. 06 Nov 1833 Berkach, d. 06 Mar 1904 Groß-Salze
  •                3. Salomon SACHS, b. 27 Jun 1859 Berkach, d. 1895 Berkach
  •                ∞ Berta WALHAUS
  •                     4. Selma SACHS, b. 18 Sep 1895 Groß-Salze, murdered 1942 Rassiku Killing Centre
  •                     ∞ Karl SITZMANN, b. 17 Nov 1889 Unterriedenberg, murdered 1942 Rassiku Killing Centre
  •                3. Maier SACHS, b. 25 May 1861 Berkach, d. 1884 Santa Fe Trail/USA
  •                3. Loew Leon SACHS, b. 17 May 1863 Berkach, d. 07 Oct 1937 Schweinfurt
  •                ∞ (1) Nanni NEUBERGER. b. 31 May 1864 Mühlfeld, d. 29 Nov 1896 Schweinfurt
  •                ∞ (2) 25 Mar 1897 Berta NEUBERGER, b. 16 May 1870 Mühlfeld, d. 02 Jun 1951 USA
  •                     4. infant girl SACHS, b. 29 Nov 1896 Schweinfurt, d. 29 Nov 1896 Schweinfurt
  •                     4. Paula SACHS, b. 01 Mar 1898 Schweinfurt, d. 21 Jan 1900 Schweinfurt
  •                     4. Richard SACHS, b. 16 Jan 1899 Schweinfurt  d. 03 Jan 1900 Schweinfurt
  •                     4. boy SACHS, b. 29 Jan 1900 Schweinfurt, d. 29 Jan 1900 Schweinfurt
  •                     4. Siegfried SACHS, b. 10 Jan 1901 Schweinfurt, d. Nov 1968 NY/NY
  •                     4. Rosa Rosl SACHS, b. 10 Jul 1903 Schweinfurt
  •                     4. Martha SACHS, b. 14 Dec 1904 Schweinfurt, d. Aug 1983 Norfolk/VA
  •                     4. Justin SACHS, b. 14 Sep 1906 Schweinfurt  d. 13 Sep 1988 NY/NY
  •                     4. Ritta SACHS, b. 22 Jul 1908 Schweinfurt, d. 15 Feb 1909 Schweinfurt
  •                     4. Robert SACHS, b. 28 Nov 1909 Schweinfurt, d. 29 Nov 1980 Denver/CO
  •                     4. Nora SACHS, b. 15 Oct 1914 Schweinfurt, d. 13 Jan 2005 Mass/USA
  •                     ∞ Hans Hermann ZIMMERN, b. 12 Jan 1908 Großeicholzheim , d. 09 Oct 1971 Boston/Mass.
  •                          5. Jonathan E. ZIMMERN, b. 21 Oct 1938 Würzburg, d. 29 Dec 1999 Mass.
  •                3. Heinemann HERMANN SACHS, b. 04 Mar 1866 Berkach, d. Apr 1936 Groß-Salze
  •                ∞ Hedwig SACHS, b. 1866 Themar, murdered 09 Jan 1943 Theresienstadt
  •                     4. Berta SACHS, b. 25 Feb 1893 Groß-Salze, murdered Warsaw Ghetto?
  •                     4. Rosa SACHS, b. abt 1895 Groß-Salze, d. 1991 Israel
  •                     ∞ Hans WOLF
  •                     4. Sigmund SACHS, b. abt 1900 Groß-Salze
  •                     ∞ Irma FRANK
  •                3. Moritz SACHS, b. 04 May 1868 Berkach, d. 17 Feb 1960 California/USA
  •                ∞ Karoline Klara KATZ, b. 06 Dec 1871 Mühlfeld, d. 15 Apr 1937 Themar
  •                     4. Anna SACHS, b. 19 May 1906 Themar, d. 24 Nov 1991 California/USA
  •                     ∞ Harry KLEEMANN, b. 17 Dec 1894 Berlin, d. 07 Jun 1954 San Francisco/CA
  •                     4. NN (m) SACHS, b. 14 Oct 1907 Themar, d. 14 Oct 1907 Themar
  •                     4. Feodor SACHS, b. 06 May 1909 Themar, d. 05 Apr 1988 San Francisco/Ca.
  •                     4. Jenny SACHS, b. 15 Mar 1911 Themar, d. 17 Apr 1916 Themar
  •                     4. Hilde SACHS, b. 07 Nov 1912 Themar, d. 17 May 2001 San Francisco/Ca.
  •                     ∞ (1) Albert GASSENHEIMER, b. Themar, d. South Africa
  •                     ∞ (2) Peter LANDSBERGER/LANDIS
  •                     4. Robert SACHS, b. 08 Nov 1915 Themar, d. 05 Apr 1997 San Francisco/Ca.
  •                     ∞ Regina FRANK, b. 19 May 1919 Wien, d. 03 Feb 2001 USA
  •                3. Hugo SACHS, b. 22 May 1870 Berkach, d. 13 Nov 1925 Belzig
  •                ∞ Ida HERRNBERG, b. 27 Feb 1867 Allenstein, d. 03 Mar 1944 Shanghai Hospital
  •                     4. Robert Rudi SACHS, b. 15 Nov 1905, d. 19 Jun 1996 San Francisco/Ca.
  •                3. Georg SACHS, b. 17 Aug 1872 Berkach, d. 29 Sep 1929 Magdeburg
  •                3. Max SACHS, b. 25 Aug 1874 Berkach, d. 14 Sep 1874 Berkach
  •                3. Siegmund SACHS, b. 26 Sep 1878 Berkach
  •           2. Lazarus SACHS, b. 1830 Berkach, d. 14 Feb 1880 Berkach
  •           ∞ Biene LEDERMANN, b. 12 Jul 1830 Bauerbach, d. 30 Jan 1913 Berkach
  •                3. Simon SACHS, b. 06 Oct 1860 Berkach
  •                3. Charlotte SACHS, b. 11 Jul 1862 Berkach
  •                3. Salomon SACHS, b. 1864 Berkach
  •                3. female SACHS, b. 18 Jun 1870 Berkach
  •                3. Friederike/Ricke SACHS, b. 10 Feb 1832 Berkach, d. 21 Dec 1917
  •                ∞ (21 Nov 1856) Lippmann HOFMANN, b. 29 Oct 1826 Marisfeld, d. 10 Dec 1904 Jena
  •                     4. Malchen HOFMANN, b. 03 Mar 1858 Marisfeld, d. 03 Mar 1864 Marisfeld
  •                     4. Simon HOFMANN, b. 03 May 1859 Marisfeld,
  •                     ∞ (26 Oct 1887) Johanna KUPFER
  •                     4. Moritz HOFMANNb. 19 Jan 1861 Marisfeld, d. 29 Jun 1917 Bad Nauheim
  •                     ∞ Jetty Moses, b. 27 Feb 1866 Tann/Rhön, d. 29 May 1932 Münster
  •                          5. Friedel HOFMANN, b. 19 Apr 1893 Jena, 01 June 1939 to England, d. 25 Apr 1983 Manchester/Eng.
  •                          ∞ Siegfried HERTZ, b. 23 Oct 1894 Borghorst, d. 15 Aug 1927 Königstein
  •                               6. Marga HERTZ, b. 10 Apr 1920 Münster, 01 Jun 1939 to England, d. 20 Sep 2009 Altrincham/UK
  •                               ∞ (1944) Joseph PALASTRAND, b. 1907, d. 17 May 1959 Salford/UK
  •                               6. Ruth HERTZ, b. 21 Jun 1921 Münster, 01 Jun 1939 to England
  •                               ∞ (1941) Julius ASH, b. 24 Mar 1917 Manchester/Eng, d. 8 Feb 1990 Manchester/UK
  •                          5. Erich HOFMANN, b. 4 May 1894 Jena, immigrated into Belgium
  •                          ∞ Erica NN
  •                          5. Walter HOFMANN, b. 14 Sep 1901 Jena, murdered Riga-Kaiserwald (photo)
  •                          ∞ Hildegard STEINWEG, b. 2 Aug 1912 Münster, murdered 1944 Riga
  •                               6. Marion HOFMANN, b. 13 Apr 1938 Münster, murdered 1944 Riga (photo)
  •                     4. Regina HOFMANNb. 14 Mai 1862 Marisfeld, d. 11 Jan 1933 Münster
  •                     ∞ Abraham FRANKENBERG, b. 15 Jan 1854 Marisfeld, d. 14 Dec 1925 Münster
  •                          5. Rosa FRANKENBERG, b. 1884 Jena, 1939 to USA, d. 17 Sep 1952 New York
  •                          ∞ Hugo HERTZ, b. 16 Sep 1875 Coesfeld, d. 21 Jun 1937 Münster (Suicide)
  •                               6. Lotte HERTZ, b. 1 July 1907 Münster, 1939 to USA, d. 10 Mar 2002 NY/NY
  •                               ∞ Siegfried OSTBERG, b. 11 Feb 1896 Bocholt, 1939 to USA, d. Aug 1985 NY/NY
  •                                     7. Heinz/Henry OSTBERG, b. 1928 Bocholt, 1939 to USA
  •                               6. Erna HERTZ, b. 7 Nov 1908 Münster, 1941 to USA from Buenos Aires, d. 12 Apr 1998 Dade/FL
  •                               ∞ Adolf ROSENBERG, b. 30 Apr 1896 Ahlen, 1941 to USA from Buenos Aires, d. Nov 1977 Miami/FL
  •                                    7. Rolf ROSENBERG, b. 28 Sep 1932 Münster, 1941 to USA from Buenos Aires, d. 29 Oct 2005 Miami/FL
  •                               6. Harry HERTZ, b. 7 Oct 1911 Münster, d. 19 May 1934 Münster
  •                               6. Arthur HERTZ, b.13 Nov 1912 Münster, 1937 to Brazil, 1938 to USA, d. 11 Dec 2006 Tacoma/WA
  •                          5. Berta FRANKENBERG, 22 Nov 1885 Jena, d. 10 Nov 1928 Münster
  •                          ∞ (1908 Münster) Sally HERTZ, b. 12 Jul 1882 Coesfeld, d. 12 Mar 1938 Czech.
  •                              6. Liesel HERTZ, b. 8 Oct 1910 Münster, 1938 to USA, d. 10 Sep 1994 Trumbell/CN
  •                               ∞ (24 Mar 1932) Rudolf BRAUN, 25 Aug 1902 Piesting/Austria, 1938 to USA, d. 1985 Bridgefield/CN
  •                                    7. Peter BRAUN, b. 23 Mar 1935 Wiener NeustadtAustria, 1938 to USA,
  •                               6. Fritz HERTZ, b. 29 Jun 1913 Münster, 1935 to Brazil, d. 04 Aug 1996 Petropolis/Brazil
  •                               ∞ (1938) Elsa MEISTER, b. Brazil, d. 1942 Brazil
  •                                    7. NN (daughter), b. 1939 Brazil
  •                               6. Walter HERTZ, b. 19 May 1915 Münster, 1934 to Palestine, d. 01 May 1966 USA
  •                               ∞ Fenja NN, b. Lithuania
  •                               6. Rudolf HERTZ, b. 06 Nov 1916 Münster, d. 25 Apr 1917 Münster
  •                          5. Alfred FRANKENBERG, b. 7 Aug 1889 Jena, 1938 to USA
  •                          ∞ Hedwig Marx, b. 25 Feb 1896 Siegburg, 1938 to USA
  •                               6. Hellmut Julius FRANKENBERG, b. 25 Sep 1921 Bremen, 1938 to USA
  •                     4. Fanny HOFMANN, b. 20 Mar 1864 Marisfeld, 1881 to USA
  •                     4. Frieda HOFMANN, b. 10 Dec 1865 Marisfeld
  •                     4. Dorchen HOFMANN, b. 20 Sep 1867 Themar, d. 20 Dec 1870 Themar
  •                     4. Salomon HOFMANN, b. 10 Dec 1869 Themar, 19 Sep 1942 deported to Theresienstadt, murdered 1944 Auschwitz
  •                     ∞ Frieda PLAUT, b. 30 Jul 1885 Schmalkalden, 19 Sep 1942 deported to Theresienstadt; murdered 1944 Auschwitz
  •                          5. Paula HOFMANN, b. 29 Nov 1909 Jena, 1940 to USA,
  •                          ∞ (1938) Heinz [Henry] EHRENBURG, b. 22 Jul 1912 Scholchau, d. Apr 1993 NY/NY
  •                     4. Max HOFMANN, b. 02 Mar 1871 Themar, d. 25 Sep 1886 Jena
  •                     4. Rosa HOFMANN, b. 10 Mar 1873 Themar, d. 1874 Themar
  •                     4. Sigmund Selig HOFMANN, b. 04 Oct 1877 Themar
  •           2. Salomon SACHS, b. 03 Jul 1834 Berkach
  •           2. Otto SACHS, b. 19 Mar 1837 Berkach, d. 28 May 1904 Bamberg
  •           ∞ (1) Babette Gabriel SCHLOSS, b. 13 Nov 1841 Marisfeld, d. 01 May 1887 Themar
  •           ∞ (2) Klara/Clara LANDECKER, b. 25 Dec 1848, d. 17 Nov 1926 Bamberg
  •                3. Simon Gustav SACHS, b. 03 Oct 1864 Themar, d. 08 Jan 1916 Nürnberg
  •                ∞ Helene RINDSBERG, b. 13 Oct 1858 Uehlfeld, d. 28 Aug 1944 USA
  •                     4. Sally SACHS, b. 13 Sep 1891 Themar, d. 01 Jun 1892 Themar
  •                     4. Felix SACHS, b. 01 Dec 1895 Themar, d. 15 Sep 1989 USA
  •                     ∞ Rosa MESSINGER, b. 03 July 1911 Nürnberg, d. 12 Mar 1981 USA
  •                     4. Karl SACHS, b. 16 Apr 1898 Themar, d. 27 Mar 1917 Nürnberg
  •                3. Hedwig SACHS, b. 07 Jul 1866 Themar, murdered 09 Jan 1943 Theresienstadt [see above]
  •                ∞ Heinemann Hermann SACHS b. 04 Mar 1866 Berkach, d. Apr 1936 Groß-Salze
  •                     4. Berta SACHS, b. 25 Feb 1893 Groß-Salze, murdered [Warsaw Ghetto?}
  •                     4. Rosa SACHS, b. abt 1895 Groß-Salze, d. 1991 Jerusalem
  •                     ∞ Hans WOLF
  •                     4. Sigmund SACHS, b. abt 1900 Groß-Salze
  •                     ∞ Irma FRANK
  •                3. Florchen Flora SACHS, b. 01 Nov 1867 Themar, d. 03 Oct 1868 Themar
  •                3. Rosa SACHS, b. 22 Mar 1869 Themar, d. 11 Feb 1870 Themar
  •                3. Betty SACHS, b. 20 Jan 1871 Themar, d. 03 Jan 1876 Themar
  •                3. Albert SACHS, b. 05 Mar 1876 Themar, d. USA
  •                ∞ Rosita ALKAN, b. 1884 Coburg, d. USA
  •                     4. Hans SACHS, b. abt 1904 Coburg
  •                     4. Elsa SACHS, b. 1910 Coburg, d. 1966 USA
  •                     ∞ Julius FRIEDMANN, b. 30 June 1906 Sonneberg, d. 21 Apr 1978 USA
  •           2. Fanni SACHS, b. 20 Jan 1840 Berkach, d. 16 May 1916 Tann/Fulda
  •           ∞ Raphael MOSES, b. 02 Sep 1838 Tann/Fulda, d. 27 Mar 1915 Tann/Fulda
  •                3. Frieda (Fettchen) MOSES, b. Tann/Fulda
  •           2. Raphael SACHS, b. 24 Jan 1843 Berkach, d. 26 Aug 1846 Berkach
  •      1. Vogel Simon [SACHS], b. abt 1803 Berkach
  •      ∞ Samson SELIGMANN
  •           2. Seligmann SELIGMANN, b. 29 May 1835 Berkach
  •      1. Hirsch SACHS, b. 1806 Berkach, d. 26 Feb 1862 Berkach
  •      ∞ Sophie EISEMANN, b. 26 Mar 1826 Bauerbach, d. 10 Oct 1903 Berkach
  •           2. Simon SACHS, b. 23 1856 Berkach, d. 16 Jan 1929 Berkach
  •           ∞ Sara SCHLOSS, b. 24 Apr 1861 Gleicherwiesen, d. 02 Oct 1931 Berkach
  •                3.  NN (m) SACHS, b. 06 Jan 1889 Berkach, d. 06 Jan 1889 Berkach
  •                3. Hermann SACHS, b. 14 Jan 1890 Berkach, murdered Belzyce
  •                ∞ Beate MÜLLER, b. 17 Jul 1900 Eisenach, murdered Belzyce
  •                3. Rosa SACHS, b. 04 Mar 1892 Berkach, murdered 1942 Riga
  •                3. Ida SACHS, b. 13 Jun 1894 Berkach, murdered Belzyce
  •                ∞ Moritz BUXBAUM, 04 Sep 1881 Kerstenhausen, murdered Belzyce
  •                     4. Dina BUXBAUM, b. 22 Jun 1927 Berkach, murdered Belzyce
  •                3. Curt SACHS, b. 30 Sep 1895 Berkach, d. Berkach
  •                3. Heinemann SACHS, b. 02 Jun 1897 Berkach, d. 30 May 1979 USA
  •                ∞ Irene HEIMANN, b. 08 Nov 1897 Meiningen, d. 14 May 1995 USA
  •                     4. Trudy Traudel SACHS, b. 01 Mar 1924 Erfurt, 1938 to USA
  •                3. Julius SACHS, b. 20 Nov 1900 Berkach, d. 20 Jun 1968 USA
  •                ∞ Helen AINMAN, b. 05 Feb 1912 Leipzig, d. 27 Oct 2007 Israel
  •           2. Isaac SACHS, b. 04 Nov 1859 Berkach
  •           2. Hirschine SACHS, b. 29 Jun 1862 Berkach, murdered 19 Nov 1942 Theresienstadt
  •           ∞ Reuven BACHRACH
  •                3. Siegmund BACHRACH
  •      1. Wolf SIMON SACHS, b. 1811