us-005578-irn49854-irn737353
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archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Esther Rosenfeld was born on April 3, 1937, in Adelsheim, Germany, the youngest child of Adolf and Katherine (Katty) Lemburger Rosenfeld. Adolf was born in Korb on June 16, 1898, into a large Jewish family of 10-13 children. He was the next to youngest child, and was in business with his younger brother. Adolf was a veteran of the First World War, during which he lost a leg. He was cattle dealer, and also sold livestock feed and supplies. Katty was born on June 18, 1999, in Rexingen to Simon and Babette Frohrlich Lemberger, also a large family of 10-13, with at least three sisters. The couple first lived in Korb, where Adolf's family had lived for generations. Their first child, Bertl, was born there on October 25, 1925. About a year after Bertl’s birth, the family moved to Adelsheim. It had a larger Jewish community and the synagogue had enough male members to form the minyan needed for certain religious rites. The couple had three more children, in addition to Esther and Bertl: Edith, born on February 17, 1926, Ruth born on August 11, 1930, and Herman, born on April 27, 1933. In January 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor and began to put into practice the Nazi pledge to persecute Jews. The older children attended public school until the mid-1930s, when, as Jews, they were prohibited from attending. Esther's three sisters went to live with relatives and attend a Jewish school in Heilbron. They were then sent to live with their maternal aunts, Friederike and her sister, in Aachen. The families decided to leave Germany. and they received the affidavits of support from relatives in the US neede for US visas. Because of the strict US quota, it was not possible to get US visas for everyone. The extended family made a decision to send one uncle’s family to the US. In March 1939, Esther's aunt arranged for the children to leave for Great Britain on the Kindertransport (Children’s Transport), a rescue mission to save Jewish children. They had another maternal aunt Hanna…
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use Copyright Holder: Mrs. Esther Rosenfeld Starobin
date: approximately 1906-2005
has or had holder: us-005578
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has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn737353
is or was included in: us-005578-irn49854
record resource extent: folders 3
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of family photographs of Rosenfeld family members and correspondence such as postcards, post-war photos of an exhibition relating to the Rosenfeld family in Adelsheim, Germany, and restitution-related paperwork and correspondence written by Edith Kaye, the donor's older sister, regarding their father Adolf Rosenfeld, as well as photocopies of files attesting to a court case brought against him.
title: Esther Rosenfeld Starobin family papers