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Group portrait of members of the Jewish bowling club (Kegelclub) of Essen at a match in Werden, a suburb of Essen.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 28652
Group portrait of members of the Jewish bowling club (Kegelclub) of Essen at a match in Werden, a suburb of Essen. Among those pictured are the donor's father, Gustav Straus (front row, right); Ludwig Schartenberg (front row third from the right); and Ernst Hoeflich (standing, far left); Luz Braunschwig; Otto Kahn; Erich Anhalt; Max Schwartz; Joseph Schwartz; Otto Schiff; and Sam Meyer.

Group portrait of members of the Jewish bowling club (Kegelclub) of Essen at a match in Werden, a suburb of Essen.

Among those pictured are the donor's father, Gustav Straus (front row, right); Ludwig Schartenberg (front row third from the right); and Ernst Hoeflich (standing, far left); Luz Braunschwig; Otto Kahn; Erich Anhalt; Max Schwartz; Joseph Schwartz; Otto Schiff; and Sam Meyer.

Date
1928
Locale
Essen, [Prussian Rhineland] Germany
Variant Locale
[North Rhine-Westphalia]
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Germany (pre-1933) -- Sports/Summer Camps
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Henry Straus

About This Photograph

Biography
Heinz (now Henry) Straus is the son of Gustav and Sofie Straus. He was born October 30, 1928 in Essen, Germany, where his father was a traveling salesman. Heinz, who was an only child, attended the Israelitische Volkschule, which he entered on April 1, 1935. He also was involved in many social activities at the local synagogue and youth center (Jugendheim). In October 1938 a number of his classmates, who were the children of Polish-born Jews, were expelled to the Polish frontier. Four weeks later Heinz witnessed the burning of the Essen synagogue and youth center during Kristallnacht. The next day, on November 10, 1938, his father was arrested and sent to Dachau. Following his release several weeks later, the family obtained American visas and departed for the U.S. on April 20, 1939.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Henry Straus
 
Record last modified: 2004-02-05 00:00:00
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