Selma Grünewald
Selma Grünewald (born June 23, 1899 in Kobern ; died May 15, 1942 in Bernburg ) was a Jewish victim of the Shoah . She was a prisoner in the Ravensbrück concentration camp and was murdered in the so-called sanatorium and nursing home in Bernburg .
Life
Selma Grünewald was born as the daughter of the businessman Samuel Grünewald and his wife Susanne. Samuel Grünewald was head of the Jewish community in Kobern for several years . After his death in 1933, Selma's brother Julius, who worked as a cattle dealer, took over the role of family provider. As part of this activity, the allegations of submitting a false affidavit were raised against him in 1936 , reported by Der Stürmer among others . As a result, Julius Grünewald decided to leave Germany and fled to France with his wife. Selma Grünwald stayed with her mother in Kobern. From then on, the two of them were dependent on public support for their continued livelihood. They were registered as Jewish welfare recipients in 1938, and in January 1939 welfare payments ceased. As a result, Selma and her mother moved to Düsseldorf, where the mother received support from the Jewish community. It is uncertain whether Selma Grünwald also received such support. She lived in Düsseldorf, separated from her mother, in a Jewish house , where she probably had to do forced labor . In 1941 she was deported to Ravensbrück . In May 1942, Selma Grünewald was selected as unfit for work and ill as part of the 14f13 campaign and taken to the Bernburg sanatorium for gassing , where she was murdered on May 15, 1942.
literature
- Barbara Degen: The heart beats in Ravensbrück. The commemorative culture of women. Budrich, Leverkusen-Opladen 2010, ISBN 978-3-86649-288-2 .
Web links
- Selma Grünewald in the memorial book - Victims of the persecution of Jews under the Nazi tyranny 1933–1945 in the Federal Archives
- Selma Grünewald in Yad Vashem's Central Database of the Names of Holocaust Victims
- Selma Grünewald. In: Koblenz Memorial . .
- Beatrice Michel Leuthold: I live because you remember. In: thinking ahead in ways. August 19, 2011 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Selma Grünewald. The Ravensbrück Project, accessed on January 13, 2015 (PDF).
- ↑ 011. Selma Grünewald. Koblenz Memorial, accessed on January 13, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grünewald, Selma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish victim of National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kobern |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1942 |
| Place of death | Bernburg |