ADLER
Eugen and WOLF Betty,
The Jewish
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Book Pages 29 - 30
ADLER
Eugen and WOLF Betty,
21 König-Wilhelm-Strasse
Translated by:
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg,
Institut für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen
Englischabteilung
KARL
NEIDLINGER
Eugen Adler, born on February 3rd 1860 in Laupheim, single, died on October 17th 1942 in the concentration camp Theresienstadt
Betty Wolf, born as Betty Adler on June 15th 1863 in Laupheim; widow of Abraham Wolf, a businessman for clothing in Buchen Odenwald; died on December 24th 1941 in Laupheim.
[parents: Isidor and Judith Adler, born as Judith Engel]
Eugen Adler was the oldest of Isidor
Adler‘s six sons. From Isidor Adler’s first marriage to
Judith Engel, three out of the six
children reached adulthood : Eugen, Betty and Simon (born in 1867). For his
entire life Eugen remained single and worked for his parents’ business. His
half-brother Jakob erected a house on König-Wilhelm-Strasse
(King-William-Street)
in the year 1905. It is assumed that Eugen participated in its construction
because he lived on the upper floor of the house from the time it was built. He
had a Christian housemaid, an elderly woman by the name of Luise Eichmann. He was very economical, and he lived
withdrawn from the public.
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Edmund
(left) and Eugen Adler, year 1937 |
Dr. Simon Adler, lieutenant to the German Emperor, in
Berlin-Pankow, year 1915 |
His three-year younger sister Betty was married to the salesman Abraham Wolf, and they lived in Buchen in Odenwald. They had many daughters, two of which emigrated to South Africa during the Nazi times.
In March of 1939, after the death of Abraham Wolf, Betty Wolf moved back into house 21 on König-Wilhelm-Strasse in Laupheim. At the same time, Eugen and his sister-in-law Berta (Herzfeld), Jakob Adler’s widow were living there. From 1934 to 1939 Maria Füssinger (Pretzel) worked as a maid for Berta Adler. Today, Maria lives in Friedrichshafen and is well into her years. She contributed some very important and useful information to this text
Edmund and
Eugen’s younger brother was Dr. Simon Adler, who lived in Berlin-Pankow
during this time and served as an officer in the German Emperor’s army in
the First World War. The photograph from 1915 shows him as a handsome
lieutenant in his army uniform. Yet besides the photograph, nothing is
actually known about him.
In fall of
1941, Eugen Adler and Betty Wolf had to leave their house on
König-Wilhelm-Strasse and were forced to live in a former rabbinate.
Betty Wolf died there on Christmas
Eve of the same year.
Out for a family walk on a Sunday in 1930. From the left: Edmund and Mathilde Adler, Irene, Eugen, Liesel, Bertha Netter, Lotte, Betty Wolf ( Adler).
