. . "Gerstle and Levi family collection"@eng . "Sofie Gerstle (née Schwarz, 1871-1944) was married to Nathan Gerstle, who worked as a horse dealer. They had two sons: David (b. 1894) and Gustav (1897-1941). Sofie and Nathan raised their sons in Ichenhausen, Germany. During the Holocaust Sofie and Gustav attempted to emigrate from Stuttgart, Germany with the aid of relatives in the United States but were unsuccessful. Sofie was deported Theresienstadt in 1942 and then Auschwitz where she perished in 1944. Gustav was deported to Kaunas, Lithuania in November 1941 where he was killed."@eng . "Gerstle and Levi family collection"@eng . .