Nachkommenlisten der jüdischen Familien von Themar

Gebetbuch vonBerta Müller (née Schwed). Courtesy: Sammlung Müller

Nachkommenlisten can look pretty straightforward in its 2019 computer programmed representation. But behind each list lie precious documents such as the ones shown here, held and treasured in family archives for centuries.

For an historian, such a document is a treasure trove of valuable data. The Nachkommenliste hints at decisions made and strategies implemented as family members engaged with the political, social, and economic change sweeping Germany in the late 1800s/early 1900s. As the Meier & Karoline (née Eisenfresser) Descendants List illustrates, the results were varied: some left Germany and Europe altogether; most, however remained in Germany: a few Friedmanns remained in Berkach but most moved to other, usually larger — but not too large — urban centres in Germany, including Themar. As well, the Nachkommenliste reveals connections between families that were probably well known then but have faded or disappeared in the years since — for example, the connection between the Schwab family of Berkach, and the Ernst Gassenheimer and Moritz Sachs families of Themar!

The links below take you to Descendants Lists for the following Jewish families of Themar. Included are lists of branches of families closely linked to the Themar families, such as the Gassenheimer families of Salomon & Babette Gassenheimer of Hildburghausen, as well the families of the religious Lehrer/Teachers, who were only part of the Jewish community for the period of the Lehrer’s appointment.

Please note:

1. The outlines uses the word ‘murdered’ in the sense defined by the Yad Vashem database, namely, “During the Shoah, Jews were murdered in a variety of ways, among them gassing, shooting, burning, drowning or burial alive, exhaustion through forced labor, starvation, epidemic diseases, deprivation of medical care and minimal hygienic conditions, and more.”
2. As always, these outlines are works in progress and we welcome any corrections/ amendments/additions, etc. s.meen79@gmail.com

Bär/Baer
1. Samuel u. Jette (geb. Walther) Bär/Baer
2. Alexander u. Jette (geb. Schloss) Reis
3. Lazarus u. Marianne (geb. Gutmann) Stern
4. Samuel Bär 1793-1854
5. Emanuel Bär 1797-vor 1873

Compart
Kalmann/Carl u. Ida Compart

Frankenberg/Wertheimer
1. Jonas (Nathan) u. Regine, (geb. Neuberger) Frankenberg
2. Löb u. Jette (geb. Hermann) Frankenberg
3. Jacob u. Luisa (geb. Mai) Frankenberg
4. Jacob Samuel u. Betti (Köhler) Wertheimer
5. Mendel u. Sarah (geb. Gutmann) Wertheimer
6. Jonas u. Mathilde (geb. Frankenberg) Wertheimer
6. Mendel u. Sarah (geb. Gutmann) Wertheimer
7. Moses u. Minna (geb. Ledermann) Mühlfelder

Friedmann
1. Hugo u. Eva (geb. Kahn) Friedmann
2. Salomon u. Johanna Friedmann
3. Berman u. Rachel/Rosa (geb. Hertz) Kahn

Gassenheimer
1. Jetzig/Isaak u. Amalie/Malie (geb. Levy) Gassenheimer
2. Samuel u. Charlotte/Lotte (geb. Stein) Gassenheimer 
3. Bernhardt u. Ella (geb. Holland) Gassenheimer
4. Samuel u. Pauline (geb. Schwarz) Gassenheimer
5. Samuel u. Karoline Gassenheimer
6. Salomon u. Babette (geb. Wolvermann) Gassenheimer
7. Gustave u. Minnie Gassenheimer

Grünbaum
1.  Hirsch u. Golde (geb. Kohn) Grünbaum
2. Löser u Johanna (geb Bergmann) Grünbaum
3. Bertha (geb. Grünbaum) u. Jakoby Seckel
4. Heinrich u. Ida (geb. Schmalbach) Schloss
5.  Noah Grünbaum
6. Abraham u. Veilchen (geb. Lang) Schlesinger

Hofmann
Moses Löw u. Margem (geb. Simson) Hofmann

Kahn
Abraham u. Terza (geb. Wolf) Kahn
Josef u. Hulda (geb. Walther) Kahn

Katz
1. Adolf/Abraham u. Meta (geb. Schwab) Katz

Levinstein/Mayer/Wolf
Meier u. Karoline (geb. Eisenfresser) Mayer
Isaak u. Roeschen (geb. Lange) Levinstein

Müller/Sachs/Schloss
1. Salomon u. Karoline (geb. Friedmann) Müller
2. Die Familie von Bertha  (geb. Stern) Nussbaum
3. Hermann u. Babette (geb. Sichel) Schwed
4. Simon [Seligmann] Seligmann u. Rees Sachs
5. Simon  u. Marianne (geb. Friedmann) Sachs
6. Gabriel u. Bertha Betty (geb. Schloss) Schloss
7. Hirsch u. Rosa (geb. Laub) Friedmann
8. Nathan u. Bertha (geb. Schwed) Müller

Schwab/Rosengarten
Mayer u. Riecke (geb. Levi) Schwab
Abraham u. Regina (geb. Epstein) Schwab

Walther
Abraham Walther