Julius Greilsheimer
Julius Greilsheimer (born April 29, 1890 in Friesenheim , † February 11, 1944 in Auschwitz-Birkenau ) was a German rabbi .
Life
Born on April 29, 1890 in Friesenheim (Baden), he attended the elementary school in his birthplace and then graduated from high school in Lahr . He received his training as a rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau .
After the First World War , Greilsheimer initially worked as a private tutor until he was hired in 1924 by the Upper Council of the Israelites of Baden as a district rabbi for the rabbinical districts of Mosbach-Merchingen-Wertheim. He was elected to the regional synod as a representative of the rabbinical community. From 1924 to 1939 he lived with his wife Karoline Greilsheimer geb. Schlesinger and their three daughters Elfriede, Lore and Edith - who were born as twins - at Schloßgartenstrasse 3 in Mosbach. In a speech at the celebration of the new bells for the collegiate church St. Juliana on October 14, 1924, he integrated himself into the Mosbach citizenship and became a symbol of Mosbach Jewry .
On January 8, 1939, the whole family emigrated to Holland via Heiden in Switzerland . Picked up there as unwanted refugees, they ended up in the police transit camp for Jews, Camp de Westerbork . From here, Greilsheimer submitted an application for emigration to the Consulate General of the Republic of El Salvador in December 1939 .
Greilsheimer's son, Isbert Isaak Greilsheimer, was born on July 15, 1943 at Camp Westerbork. However, he passed away the same day. On February 3, 1944, the family was deported to Auschwitz on the 67th RSHA transport via the Drancy collection and transit camp in France . The transport, which comprised 1200 people, arrived at the camp on February 6, 1944. On February 11, 1944, all family members were murdered in the gas chambers of the largest German extermination camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. In memory of Rabbi Greilsheimer, a grove of 100 trees was planted in Gan Jiskor (Israel) in autumn 1947 .
literature
- Jürgen Stude: Rabbi Julius Greilsheimer (1890–1944 Auschwitz). In: Jürgen Stude / Bernd Rottenecker / Dieter Petri: Jüdisches Leben in der Ortenau, Bühl: seitenweise 2018, ISBN 978-3-943874-25-9 , pp. 178-179.
swell
- https://www.joodsmonument.nl/nl/page/181197/julius-greilsheimer
- http://www.mosbach.de/Stadtmuseum.html#Geschichte
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greilsheimer, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Friesenheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1944 |
| Place of death | Auschwitz-Birkenau |