Oppenheimer Family Archive Gemmingen · 1520 — present
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Moses Oppenheimer

Holocaust Victim
b. 22.03.1874, Gemmingen — d. 16.01.1940, KZ Buchenwald
Husband of Anna · 3 children
Profession Cattle dealer (stalls in Backnang)
Religion Jewish
Address Griesinger Weg 9, Raitelsberg, Stuttgart (until 1935)
Address Charlottenstr. 5, Stuttgart (1938)

Family

Parents
Mina Oppenheimer 1848–1913 Joseph Oppenheimer 1845–1922
Spouse
Anna Kuhn 1896–1989
Children
Änne Berger 1919–2014 Margit Bernstein 1922–2006 Josef Oppenheimer 1925–2019
Siblings
Frieda Allersheimer 1883–1941 Irma Fuldauer 1891–1962 Julius Oppenheimer 1882–1942 Klara Kaufmann 1886–1942 Max Oppenheimer 1880–1942 Sigmund Oppenheimer 1877–1940 Simon Oppenheimer 1876–1941 Zacharias Oppenheimer 1890–

Persecution

ChargeRassenschande
CourtLandgericht Stuttgart
Date07.05.1935
Sentence3 years prison + forced sterilization
JudgeAlfred Flaxland (NSDAP/SA member)
KZ Buchenwald 23.07.1938 — 16.01.1940
died
Re-arrested as 'work-shy Jew'

Location Trail

  1. Gemmingen Born · 22.03.1874
  2. Stuttgart Marries Maria Ruth Fuchs · 1919
  3. Griesinger Weg 9, Raitelsberg, Stuttgart Resided (until 1935) · 1935
  4. Landgericht Stuttgart Convicted of 'Rassenschande' · 07.05.1935
  5. Ludwigsburg Prison Imprisoned · 13.05.1935
  6. Charlottenstr. 5, Stuttgart Resided (1938) · 1938
  7. KZ Buchenwald Interned · 23.07.1938
  8. Gemmingen Letter · 30.10.1946
  9. Bad Cannstatt Letter

Timeline

  • 22.03.1874 Born in Gemmingen
  • 1919 Marries Maria Ruth Fuchs
  • 1929 Divorce from Maria Ruth
  • 07.05.1935 Convicted of 'Rassenschande'
  • 08.05.1938 Released from Ludwigsburg prison
  • 23.07.1938 Re-arrested as 'work-shy Jew'
  • 16.01.1940 Murdered in KZ Buchenwald

Correspondence

Personal data sheet for emigration Handwritten letter to cousin — family fate 1946

Notes

Denounced for relationships with 'Aryan' housekeepers 1931-1934
Memoir (Margit, 1963): 'I grew up, together with my brother and sister, in the house of my father... He did everything so that we could have a carefree youth. He loved us without limit.'
Memoir: Father arrested March 1935. Charged with Rassenschande. Margit: 'my father was not tried for offenses against the purity of the race, but for rape.' Family believes charges were fabricated.
Memoir: Imprisoned at Ludwigsburg prison. Margit visited him there at age 13 — 'the big strong man cried like a little child.'
Memoir: After release, the restitution case continued. A neighbor on Greisinger Weggs Street named Braun wanted to testify in father's favor but was threatened.
Memoir: 'Our table was always full and rich. Our clothes were great. We visited a good school.'

Sources

  • Oppenheimer/Shacham Family Archive — Personal documents, photos, and correspondence
  • Stolpersteine Stuttgart
  • Margit Bernstein Memoir (English Translation) — 11-page English translation of Margit Bernstein's Hebrew memoir/autobiography. Written in 1963. Title: 'The biography of Margit Edith Bernstein born Oppenheimer'. Covers childhood, father's arrest and imprisonment, Jewish orphanage in Esslingen, Kristallnacht, forced labor, deportation to Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, factory camp in Silesia near Czech border, liberation at Nachod, emigration to Palestine via Belgium, post-war life in Israel. Ends with 'I Accuse.'
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