Strassmann (family)

The Strassmann family , originally Straßmann , is a German-Jewish family that has produced many scientists from the 19th century to the present day . The family name was originally spelled with ß ; after emigrating to the United States, “many family members changed their names to“ Strassmann ””. a. the following people:

Family table

Schmuhl Molower (approx. 1760 - approx. 1825) cloth merchant from Rawicz , who in 1797 (in order to acquire the Prussian title of Protective Jew ) took the "regular surname" Strassmann.

Heiman (1797–1881) Polish scholar

Chune (? -?)

Wolfgang (1821–1885), German physician and politician

Samuel (1826–1879), German medic

Heinrich (1834–1905), German gynecologist

Ferdinand (1838–1931), German physician

Eduard / Ephraim ∞ Minna

Henni (1862–1937), artist and author

Fritz (1858–1940), German forensic doctor

Paul (1866–1938), German medic

Arnold (1861-1940)

Georg (1890–1972), medic

Reinhold 1893–1944), German mathematician and Nazi victim

Erwin (1895–1972), American gynecologist

Gisela married to Max Gutzwiller

Antonie (1901–1952), German actress, sports pilot and entrepreneur

Ernst Strassmann (1897–1958), lawyer and resistance fighter against National Socialism

W. Paul (* 1926), American economist

Hellmut (1922–2007), Swiss historian and archivist

Martin (1925–2014), Swiss physicist

literature

• Wolfgang Paul Strassmann : The Strassmanns. The fate of a German-Jewish family over two centuries . Frankfurt / New York: Campus Verlag , 2006. ISBN 3-593-38034-X
  • English version: The Strassmanns: Science, Politics, and Migration in Turbulent Times, 1793–1993 . Berghahn Books, New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-84545-416-6 .
• Jutta Lange-Quassowski , Volkmar Schneider : An important dynasty of doctors. The Strassmanns , Hentrich & Hentrich-Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-942271-70-7 .

Remarks

1. ^ Wolfgang Paul Strassmann: The Strassmanns. The fate of a German-Jewish family over two centuries . Frankfurt / New York: Campus, 2006, p. 376.
2. ↑ "... since I'm always on the road, call me Strassmann". Wolfgang Paul Strassmann: The Strassmanns. The fate of a German-Jewish family over two centuries . Frankfurt / New York: Campus Verlag, 2006, p. 36.
3. ↑ Wolfgang Paul Strassmann: "The scholar against orthodoxy: Heiman in Rawicz." In: The Strassmanns. The fate of a German-Jewish family over two centuries . Frankfurt / New York: Campus Verlag, 2006, pp. 35–46.
4. ↑ Wolfgang Paul Strassmann: "The scholar against orthodoxy: Heiman in Rawicz." In: The Strassmanns. The fate of a German-Jewish family over two centuries . Frankfurt / New York: Campus Verlag, 2006, p. 306.