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  • Themar
    • History
      • Brief History
      • 1936: Themar City Map
      • 1938: Jewish Family Addresses
      • “Themar, My Hometown”
    • “Themar trifft Europa” — and the world!!
      • Silver wedding of two cities
  • The Jewish Community
    • The Names
    • The Grandparents
      • Hirsch & Rosa (née Laub) FRIEDMANN
      • Abraham & Paule KATZ
      • Nathan & Sara REIS
      • Abraham & Fanni (née Fuchs) SCHLESINGER
      • Simon/Seligmann & Rees SACHS
    • Themar Families A-L
      • Max & Alma (née Heimansohn) Bachmann
      • Bär/Baer
        • The Bär/Baer Family
        • Samuel & Jette BAER
        • Samuel & Lina Baer
      • Compart
      • Frankenberg
        • The Frankenberg & Wertheimer Families
        • The Frankenberg Family
        • Jacob & Luisa FRANKENBERG
        • Max & Meta Frankenberg
      • Friedmann
      • Gassenheimer
        • Isaac & Maile GASSENHEIMER
          • Amalie Gassenheimer & Samuel Schuster
            • Samuel & Lotte GASSENHEIMER
              • Bernhardt & Ella Gassenheimer
      • Grünbaum
        • The Grünbaum Family
        • Loeser & Johanna GRÜNBAUM
        • Noah Grünbaum
        • Karl & Hulda GRÜNBAUM
          • The Schlesinger Family
        • Hugo & Klara Grünbaum
      • Hofmann
      • Kahn
        • Abraham and Terza Kahn
        • Josef & Hulda Kahn
        • Else Kahn & Markus Rosenberg
        • Erna Kahn & Hermann Haaß
      • Katz
        • Adolf & Meta KATZ
          • Hajum & Wilhelmine SCHWAB
        • Elka Goudsmid (née Katz)
        • Bettina Katz, 1892 -1939
    • Themar Families M-W
      • Mayer
      • Müller
        • The Nussbaum Family
      • Seckel
      • Sachs
      • Schloss/Sachs
      • Schwab/Rosengarten
      • Wertheimer
        • The Frankenberg & Wertheimer Families
        • Nathan & Elsa Wertheimer
        • Bella Wertheimer 1890-1942
        • Milton Wertheimer 1886-1944
        • Mendel & Sara Wertheimer
        • Nathan & Malwine Wertheimer
          • Learning about Rosa Wertheimer
    • Related Families
      • Gutmann Family
      • Stern Family
        • Gleicherwiesen to Hildburghausen
    • Descendants Lists
    • The Addresses 1938
  • They Were Themarens
    • Late 1600s-Early 1900s
    • Overview 1865-1943
    • The Jewish Lehrer/Teachers
      • The Jewish Teacher
      • Hugo & Eva FRIEDMANN
      • Leopold & Adelheid Ludwig
    • 1865-1932
      • Themar’s Jewish Families & World War I
      • The Jewish Lehrer/Teachers in Themar
    • 1933-1938
    • 1938
      • “Kristallnacht” or the Reichspogromnacht — November 9/10 1938
      • 1938-9: The Letters of Dr. Ernst Ledermann
    • 1939
      • 1939: World War II
      • 1939: Themar
      • Who in Britain?
      • Domestic Permits
      • 3 September 1939
      • WWII: “Enemy Aliens”
    • 1941
      • Chronology
      • The Deportations of the German Jews, 1941
      • Deportations of Themar’s Jewish Families, 1941-1945
      • The Deportation to Litzmannstadt Ghetto, October 1941
    • 1942
      • The Deportations from Thüringen: May 1942 to Bełżyce Ghetto
      • Deportations to Theresienstadt Ghetto
        • The Jews of Thuringia & Home Purchase Contracts
        • Themar Families & Theresienstadt Ghetto
      • Themar & Auschwitz, 1942-1945
    • Links & Literature
      • Literature
  • Their Voices Live On
    • The Collections
    • The Stolpersteine
      • 2014: Levinstein & Müller I
      • 2015 – Müller II
      • September 2017
      • Stolpersteine for families Kahn & Rosenberg
      • 2019-Stolpersteine
      • The review is not over yet
      • “Escape as a last resort”
    • Stolpersteine Frankenberg & Grünbaum
    • 1945-
      • May 1945: An Overview
      • 8 May 1945: where were Themar’s Jews?
      • Stolpersteine ​​will be laid later
      • Liberation of Auschwitz
      • Themar’s Jewish Families in Germany
      • 8 May 1945: one of Themar’s Jewish families
    • 1950-1989
      • Letter from Manfred Rosengarten to Karl Saam (California, Aug. 23, 1983) (Text)
    • 1990-2007
      • The tearful secret of Themar
    • 2008-
      • “Humanity”
      • April 3, 2008 – the first meeting in Themar!
      • November 9th 2008 – 70 years after ‘Kristallnacht’
      • 2008 exhibition
    • 2010
      • What does the dedication of a tower clock in Themar have to do with this website?
      • Kristallnacht 1938 — what happened in Themar?
    • 2011
      • 2011: “Themar Meeting”
      • “You are always welcome!”
    • 2012
      • 2012: Remembrance Day – 70 years after the deportation to Belzyce
    • 2013
      • 2013: “Themes Theraren”
      • 75 Years after Kristallnacht
      • May 2013 – Film premiere in Themar
    • 2014
      • 2014 “Themen Theraren”
      • 2014 Highlights
    • 2015
      • November 2015: 70 years after the end of the Second World War
      • November 2015: The granddaughter of Selma Stern u. Sondheim v.d. Rhön
    • 2016
      • the 26th of July 2016/MDR-Thuringia!
      • “Commemoration should inspire reflection,” the November 9, 2016
    • 2017
    • 2018
    • 2019-
    • 2020
    • 2021
    • 2022
      • The Windfege and the Gassenheimers
        • Gassenheimer – a touching story
      • Confronting misanthropy
    • 2023
      • A “Windfege” Tells Stories
    • 2024
    • 2025
    • Schwarza
      • The Jewish community of Schwarza
      • The Rosskamm family
        • Martin Roßkamm
        • Stefan Rosskamm
  • & in the Neigbourhood
  • In the News!!
    • They were first Themarers – and not Jews
    • “Why doesn’t anyone tell Nazis what they think?”
    • “A Trip back to German roots”
    • Richard Stern, “Remarks,” at Markt 8, 9 November 2015
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In the News!!

Susanne Hertz,  “Always a man of Halle in his Heart,” Mitteldeutschland Zeitung, 10/11 January 2026

“Themar’s new mayor!” insuedthueringen, 05 January 2026

Wolfgang Zwietek, “They were first Themarens — and not Jews,”  insuedthueringen

  • Themar’s new mayor!
  • 8 May 2025: 80 Years since war’s end in Europe
  • 2025: “Something has changed!”
  • “Stolpersteine in Themar: A tour to commemorate”
  • 27 January 2025 – “Gedenktag” in Themar
  • November 9, 2023: A Comment
  • Gassenheimer – a touching story
  • The Windfege and the Gassenheimers
  • A “Windfege” Tells Stories
  • 81st Memorial Day for Deportation to Ghetto Belzyce
  • “Digital Memorial to deported Thüringen,” by S. Haak
  • 19 September 2022: 80th commemoration day
  • May 10, 2022: 80th commemoration day
  • 20 Apr 2020: The Arolsen Archives Online
  • October 11, 2020-Events in Themar
  • Stolpersteine for Wertheimer family in Coburg
  • 1945: 75 Years since the Liberation of Auschwitz.
  • 2019: Stolpersteine for the Frankenberg & Grünbaum Families
  • Stolpersteine November 27, 2019
  • 80 Years Ago: World War II
  • Wendelmann and Kliewer “We were neighbors after all” – the significance of November 9, 1938
  • November 9, 2018
  • Thüringen Democracy Prize 2017
  • Commemoration in Themar on November 9, 2017
  • C. Hoppe, “Mahnung gegen Hass and Hetzerei.
  • September 4, 2017 – Stolpersteineverlegung!
  • Commemoration of deportation of Thuringian Jews 75 years ago
  • “Commemoration should inspire reflection,” November 9, 2016
  • July 26, 2016 at 20:45!!!
  • “Building A Community—one ‘Google’ at a Time”
  • Lothar Guthmann — who was he & why was he in Themar in 1941?
  • Correspondence with survivors – Memorial Day 27.01.2016
  • 9 November 2015
  • Achim Heß, “Local History – Jewish Life in Themar”.
  • Collections: Memories of Themar
  • Maik Ehrlich and the Jewish soccer players from Themar!
  • Summer 1921 — Minnie & Lloyd visit the rellies!
  • 8 May 1945 — Liberation of Ghetto Theresienstadt
  • June 3, 2015: “The Jewish families at the end of the 2nd World War”.
  • Who was ‘cousin: Leo Gassenheimer’?
  • 27 January 2015 — 70 Years after the Liberation of Auschwitz!
  • How did WWI affect Themar’s Jewish families?
  • Finding the Grandparents of Themar’s Jewish Community!
  • May 2013 – Film premiere in Themar
  • The first ‘Stolpersteine’ in Themar, 10 May 2013
  • A Reflection on “Reichskristallnacht” 1938
  • Day of Remembrance: 20 September 1942
  • How did a box of letters become a website?
  • How we found Julius Kahn
  • How we learn the story… Dankward Sidow about his work
  • Cousin Aaltje
  • The decision, Sept 1941, to ship the German Jews to the ‘East’.
  • The Jewish families in Themar – who were they?
  • Day of Remembrance: 12 November 1941
  • Day of Remembrance, 16 October 1941
  • “You are always welcome!”
  • Finding the traces — one google at a time!
  • What does the dedication of a tower clock in Themar have to do with this website?
  • Kristallnacht 1938 — what happened in Themar?
  • 70 Years after “Dunera”
  • Finding Julius Kahn
  • What is new?
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