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Pauline Löwenhardt-Lennhoff

The Empire of the Chicken Jew

19 January 2016 by John Löwenhardt 4 Comments

The Jewish section of the General Cemetery in Dortmund-Wambel, Germany. The lawns are immaculately kept. On a sunny day in July 2010 I find the grave of my great-grandmother Pauline BenjamintB1931Löwenhardt, buried here in 1933. I am roaming the gravesite and suddenly I stumble upon a simple gravestone that gives me a shock. [Read more…] about The Empire of the Chicken Jew

Filed Under: Denekamp, Dortmund Tagged With: Adolf Löwenhardt, Julia Löwenhardt-ten Brink, Pauline Löwenhardt-Lennhoff

Blessing hands in Plettenberg

28 October 2015 by John Löwenhardt Leave a Comment

PLETTENBERG was still on my to-do list. One of the few family related towns I had never visited. It is the birthplace of my great-grandmother Pauline Lennhoff. From Plettenberg in Nordrhine-Westfalia she moved some thirty kilometres north and settled in Oberhemer with Levi Löwenhardt. Between 1873 and 1892 they had twelve children, nine boys and three girls. In May 1933 Pauline died and was buried in the Jewish cemetery at Dortmund-Wambel, 85 years old. When five years ago I visited her grave, it was obvious: nazi thugs had fired bullets at her tombstone. But she was spared the horrors of the Holocaust. [Read more…] about Blessing hands in Plettenberg

Filed Under: Plettenberg Tagged With: Isak Lennhoff, Pauline Löwenhardt-Lennhoff, Pauline Löwenhardt-Lennhoff

The Löwenhardt Sisters, II

31 October 2014 by John Löwenhardt 3 Comments

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Clara Löwenhardt, 1880-1964

Heinz, Johnny and (aunt) Clara Löwenhardt near Almelo, April 1949
Heinz, Johnny and (aunt) Clara Löwenhardt near Almelo, April 1949

The pictures of ‘Aunt’ Clara and myself have been preserved in a photo album made by my parents and documenting the first two years of my life. [Read more…] about The Löwenhardt Sisters, II

Filed Under: Detroit, Dortmund, Kansas City, Montevideo, United States, Uruguay Tagged With: Arthur Jägers, Clara Löwenhardt, Emma Irma Jägers, Hans Benning, Hermann Löwenhardt, Johanna Löwenhardt, Julie Löwenhardt, Levy Löwenhardt, Paula Jägers, Pauline Löwenhardt-Lennhoff, Ralph Benning, Robert Benning

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