Husband-and-wife Georg and Lucie Schlabowsky lived in the first-floor apartment with their children Alfons, Edith, Ruth, and Eli. The family of six evidently shared one room and the kitchen. They were deported on October 19, 1942, to the Riga ghetto, where they were murdered a few days later. The youngest of the children, Eli, was just five months old; the older children were five, six and eight.     

Charlotte Behrendt, née Cohn, was deported on October 29, 1943, to Auschwitz, where she was murdered at an unknown point in time. Theodor Behrendt was deported on September 5, 1944, to the Theresienstadt ghetto; his date of death is not known. According to information given by Theodor Behrendt and his mother-in-law Emma Cohn, née Bieber, the former lived with his wife Charlotte in Emma Cohn’s apartment (see Side building, raised 1st floor, right, Cohn). However, as the former residents gave partly conflicting information, it remains unclear who let and who occupied the apartment.

Bertha and Doris Walther, who were likely sisters, lived here with the Jewish subtenants Lutka Wallach and (probably) Lucie Grün, née Walther, and Siegfried Grün/Gruen. Lucie Grün and Siegfried Grün/Gruen were most likely married. Lutka Wallach was deported on April 2, 1942, to the Warsaw ghetto and murdered. Bertha Walther, Doris Walther, Lucie Grün and Siegfried Grün/Gruen were deported on August 15, 1942, to the Riga ghetto, where they were all murdered shortly after arriving.

Husband-and-wife Dr. Walther and Rosa Julie Priebatsch, née Hassel, lived with their son Gerhard Heinz in a large 4-room apartment on the second floor of the street-facing building.  Walter Priebatsch was a gynecologist. The Priebatschs sublet one room to Michael Liessberger for RM 20. Walter Priebatsch’s brother Hans (later John) also lived in the apartment for about one-and-a-half years before his escape to the United States in 1941.

An educated, upper-middle-class family, the Priebatschs had a relatively luxurious household: They owned a twelve-piece tea- and coffee-set, silverware, and valuable jewelry. After the war, Walter’s brother Hans (John) and sister-in-law Ida Priebatsch, née Braunsberger, made statements describing not only the apartment’s furnishings but also the Priebatsch family’s attempts to maintain their dignity and social standing. Around the years 1938/39, Walther and Rosa Priebatsch bought three bicycles and seem to have purposefully started acquiring traditional status symbols. They were evidently determined to resist being constrained and pushed to the social margins.

Hedwig Peiser, née Prinz, seems to have lived with the subtenants Dan and Gerda Birnbach, née Peiser. Gerda was very likely Hedwig Peiser’s daughter. Hertha Silber, née Birnbach, probably Gerda Birnbach’s sister-in-law and Dan Birnbach’s aunt, seems to have lived in the apartment as well. She managed to flee to Bolivia in 1939. Hedwig Peiser was deported on October 3, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto, where she died on February 17, 1943. Dan and Gerda Birnbach were deported on August 4, 1943, to Auschwitz, where they murdered at an unknown point in time.

Arthur and Ella Themal, née Lachmann (mariée Katz, from her first marriage), took over the lease on this 4-room apartment on May 1, 1940. They paid the same monthly rent as the Priebatsch family: RM 120. On September 1, 1941, Max and Else Löwenthal moved into one furnished room of the apartment as subtenants. They paid a monthly rent of RM 35. According to the information in their declaration of assets, by the time they were deported all they owned was five eiderdowns, four pillows, a mattress cover, three cooking pots, two neckties, a winter coat and a between-seasons coat, a business suit, and a few tools: a screwdriver, two pliers, and a hammer. Max and Else Löwenthal were deported on October 19, 1942, to the Riga ghetto and murdered there on October 22, 1942. Arthur and Ella Themal were deported to Auschwitz a few weeks later, where they were murdered.

Johanna Ascher, née Loewenstein, lived with a subtenant, David Ballhoser, in her apartment. Johanna Ascher was deported on October 3, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto and on May 15, 1944, to Auschwitz. She was murdered there at an unknown point in time. It is not clear what happened to David Ballhoser.

The sisters Flora, Selma and Frieda Saenger shared an apartment with their subtenants Helmut and Margot Grabowski, née Loewenthal. Flora Saenger was deported on June 13, 1942, to Sobibór extermination camp, where she was murdered. Selma Saenger was deported on January 12, 1943, to Auschwitz and murdered there at an unknown point in time. Frieda Saenger was probably deported on June 20, 1942, to Theresienstadt, where she died on August 12, 1942. Helmut Grabowski was deported on February 3, 1943, to Auschwitz and from there on January 26, 1945, to Buchenwald concentration camp. He was murdered there on February 3, 1945. Margot Grabowski was deported on February 3, 1943, to Auschwitz, where she was murdered in March 1943.

Ilse Herrmann seems to have held the lease on the apartment. She moved in at some point in late 1942 or early 1943, sharing with the subtenants Lesser Hirschfeld and his wife Bertha, née Klar. Ilse Herrmann was deported on May 18, 1943, to Theresienstadt and from there, on October 12, 1944, to Auschwitz, where she was murdered. Lesser Hirschfeld was probably deported with his wife Bertha on March 12, 1943, to Auschwitz, where he was murdered at an unknown point in time. It is not clear what happened to Bertha Hirschfeld; it is likely she was deported and murdered at the same time as her husband.

Anna (Annemarie) May, née Fürster, and her husband Josef May lived in the first-floor apartment in the side building. Anna was deported on July 15, 1942, to Theresienstadt and from there on December 18, 1943, to Auschwitz, where she was murdered at an unknown point in time. Her husband Josef May was deported on July 15, 1942, to Theresienstadt, where he died on October 24, 1942.

Fritz Weissenstein shared this apartment with a non-Jewish subtenant, Auguste Band. Auguste Band’s Jewish husband had died in February 1943. Fritz Weissenstein was deported on September 28, 1943, to Auschwitz and murdered there at an unknown point in time.

This 4.5-room apartment let to Emma Cohn, née Bieber, was occupied by the subtenants Theodor Behrendt and Charlotte Behrendt, née Cohn. They had two children, Denny Cohn (born 1941) and Tana Cohn (born 1940), who seem to have lived somewhere else. Toni Faller occupied another partly furnished room in the apartment. Emma Cohn was deported on October 29, 1943, to Auschwitz. She was murdered there at some point before May 8, 1945. Theodor Behrendt was deported on September 5, 1944, to the Theresienstadt ghetto. His date of death is not known. Charlotte Behrendt was deported on October 29, 1943, to Auschwitz. She was murdered there at an unknown point in time. Their two small children Denny and Tana Cohn were deported on May 17, 1943, to the Theresienstadt ghetto and from there, on October 19, 1944, to Auschwitz, where they were murdered the day that they arrived.

Ilse Schmidt apparently lived alone in this small apartment. She was deported on February 26, 1943 to Auschwitz, where she was murdered at an unknown point in time.

Ida Gordon shared her apartment with two married couples: Josef and Alma Kaczer, née Daniel, and Alfred and Hilde Nelson, née Lenschner. Ida Gordon was deported on July 15, 1942, to the Theresienstadt ghetto, where she died on March 4, 1943. Josef and Alma Kaczer were deported on February 3, 1943, to Auschwitz, where they were murdered at an unknown point in time. Alfred and Hilde Nelson were deported on December 9, 1942, to Auschwitz, where they were murdered; their dates of death are not known.

Margarete and Siegfried Naumann lived in this apartment with their daughters Hannelore and Ursula. Margarete, Hannelore, and Ursula Naumann were deported on January 29, 1943, to the Theresienstadt ghetto. Their dates of death are not known. Siegfried Naumann was deported over a year-and-a-half later, on September 29, 1944, to Auschwitz, where he was murdered.

Herta Dambitsch moved into the building at Ansbacher Straße 5 at some point before April 30, 1940, probably as a subtenant. It is not clear which apartment she occupied. She survived after going into hiding for “approximately three years because of the deportation offensive”.   Herta Dambitsch emigrated on March 23, 1948, from Bremerhaven to the United States.