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Greeting from Sally Bein in 1924
The ceremony in memory of Sally and Rebecca Bain in the Martyrs' Forest near Jerusalem
The memorial plaque in the Martyrs' Forest


Sally Bein (born November 6, 1881 in Hohensalza, German Reich , today Inowrocław, Poland ; † after June 13, 1942 after deportation to Sobibor) was a German elementary school and deaf-mute teacher of Jewish descent and head of the Israelite Educational Institute for mentally retarded children in Beelitz.

Sally, according to the birth certificate Samuel Bein, was the second child of the tailor Leib Bein and his wife Johanna, nee Baer. Sally had a brother, Karl Bein (born January 14, 1879 in Inowroclaw, † February 3, 1942 in the Lodz Ghetto). On September 14, 1908, he married the teacher Rebeka Löwenstein (born August 15, 1883 in Holzhausen, Kirchhain; † after June 13, 1942 after deportation to Sobibor), daughter of David Löwenstein and his wife Karolina, née Plaut. The couple had two daughters, Hanna Lotte (born June 9, 1910; † unknown) and Lisa Karola (born May 28, 1916 in Beelitz; † after June 13, 1942 after deportation to Sobibor). Hanna Lotte survived the persecution through marriage and emigration. She died impoverished in Australia.

Sally Bein was a German citizen.

In 1902 he began his studies as a primary school teacher and teacher for the deaf and dumb at the Jewish Teachers Training Institute in Berlin, which he successfully completed in 1906. He then worked as a teacher at the Israelitic Deaf-Mute Institute in Berlin-Weißensee .

The Jewish Community Association in Berlin and the Jewish order “ Bne Briss ” established an educational institution in the middle of a pine forest not far from the Beelitz train station in 1908 . On the occasion of the silver wedding anniversary of the German imperial couple in February 1906, the home was named "Israelitische Erziehungsanstalt Wilhelm-Auguste-Viktoria-Stiftung in Beelitz". The educational institution opened on October 25, 1908.

At the age of 26, Sally Bein was entrusted with the management of the school, where mentally and physically handicapped, but “educable” children and young people from 6 to 14 years of age could complete a ten-class school education.

The forest property, on which there was a modern, multi-storey house with central heating, lighting, water pipes, sewerage and sanitary facilities, is located at today's Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 5. As of November 1908, 34 children lived there, initially only from Sally Bein and his wife was educated and taught, among other things in the subjects religion, biblical history, Hebrew , German and arithmetic as well as in manual labor. Over time, more children were accepted and additional teachers were hired. Between 1908 and 1938 a total of 240 boys and 140 girls were in the Beelitz home. Many of his students were able to attend secondary school or learn a trade after finishing school.

From 1933 the city looked for various pretexts to demand the closure of the house. For example, the mayor was disturbed by the “screaming” of the (deaf and dumb) children that was supposed to be heard up to the train station. From 1933 to 1942 Sally Bein fought for the existence of the home.

On June 2, 1942, he was brought to Potsdam with his wife Rebeka, his daughter Lisa Karola, the remaining pupils and the employees, and deported to Sobibor on June 13.

Today the Sally-Bein-Gymnasium Beelitz, which got its name on September 15, 1997, is located on the property .

On June 17, 2020, on the initiative of Ronny Dotan and Tatjana Matanya Ruge and with the participation of the B'nai Brith World Center in Jerusalem and KKL Israel, a memorial plaque was unveiled in the forest of the martyrs . This commemorates the deportation and murder of the Bein family, the children and employees in April and June 1942.

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Web links

Commons : Sally Bein  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jewish Teachers Training Institute
  2. ^ Israelitische Taubmutemenanstalt Weißensee
  3. ^ Wilhelm Auguste Viktoria Foundation
  4. ↑ The last journey of the educator and his students. In: Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund. June 2020, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
  5. ↑ KKL-JNF, World B'nai B'rith Commemorate Holocaust-era Special Needs Educator and his Students in Martyrs Forest. In: Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund. June 17, 2020, accessed on June 23, 2020 .
  6. ↑ KKL-JNF and B'nai B'rith World Center Honor Holocaust-era Educator Samuel (Sally) Bein Who Was Murdered in Sobibor. In: B'nai B'rith International. June 17, 2020, accessed on June 23, 2020 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 27.1 ″  N , 12 ° 57 ′ 55.2 ″  E

personal data
SURNAME Leg, Sally
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German elementary school and deaf-mute teacher
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohensalza
DATE OF DEATH after June 1, 1942
Place of death uncertain: Auschwitz concentration camp