Paul Goetzoff
Paul Goetzoff (born January 15, 1897 in Minsk , † 1960 in Ramat Gan , Israel ) was Chasan and a Jewish teacher in Cochem .
life and career
Paul Goetzoff was the last Chasan and Jewish teacher in Cochem. After his parents were murdered in a pogrom , he was orphaned in the Israelite children's home in Lützowstrasse in Cologne in 1901 . He completed his training at the Rabbi - Preparandie in Höchberg near Würzburg and at the teachers' seminar in Cologne. However , he had to give up his position as Chasan, preacher and religion teacher in Sohrau in 1921 due to the political mood there. From 1923 he was senior teacher at the Jewish grammar school in Cologne and volunteer chasan, preacher and religion teacher in the Cochem district. He was also a committed member of the Center Party . On November 9, 1938, his library and the Cochem synagogue were devastated, he himself was arrested by the SS and taken to Dachau concentration camp .
On January 20, 1939, he was able to leave the camp on the condition that he would travel overseas within 10 days. Equipped with a British tourist visa, he entered Haifa on January 25, 1939 . His wife Rosa b. Gurfinkel (born February 17, 1891) and daughter Senta (born May 18, 1929 in Cochem) were no longer able to leave the country. In 1941 they were taken to Theresienstadt and then deported to Chelmno and murdered there. His then fifteen-year-old son Arko (born December 29, 1923 in Cochem) managed to leave Germany in August 1939.
literature
- Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): Goetzoff, Paul . In: Personalities of the Cochem-Zell District, Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 129.
- Angelika Schleindl: Traces of the Past, Jewish Life in the Cochem-Zell District. Rhein Mosel Verlag 1996, ISBN 3-929745-35-6 , pages 108/110 and 205.
- Goetzoff, Paul . Author's alphabet, sense and form 1/1995
- Paul Götzoff (Stolperstein in Oberbachstrasse, Cochem, * 1897). In: Katja Hommes: Cochem receives the first stumbling blocks. City commemorates murdered and expelled Jews. WochenSpiegel, June 23, 2016.
- Varda Getzow: "Dad, stay with us!" , From the notes of Pinkas Götzoff, the last Jewish cantor in Cochem, Heimatjahrbuch (HJB) Cochem-Zell 2017, pp. 106–108
Web links
- Paul Goetzoff in the catalog of the German National Library: GND 1051191564
- Paul Goetzoff in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
- Paul Goetzoff in the German biography
- Traces of the Past, The Jewish School in Cochem , Mosella Judaica
- Traces of the past, About the family of the teacher and cantor Paul Goetzoff , Alemannia Judaica
- Photo by Paul Goetzoff , Alemannia Judaica
Individual evidence
- ^ Cochem / Mosel (Rhineland-Palatinate) , jewische-gemeinden.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goetzoff, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Götzhoff, Paul; Goetzoff, Pinkas; Getzow, Pinkas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli chasan and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1960 |
| Place of death | Ramat Gan |