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
“A remarkable âpaper monumentâ On 14 April 2020 the Arsolen Archives posted the exciting news  that almost all of the historical collections were now available online. People from all over the world can use the online archive to access 26 million documents containing information on 21 million names* of victims of Nazi persecution. In 1943, before … Read more
On Monday, March 9, at a ceremony at 2 p.m. in front of the house Steinweg 53 in the city of Coburg, Stolpersteine will be laid for Julius Wertheimer, born in Themar, and his family – wife KĂ€the (nĂ©e Meinstein) and sons Heinz and Alfred. Below is the newspaper article that told how Mrs. Gaby … Read more
On Saturday 27 January 1945, Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz. Of the 7,000 remaining prisoners, one man had a direct connection to Themar. His story â although we know little of it â gives us a glimpse into the life of one of those who survived Auschwitz. Otto Baer was born in Themar on 12 July 1895. His father was Samuel … Read more
The text below is a translation of the article, “,,Ein Quadrat auf der Erde â Ein Mensch,âwritten by Cornell Hoppe. “Year after year, the residents of the city of Themar commemorate their former Jewish inhabitants. Thirty-eight (38) Stolpersteine/stumbling blocks have already been laid in the city to commemorate them. Another 13 were added on Wednesday November … Read more
“A square on the earth — A human being.” by Cornell Hoppe inSouthThuringia.com Year after year, the townspeople of Themar remember their former Jewish residents. 38 Stolpersteine have already been laid in their memory in the city. On Wednesday, another 13 were added. Themar – “Walking in the footsteps of my ancestors,” is how Garry … Read more
Barely twenty years after the end of World War I, war erupted again. On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. On 3 September Britain â and the Commonwealth countries such as Canada â and France declared war on Germany. The circumstances in 1939 were completely different for German Jews than they had been in 1914, … Read more
Quelle: Stadtarchiv Themar, Ordner 109 On 18 March 1941, Lothar Israel Guthmann, b. 1898, paid the fee of 20 pfg to register his arrival in Themar; six months later, on 12 September 1941, Guthmann once again paid a fee to register his departure. The entry was startling because the name Guthmann â spelled with âthâ … Read more