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27 January 2026: Themar
We commemorate the victims of National Socialism and the former Jewish residents of Themar.
8 May 2025: 80 Years since war’s end in Europe
See as well: 21 January 1945: Liberation of Auschwitz 08 May 1945: Where were the Jews of Themar? 08 May 1945: The Jews of Themar in Germany End of war and one Jewish family of Themar Cornell Hoppe: Themarâs Jewish families and the end of the war in 1945 On this date, 8 May, 80 … Read more
Gassenheimer – a touching story
They have returned to their roots – members of the Jewish family Gassenheimer. In Themar, some of those who scattered all over the world scattered all over the world personally met. Von Wolfgang Swietek THEMAR. “What I have seen here on this trip to Themar and Hildburghausen, as well as to a few other places … Read more
The Windfege and the Gassenheimers
In Themar and Hildburghausen, two members of the same family made the same agricultural machinery. By Cornell Hoppe THEMAR. Some things can be recognized by their name. And some things you have to see to immediately understand their name. Do you know what a wind sweep is? It sounds a bit like an outdated word … Read more
A “Windfege” Tells Stories
Wind sweep – S. Gassenheimer & Sohn Hildburghausen The harvested and threshed grain must be separated from litter, weed seeds, ear parts and dust so that the grain can be milled. The principle of grain sorting is based on the elements of air flow and gravity. By hand, it works like this: the threshed grain … Read more
81st Memorial Day for Deportation to Ghetto Belzyce
On this 81st Gedenktag of the deportation of the 513 men, women, and children from Weimar, ThĂŒringen, we remember the 75 children, 18 years and younger, included in the transport. The names of the children, with links to the profiles in the geni.com database can be found at this link. Analysis and interpretation of the … Read more
“Digital Memorial to deported ThĂŒringen,” by S. Haak
Sebastian Haak, PhD, âDigital Memorial to deported ThĂŒringen Jews,â ThĂŒringische Landeszeitung, 05 May 2022 Themar/Weimar. The last lines, which Max and Clara MĂŒller wrote from their hometown of Themar to their son Meinhold, ended as so many other letters do â âLoveâ. Full of yearning: âMuch love, your Papa,â writes Max MĂŒller on 8 May … Read more
19 September 2022: 80th commemoration day
On September 19, 364 people from 38 places in Thuringia were deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto. Among these people were Hugo and Klara (nĂ©e Schloss) GrĂŒnbaum. Hugo GrĂŒnbaum was born in 1868 in Walldorf a/d Werra and came to Themar with his parents as a child. Klara Schloss was born in 1872 Schwanfeld/Bavaria. Hugo and … Read more