Hochheimer

 
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The Hochheimer family lived in the town of Steinheim in Westphalia beginning around 1800.  They most likely originated from the town of Hochheim am Main, which is just outside of Mainz, near Frankfurt.  The earliest mention of a Hochheimer in Steinheim is in 1808, when the Jews were required to take family names.  Unlike the twelve other Jewish families in Steinheim who took new names, Abraham Hochheimer, born in 1769, kept the name that he had previously been using.


Abraham had two sons and three daughters.  The descendants of the two sons, Mathias and Simon, made up the two branches of the Hochheimer family in Steinheim.  Mathias established a grain business and a bank. He married Gellchen HIRSCHLAND who was descended from the BASSEVI family.  One of the daughters, Rachel, married Selig KLEINSTRASS; the couple moved to the nearby town of Bredenborn.  The Hirschland family page can be found HERE, the Bassevi page can be found HERE, and the Kleinstrass page HERE.


The grandsons of Mathias, Moritz (photo at right, below) and Siegfried, continued the grain business started by their grandfather, and built it by the end of the 1800’s into the largest business in the region, with business connections reaching from Scandinavia to the Balkans.


A son of Siegfried, Albert Hochheimer (1900 - 1975, photo below) moved to France before the war and later to Switzerland.  There he became a well known author of children’s books and novels, especially adventure stories and historical fiction, publishing 47 books. He also wrote under the pseudonym of Bert Jorat.


In the twentieth century many residents of Steinheim, including many of the Hochheimers, left for larger cities.  When the Nazis came to power in 1933, the last Hochheimers still living in Steinheim left.  The wife and sons of Moritz Hochheimer emigrated to Brazil.  Rosa Hochheimer, wife of Siegfried and mother of the author Albert, was the last Hochheimer in Steinheim.  She moved to Aachen in 1934, but was later deported from there to eastern Europe where she was killed. 


The Jews who still remained in Steinheim were deported in 1942.  Of the 59 Jews living in Steinheim in 1933, 32 were killed in concentration camps.


There are a number of other Hochheimer families, including that of Elias ben Hayyim Cohen Hochheimer, an astronomer and mathematician in 18th century Amsterdam, and the family of Henry Hochheimer, the most prominent rabbi of 18th century Baltimore.


The research on this page was done in collaboration with Frank Hochheimer. Thank you also to Dick Mayer and Pierre Martinet for sharing their data on the Hochheimer family. Thank you to David Blank for his records on the descendants of Johanna Hochheimer. Also many thanks to Fritz Ostkämper for helpful data.  Finally, thank you to the archivists of the town of Steinheim for the very helpful information they supplied.

To understand how to read the family listings, click HERE.


    Abraham HOCHHEIMER (1769 - died before 1840) & Sara MATHIAS (or Sara ABRAHAM) (1766 - 18 April 1847)

  1. •Trainchen HOCHHEIMER (1798 - )

  2. •Malchen HOCHHEIMER (1805 - 15 June 1827)

  3. •Mathias HOCHHEIMER (April 1806, Steinheim - 10 December 1883) & Gella/Gellchen/Göldchen HIRSCHLAND (30 December 1812 - 13 December 1878)

        Mathias established the grain business, Firma M. Hochheimer, and a bank.  Gellchen’s family can be found on the HIRSCHLAND page, HERE.  She is descended from the BASSEVI family. The Bassevi family was one of the most prominent Jewish families of Europe in the 17th century, and records for them go back to before 1500.  They can be found HERE. If you are descended from Mathias and Gella, you are also descended from the Hirschlands and Bassevis. See photo of Gella’s gravestone, above.

  1. ‣Johanna (Hannchen) HOCHHEIMER (21 July 1831 - 13 December 1878, Horn) & David BLANK (6 January 1817, Gestorf - 25 September 1886, Horn)

  2. -Rosa BLANK (7 August 1854, Horn - 12 December 1919, Bielefeld) & Julius HIRSCHFELD (29 April 1845 - 2 March 1927, Bielefeld)

  3. •Max Moses HIRSCHFELD (26 September 1877, Bielefeld - 16 January 1958, Bielefeld) & Helen Martha TUCHLER (23 May 1889. Dresden - after 3 March 1943, Auschwitz)

  4. ‣Erika HIRSCHFELD (9 October 1913, Bielefeld - 21 May 1993, Melbourne, Australia) & John Gerard “Jack” JOHNSTON (1 February 1912, Liverpool - 3 August 1987, Melbourne, Australia)

  5. -Robert John JOHNSTON (23 June 1943, Birmingham, England - 23 July 2007, Melbourne, Australia) & Suzanne Agnes FIELD (1945 - )

  6. -Michael JOHNSTON (1949 - ) & Lorraine Lesly BROWN (1950 - )

  7. ‣Anneliese HIRSCHFELD* (7 September 1918, Bielefeld - 13 December 2001, New York) & Julius BUCHDAHL (25 April 1912, Rheine, Germany - 29 September 1953, New York)

  8. ‣Anneliese (Ann) HIRSCHFELD*, ** (7 September 1918, Bielefeld - 13 December 2001, New York) & Gerhard (Jerry) HIRSCHFELD (12 October 1912, Leipzig - 3 October 2002, New York). Anneliese and Gerhard were second cousins, he can be found below.

  9. -Betty HIRSCHFELD

  10. •Hermann HIRSCHFELD (11 May 1881, Bielefeld - 20 July 1944, Auschwitz) & Ilse BREITHAUPT

  11. •Alfred Abraham HIRSCHFELD (17 March 1883Horn - about 1943, Auschwitz) & Klara Margarete GRAF

  12. -Sophie BLANK (6 January 1857, Horn - 7 January 1886, Horn)

  13. -Selma BLANK (22 January 1861, Horn - 23 July 1950, Tel Aviv) & Herman Zvi BLUMENTHAL

  14. •Ernst BLUMENTHAL (2 June 1896, Höxter - 18 July 1983, Jerusalem) & Devorah (? - November 1975, Jerusalem)

  15. ‣Naomi BLUMENTHAL (19 March 1925 - ) & Abba TUR (1923 - )

  16. -UNNAMED

  17. -UNNAMED

  18. ‣Yeshayahu BLUMENTHAL (25 November 1927 - )

  19. •Friedrich Arthur BLUMENTHAL (9 September 1897 - 22 July 1977, Stockholm)

  20. •Hanna BLUMENTHAL (17 March 1899 - August 1980, Tel Aviv) & Max GOLDSCHMIDT

  21. ‣Zvi GOLDSCHMIDT & Unnamed

  22. -Julius BLANK (25 June 1863, Horn - 23 August 1906, Horn)

  23. -Rebekka BLANK (?, Horn  - ? ) & Louis HIRSCHFELD

  24. •Moritz HIRSCHFELD (30 November 1880, Bielefeld - 19 February 1967, Munich) & Anna DIX (22 February 1884, Zeitz - 1961, Munich)

  25. ‣Dorothea HIRSCHFELD* (5 October 1905, Leipzig - 3 March 1988, New York) & Kurt GOLDSMITH (1 January 1901 - 30 August 1994, New York)

  26. ‣Dorothea HIRSCHFELD* (5 October 1905, Leipzig - 3 March 1988, New York) & Salomon BERLINER ( - about 1960, Munich)

  27. -Michael BERLINER* & Ingrid

  28. -Michael BERLINER* & Unknown

  29. ‣Heinz HIRSCHFELD (22 October 1909, Leipzig - 13 March 1948, La Paz, Bolivia) & Margot STEIN (27 April 1910, Magdeburg - 26 December 1995, Kibbutz Ein Harod Meuhad, Israel)

  30. -Gideon HIRSCHFELD (1938 - ) & Daniella WOLK (1942 - )

  31. •Yoav HIRSCHFELD (1965 - ) & Dr. Tatiana SANIN (1970 - )

  32. ‣Daniel HIRSCHFELD (1994 - )

  33. ‣Assaf HIRSCHFELD (2000 - )

  34. •Efrat HIRSCHFELD (1966 - ) & Ron Ben ELIYAHU (1964 - )

  35. ‣Tom Ben ELIYAHU (1993 - )

  36. ‣Amit Ben ELIYAHU (1995 - )

  37. ‣Nimrod Ben ELIYAHU (1997 - )

  38. •Sigal HIRSCHFELD (1970 - ) & Mark GANDEY (1965 - )

  39. ‣Maya GANDEY (2001 - )

  40. ‣Zoe GANDEY (2002 - )

  41. ‣Gerhard HIRSCHFELD* (12 October 1912, Leipzig - 3 October 2002, New York) & Sonja GOLDFEIN (26 March 1909, Warsaw - 19 March 1985, New York)

  42. ‣Gerhard (Jerry) HIRSCHFELD*,  ** (12 October 1912, Leipzig - 3 October 2002, New York) & Anneliese (Ann) HIRSCHFELD (7 September 1918, Bielefeld - 13 December 2001, New York) Gerhard and Anneliese were second cousins, she can be found above.

  43. -Betty HIRSCHFELD (1944 - )

  44. •Hugo HIRSCHFELD & Unnamed ( - ? )

  45. •Karl Meyer HIRSCHFELD (25 February 1882, Bielefeld - 13 July 1942, Auschwitz) & Unnamed

  46. ‣Julie HOCHHEIMER (14 December 1833 - )

  47. ‣Abraham HOCHHEIMER* (28 March 1836 - 7 February 1897) & Fanny STEEG (28 February 1839 - 1 June 1876, Steinheim)

  48. -Moritz Julius HOCHHEIMER (3 August 1864, Steinheim - 27 March 1925, Steinheim) & Ella STEINBERG (23 June 1876, Hohenhausen - 4 July 1948, Sao Paulo, Brazil)  Moritz, together with his brother Siegfried, made the family grain business the largest in the region.  His photo is shown above.

  49. •Alfred HOCHHEIMER (6 January 1902, Steinheim - 18 March 1968, Sao Paulo, Brazil) & Ilse FREUNDLICH (9 May 1910, Neustettin - 2 September 2000, Sao Paulo, Brazil)

  50. ‣Ernesto Mauricio Julio HOCHHEIMER & Bessy FRUG

  51. -Ruth HOCHHEIMER (1960 - ) & Naum ENGELBERG

  52. •Daniel ENGELBERG (1992 - )

  53. •Beny ENGELBERG (1996- )

  54. -Carlos HOCHHEIMER (1963 - ) & Lucilene R. FORTUNA (1971 - )

  55. -George HOCHHEIMER & Denise Marcondes FERNANDEZ

Juliana Marcones HOCHHEIMER

  1. ‣Carlota HOCHHEIMER* & Ernesto (Egog) THALHEIMER (3 May 1940, Zurich - 16 July 1994, Porto Alegre, Brazil)

  2. -Silvana THALHEIMER (22 November 1967, Porto Alegre, Brazil - 23 July 1995, Dallas, TX)

  3. -Sandra THALHEIMER & Luiz Eduardo GROSS

  4. •Suzana Thalheimer GROSS

  5. •Nicole Thalheimer GROSS

  6. •Gustavo Thalheimer GROSS

  7. ‣Carlota HOCHHEIMER* & Mendel LUSTIG

  8. •Heinz HOCHHEIMER (17 April 1911, Steinheim - 1 March 1980, Sao Paulo, Brazil) & Helga Sara ZILVERSMIDT (20 November 1911, Engelo, Netherlands - 9 May 1985, Sao Paulo, Brazil)

  9. ‣Geraldo HOCHHEIMER (born in Brazil) & Silvia Maria de Pinho AYRES

  10. -Luis Henrique HOCHHEIMER

  11. -Luciana HOCHHEIMER & Maura Penteado CERVELLINI

  12. •Joao Pedro CERVELLINI

  13. •Fritz HOCHHEIMER (30 July 1915, Steinheim - 1988, Sao Paulo, Brazil)

  14. -Julius HOCHHEIMER (15 October 1865, Steinheim - 16 April 1866, Steinheim)

  15. -Sophie HOCHHEIMER (12 March 1867, Steinheim - 17 December 1942, Theresienstadt) & Bernhard KLAREMEYER (about 1865 - )

  16. •Herbert KLARENMEYER ( - 1946)

  17. •Frieda KLARENMEYER (18 August 1894, Hagen - about 1942) & Albert Gustav WALTER (4 May 1873, Konigshutte - about 1942)

  18. ‣Rudi (Ronald) WALTER/WALTERS (15 November 1923, Breslau - 3 March 2008, London) & Ilse ROSENBAUM (1920 - )

        Rudi Walter changed his name to Ronald Walters after immigrating to England

  1. -Peter WALTERS (1950 - ) & Liz MYERS (1951 - )

  2. •Brian WALTERS (1974 - )

  3. •Karen WALTERS (1976 - )

  4. •Gemma WALTERS (1981 - )

  5. •Ricky WALTERS (1991 - )

  6. -Marion WALTERS (1954 - ) & Andrew RHODES

  7. •Nicola RHODES (1979 - ) & Adam HARVEY (1980 - )

  8. ‣Mia HARVEY

  9. •Toni RHODES (1982 - )

  10. •David RHODES (1987 - )

  11. •Mark RHODES (1991 - )

  12. ‣Ellen WALTER & Wolfe LEES

  13. -Vivienne LEES

  14. -Karen LEES

  15. -Max HOCHHEIMER (15 October 1868, Steinheim - 15 March 1869, Steinheim)

  16. -Johanna (Hannchen) HOCHHEIMER (3 January 1870, Steinheim - 7 April 1895, Steinheim)

  17. -Siegfried HOCHHEIMER (13 April 1871, Steinheim - 14 October 1913, Steinheim) & Rosa JACOBSBERG (10 August 1877, Steinheim - about 1943, eastern Europe)

  18. •Albert HOCHHEIMER* (5 May 1900, Steinheim - 28 September 1976, Lugano, Switzerland) & Helene IGERST (18 June 1898 - 20 November 1957)

        Albert Hochheimer was a well known author. See the top of this page for more about him including a photo.

  1. ‣Erika (Jacqueline) HOCHHEIMER (5 May 1928 - 25 November 2006) & Jean MARTINET (10 August 1920 - 1 February 1989)

  2. -Claude MARTINET (1952 - ) & Catherine LACURBE (1963 - )

  3. - Pierre MARTINET (1955 - )

  4. -Jean Luc MARTINET (1957 - )

  5. -Marie Helene MARTINET (1958- ) & Alain LEROUX (1944 - )

  6. •Florence LEROUX (1990 - )

  7. •Erwan LEROUX (1992 - )

  8. •Albert HOCHHEIMER* (5 May 1900, Steinheim - 28 September 1975, Lugano, Switzerland) & Elise-Emilie MAYER (30 January 1911 - March 1980)

  9. ‣Doris HOCHHEIMER (1949 - ) & Peter BIERT

  10. •Ernst HOCHHEIMER

  11. -Sally HOCHHEIMER (8 February 1873, Steinheim - )

  12. -Louis/Ludwig HOCHHEIMER* (8 February 1873, Steinheim - 3 June 1944, Düsseldorf) & Martha NEUBURG (25 September 1881, Hameln - 1942, Riga)  Martha Neuburg is part of the Hirschland family, and can be found on THIS page.

  13. •Arthur HOCHHEIMER (29 June 1904, Bielefeld - 7 February 1979, Miami Beach, FL) & Alice SCHOENTHAL (16 June 1911, Rödelheim - 25 August 2004, Manhassett, NY)

  14. ‣Frank HOCHHEIMER & Beverly WIDMAN

  15. -Rabbi Martin (Mordechai) HOCHHEIMER & Shira MARKOWITZ

  16. •Avraham Yeshaya HOCHHEIMER

  17. •Yitzchak Simcha HOCHHEIMER

  18. •Chaim Shlomo HOCHHEIMER

  19. •Michael Shmuel HOCHHEIMER (2010 - )

  20. -Louis/Ludwig HOCHHEIMER* (8 February 1873, Steinheim - 3 June 1944, Düsseldorf) & Frieda Martha Karoline WIERUM (16 December 1885, Bielefeld - 4 November 1952, Düsseldorf)

  21. •Elwira Amalie Gertrude HOCHHEIMER (24 June 1912, Essen - 30 November 1999, Erkrath, Germany) & Josef Mathias HEUTZ (9 September 1923, Mariadorf - 6 February 1978, Düsseldorf)

  22. -Paula HOCHHEIMER (25 December 1874, Steinheim - 15 May 1944, Auschwitz) & Max EISENSTEIN

  23. •Fritz EISENSTEIN (11 July 1903, Bergheim - 29 January 1943, Auschwitz)

  24. •Hanna EISENSTEIN & Martin NEUHAUS

  25. ‣Heinz NEUHAUS (6 September 1922, Bergheim - about 1943, Auschwitz)

  26. ‣Ilka NEUHAUS & Werner WYCK (about 1921, Berlin - 8 September 2011, North Bergen, NJ)

  27. -Steven WYCK

  28. -Peter WYCK (? - 1986)

  29. ‣Abraham HOCHHEIMER* (28 March 1836 - 7 February 1897) & Sara KLARENMEYER (1846 - 13 September 1916)

  30. -Bertha HOCHHEIMER (1878 - 1898)

  31. -Dr. Gustav HOCHHEIMER (21 December 1879, Steinheim - 5 April 1911, Essen)

  32. -Henrietta HOCHHEIMER (31 December 1882, Steinheim - 7 October 1923, Kupferdreh-Essen) & Karl AARON (24 January 1881, Kupferdreh-Essen - about October 1944, Auschwitz)

  33. •Ruth AARON (13 December 1912, Kupferdreh-Essen - 3 November 2003, Largo, Florida) & Henry (Heinz) David MAYER (1 May 1907, Schwerte - 11 February 1998, Largo, FL)

  34. ‣Richard David MAYER (1942 - ) & Rosily Poovelil JOSEPH (1949 - )

  35. -David Ravi MAYER (1980 - ) & Wendy COLLINS

  36. -Tara Lynn MAYER (1983 - ) & David Benoit MEYER

  37. ‣Ronald Charles MAYER (1946 - ) & Linda Jean LIPITZ (1948 - )

  38. -William Simon HOCHHEIMER (14 February 1883, Steinheim - 26 March 1949, Charlotte, NC) & Marion EWICK or ERVINCH

  39. -Frieda HOCHHEIMER (2 February 1885, Steinheim - 13 January 1915, Osnabrück) & LOWENSTEIN (from Bremen)

  40. •Karl-Heinz LOWENSTEIN

  41. •Arno LOWENSTEIN

  42. ‣Salomon HOCHHEIMER (13 January 1839 - 9 October 1873)  & Regina Dorothea WALLER

  43. -Abraham HOCHHEIMER (1 April 1870 - )

  44. -Bernhard HOCHHEIMER (23 December 1871 -)

  45. -Elisabeth Bertha HOCHHEIMER (8 June 1873 - )

  46. ‣Rosli/Rosalie HOCHHEIMER (9 September 1843, Steinheim - 3 June 1870, Holzminden) & Salomon ROSENSTEIN (13 June 1833, Holzminden - 13 June 1905, Holzminden)

  47. -Julius ROSENSTEIN (5 April 1867, Holzminden - )

  48. -Ida ROSENSTEIN (5 April 1867, Holzminden - 30 August 1942, Theresienstadt) & Adolf WICHELHAUSEN (1854, Herstelle - 1921)

  49. •    Anna WICHELHAUSEN (4 May 1892, Herstelle - 29 July 1944, Riga) & Dr. Richard Frankenberg (8 October1883, Höxter - 29 July 1944, Riga)

  50. •    Felix WICHELHAUSEN (17 May 1895, Herstelle - ) Went to Uruguay.

  51. •    Otto WICHELHAUSEN (31 January 1904, Herstelle - 14 August 1939, Baltimore, MD) & Ruth Maria HECHLER (7 June 1908, Stettin - 26 February 1996, Fulton, GA)  Otto went to the U.S. in 1937 where he worked as a research bacteriologist at Johns Hopkins University before dying in 1939 at the age of 35.

  52. •Simon HOCHHEIMER (1809 - 21 February 1845) & Hanne/Hewe NETHEIM (7 July 1805, Ottbergen - 24 August 1887, Steinheim)

  53. ‣Abraham HOCHHEIMER (12 June 1834, Steinheim - 12 August 1904) & Johanna UDEWALD (25 January 1839, Beverungen - 18 February 1902)

  54. -Simon HOCHHEIMER (10 July 1866, Steinheim - ) & Rosa LÖWENHERZ (born in Münster)

  55. •HOCHHEIMER

  56. -Louis (Luis) HOCHHEIMER (27 June 1868, Steinheim - 9 December 1933, Hameln) & Eugenia FRANKENBERG (25 April 1870, Höxter - 23 September 1943, Treblinka)

  57. •Ernst Simon HOCHHEIMER (23 May 1898, Steinheim - 12 October 1961, California) & Jenny BLUMENTHAL (born in Wiesbaden)

  58. •Otto HOCHHEIMER (5 June 1899, Steinheim - 17 July 1956) & Sarah SCHNEIDER (born in Russia)

  59. •Fred (Fritz) HOCHHEIMER (18 May 1901, Blomberg - 24 April 1972) & Cecelia Regina KATZ (13 December 1907, Wallhaben - 23 June 2000)

  60. ‣Ruth HOCHHEIMER & Paul Leo HOFFMAN (3 July 1930, New Jersey - 29 April 1982)

  61. -Laura Roslyn HOFFMAN & Robert Michael DAVIS

  62. •Andrew Benjamin DAVIS

  63. •Jonathan Daniel DAVIS

  64. -Michael Lawrence HOFFMAN & Alicia WURZEL

  65. •Liam HOFFMAN

  66. -David Bennett HOFFMAN & UNNAMED

  67. •Noah Frederick HOFFMAN

  68. •Walter HOCHHEIMER (3 October 1903, Blomberg - 19 July 1938, Palestine) & Hanna MAYER (1909, Schwelm - ?, Israel)

  69. ‣Hermann Ludwig (Zvi EREZ) HOCHHEIMER (10 February 1933, Hameln - ) & Pnina ELMALOCH

        After immigrating to Palestine they replaced the German name of HOCHHEIMER with the Hebrew name of EREZ.

  1. -Doron EREZ & Orit Meshi ZAHAV

  2. •Rotem EREZ

  3. •Shachar EREZ

  4. •Saar EREZ

  5. -Gil EREZ & Rachel UNGER

  6. •Osif EREZ

  7. •Guy EREZ

  8. •Netta EREZ

  9. •Noi EREZ

  10. -Ofir EREZ & Yael MANDIL

  11. •Dan EREZ

  12. •Edo EREZ

  13. ‣Miriam HOCHHEIMER (4 January 1935, Hameln - 1970, Kyriat Gat, Israel) & Benny RAVIV

  14. -Orit RAVIV & Asaf METIV

  15. •El Ad METIV

  16. •Noa METIV

  17. •Gal METIV

  18. -Cigal RAVIV & Jacov MICHAEL

  19. •Liron MICHAEL

  20. •Shay MICHAEL

  21. -Chagit RAVIV & Dan JOSEFIE

  22. •Kim JOSEFIE

  23. •Noa JOSEFIE

  24. •Ella JOSEFIE

  25. •Kurt HOCHHEIMER (3 December 1907, Blomberg - January 1987) & Hella Erika Liselotte KOLKER (? - 3 March 2008)

  26. ‣John Lewis HOCHHEIMER* & Patricia Anne BYRON

  27. -Jennifer Megan Eleanora Byron HOCHHEIMER & Joseph Carl Anthony MERCURIO

  28. •Eleanor Marie MERCURIO

  29. ‣John Lewis HOCHHEIMER* & Diane Louise BROOKS

  30. -Amelie Katherine Brooks HOCHHEIMER

  31. ‣John Lewis HOCHHEIMER* & Joanne Bennett DVORAK

  32. ‣John Lewis HOCHHEIMER* & Christian COOK (?)

  33. ‣Jean Linda HOCHHEIMER & James Barry HOCHRON

  34. -Alexander Nathan HOCHRON & Lila

  35. -Michael Ross HOCHRON

  36. •HOCHHEIMER (born in Blomberg)

  37. -Philipp/Felix HOCHHEIMER (9 May 1870, Steinheim - 23 January 1917) & Milly ROSENBAUM

  38. •Siegmund HOCHHEIMER

  39. -Sophie HOCHHEIMER (21 July 1872, Steinheim - 15 May, 1944, Auschwitz) & Louis BLANKENSTEIN (6 March 1867, Dortmund - 4 October 1942, Theresienstadt)

  40. •Hannah BLANKENSTEIN & Heinz SOLKOWSKI

  41. ‣Ruth SOLKOWSKI

  42. -Max HOCHHEIMER (22 November 1874 - 1913, Düsseldorf) & Johanna SCHÖNBÖRNER (20 June 1887 - 25 December 1956)

  43. •Ilse HOCHHEIMER (9 August 1908, Düsseldorf - 17 March 1992, St. Louis, Missouri) & Dr. Kurt MANSBACHER (16 January 1895 - 19 December 1958)    Ilse and Kurt went to the US in 1935

  44. ‣Lore MANSBACHER (9 October 1932, St. Louis - 21 July 1934, St. Louis)

  45. •Erich HOCHHEIMER/JORDAN (4 April 1913, Düsseldorf - November 1983, St. Louis, Missouri) & Ilse GRIESBACH (? - 6 April 2008)

    Erich went to Palestine in 1935, then to St. Louis in the U.S. in 1955, where he changed his name to Jordan, the name of his step-father who had raised him.

  1. ‣Raya HOCHHEIMER/JORDAN (18 October 1943 - ) & Stanley Edward MORRIS (1938 - )

  2. -JoAnn/Yocheved MORRIS (1967 - ) & Kenneth TURNER

  3. •Eric Abraham TURNER (1990 - )

  4. •Rebecca Nettie TURNER (1994 - )

  5. •Joshua Daniel TURNER (1995 - )

  6. •Avigayil Bracha TURNER (2002 - )

  7. •Ashira Rachel TURNER (2004 - )

  8. •Yitzchak Yaakov TURNER (2006 - )

  9. -Ellen MORRIS* (1968 - ) & Robert W. PASTER (1966 - )

  10. •Steven PASTER (1994 - )

  11. •Leah PASTER (1996 - )

  12. -Ellen MORRIS* (1968 - ) & Ronald HOFFMAN

  13. •Asher Anshel HOFFMAN (2003 - )

  14. •Binyomin Zev HOFFMAN (2004 - )

  15. -Karl HOCHHEIMER (9 March 1877, Steinheim - 3 September 1930, Gelsenkirchen-Buer) & Hulda ELKAN(29 December 1882, Wesel - 26 February 1943, Auschwitz)

  16. •Johanna (Anny) Hildegard HOCHHEIMER (12 August 1906, Gladbeck - 5 March 1943, Sobibor KZ) & Friedrich Josef KUPFERSCHLAG (13 November 1901, Soest - 5 March 1943, Sobibor KZ)    Anny went to Holland before the war, from where she was deported, togther with her husband and son.

  17. ‣Karl Werner KUPFERSCHLAG (16 April 1930, Buer - 5 March 1943, Sobibor KZ)

  18. •Liesel HOCHHEIMER (23 January 1914, Buer - 26 February 1943, Auschwitz) & Hermann EMMERICH (3 July 1905, Steinheim - 30 April 1943, Auschwitz)

            Hermann is the son of Bertha Kleinstrass, whose family can be found HERE.    Liesel and Hermann and their daughter Juliane left Germany for Holland in 1938, where Hanna Ruth was born.  After Germany invaded Holland they were all deported to Auschwitz and murdered there.

  1. ‣Juliane EMMERICH (28 March 1936, Steinheim - 26 February 1943, Auschwitz)

  2. ‣Hanna Ruth EMMERICH (2 August 1938, Maartensdijk, Netherlands - 26 February 1943, Auschwitz)

  3. -Bertha HOCHHEIMER (27 August 1879, Steinheim - 16 February 1897, Steinheim)

  4. -Siegfried HOCHHEIMER (1 July, 1883, Steinheim - 31 July 1883, Steinheim)

  5. ‣Levi HOCHHEIMER (23 October 1837 - )

  6. ‣Regina HOCHHEIMER (17 April 1839 - ) & Nathan LEVI (1835 - )

  7. ‣Salomon HOCHHEIMER (9 April 1842 - ) & Jette (Jettchen) BUCHTHAL (2 March 1841, Hohenwepel - )

  8. ‣Salomon HOCHHEIMER (9 April 1842 - ) & Emma RUPERT

  9. -Selma HOCHHEIMER (29 October 1876 - 3 March 1956, Hemel Hempstead, UK) & Richard EPHRAIM (11 November 1873, Posen - January 1950, Barnet, UK)

  10. •Hildegard EPHRAIM (18 October, Berlin - 23 May 1970) &Kurt (Curt) SLUZEWSKI (9 December 1895, Berlin - 23 May 1970, England)

  11. ‣Anneliese (Annelie) SLUZEWSKI ( - 19 February 2017) & Ralph Maurice ROCKWOOD (5 December 1925, Edmuonton, Canada - 18 September 2004, Oxford, UK)

  12. -Alma HOCHHEIMER (18 September 1883, Essen - abt. October 1944, Auschwitz) & Max WOLFF (26 July 1869, Przełajka (Siemianowice Slaskie), Poland - 5 June 1925, Breslau)

  13. •Hilde WOLFF (1906, Breslau - 1961, Tel Aviv) & Ernst Alfred Berthold MARKOWICZ (27 February 1901, Breslau - 23 October 1979, Ramat Gan, Israel)

  14. •Rudolf (Rudi) WOLFF (2 January 1909, Breslau - )

  15. •Edith WOLFF (29 May 1910, Breslau - abt. October 1944, Auschwitz)

  16. ‣Simon HOCHHEIMER (23 May 1845 - )  & Ernestine THALHEIMER Simon was born after the death of his father, which explains why he would have the same name.  Traditionally Ashkenazi Jews don’t name children after living relatives. Simon and Ernestine immigrated to the US, where they opened Hochheimer’s Restaurant in Atlantic City.

  17. •Rachel (Rika) HOCHHEIMER (Nov. 27, 1812 or 1816, Steinheim - 30 May 1878, Bredenborn) & Selig KLEINSTRASS (22 March 1811, Steinheim - 7 January 1894, Bredenborn)

            Selig and Rachel moved to Bredenborn, near Steinheim.  Click HERE for more about the Kleinstrass family. Both are buried in the Jewish cemetery in Vörden.

  1. ‣Betty KLEINSTRASS (12 February 1842, Bredenborn - 22 August 1849, Bredenborn)

  2. ‣Abraham KLEINSTRASS (22 May 1844, Bredenborn - 30 November 1893, Bredenborn) & Helena (Lenchen) ROSENSTERN (11 December 1848, Fürstenau - 15 January 1911, Bredenborn).  Click HERE for more about Helene ROSENSTERN’s family.

  3. -Minna KLEINSTRASS (25 February 1878, Bredenborn - about 1942-43, Zamosc) & Max ROSENBAUM ( - approx 1930)

  4. •Albert ROSENBAUM (18 January 1908, Udorf - 1975, Tel Aviv) & Martha NATHAN (7 December 1907 - 1985, Tel Aviv)

  5. ‣Micha ROSENBAUM (1935 - ) & Tamar PICK (1939 - )

  6. -Roni ROSENBAUM (1969 - )

  7. -Shirit ROSENBAUM (1971 - ) & Eyal LEVY (both now LEVY-ROSENBAUM)

  8. •Timna LEVY-ROSENBAUM (2004 - )

  9. •Yahel LEVY-ROSENBAUM (2006 - )

  10. •Hilde ROSENBAUM (3 May 1906 - approx 1980)

  11. •Ernst ROSENBAUM (29 September 1911, Udorf - 15 November 1938, Buchenwald)

  12. -Karl Nathan KLEINSTRASS (25 May 1879, Bredenborn - 1941, Bredenborn)

  13. -Rieke (Rickchen) KLEINSTRASS (7 November 1880, Bredenborn - 1944, Auschwitz) & Nathan ROTHENBERG (29 August 1876, Brakel - 18 March 1943, Theresienstadt)

  14. •Werner ROTHENBERG (15 October 1912, Brakel - ) & Etel SLOMOVITZ

  15. ‣Nathan ROTHENBERG (1954 - ) &Shoshana (Sharon) (1956 - )

  16. -Shiri ROTHENBERG (1983 - )

  17. -OmerROTHENBERG

  18. -Chen ROTHENBERG

  19. -Shachar ROTHENBERG

  20. •Margarethe ROTHENBERG (7 November 1907, Brakel - 1944, Auschwitz) & Georg SÄNGER (8 March 1902, Czarnikau - 1944, Auschwitz)

  21. •Herta ROTHENBERG (7 October 1909, Brakel - 1944, Auschwitz) & Werner FLIESS (26 July 1900, Bernburg - 1943, Auschwitz)

  22. -Albert KLEINSTRASS (8 March 1883, Bredenborn - 1943, Auschwitz) & Johanna BAUM (11 August 1897, Wiesbaden - 1943, Auschwitz)

  23. •Paul Louis KESTER (1925 - ) & Susanne Jeanette LUFT (1924 - )

  24. ‣Daniel John KESTER (1954 - ) This is me (creator of this website) & Anna Gunilla THEANDER (1958 - )

  25. -Anya Rebecca KESTER (1989 - )

  26. -Shiri Sophia KESTER (1991 - )

  27. •Helen (Lena) KLEINSTRASS (12 December 1923, Wiesbaden - 1999, Los Angeles) & Max HENLEIN (2 April 1915, Hamburg - 10 January 2005, Los Angeles)

  28. ‣Alan HENLEIN (1951 - )

  29. ‣Dyan HENLEIN (1955 - ) & Michael NORTON (1951 - )

  30. -Eric NORTON (1986 - )

  31. -Laura NORTON (1988 - )

  32. -Andrea NORTON (1988 - )

  33. -Josef KLEINSTRASS M.D. (11 October 1884, Bredenborn - approx 1943, Zamosc)

  34. -Hugo KLEINSTRASS (13 July 1887, Bredenborn - 15 February 1957, Bredenborn) & Anne RITZENHOFF (1887 - )

  35. •Irmgard KLEINSTRASS (1927, Bredenborn - 1990, Schlangen) & Robert LEVI

  36. ‣Walter LEVI (1946, Schlangen - about 2005, Schlangen)

  37. ‣Berl LEVI (approx 1956 - ) & Christiane

  38. -Sarah LEVI

  39. -Judith LEVI

  40. •Hubert KLEINSTRASS (1934, Bredenborn - 1992, Bredenborn) & Magrit

  41. ‣Irmgard KLEINSTRASS (1961 - ) & Hans Peter THERLANER

  42. ‣Birgit KLEINSTRASS (1964 - ) & Andreas HELMES

  43. -Katarina HELMES (1993 - )

  44. -Johanna HELMES (1995 - )

  45. ‣Dietmar KLEINSTRASS (1970 - )

  46. •Josef KLEINSTRASS (1937 - ) & Marita BÖHLER (1938 - )

  47. ‣Vera KLEINSTRASS (1963 - ) & Jan WIEDEL (1963 - )

  48. -Maximilian WIEDEL (1994 - )

  49. -Julia WIEDEL

  50. ‣Thomas KLEINSTRASS* 1965 - ) & Elke KURSCHATKE

  51. -Moritz KLEINSTRASS (1998 - )

  52. ‣Thomas KLEINSTRASS* (1965 - ) & Valerie

  53. -Marie Alice KLEINSTRASS (24 January 2008 - )

  54. -Frieda KLEINSTRASS (8 July 1891 - about 1942, Auschwitz)

  55. ‣Hannchen KLEINSTRASS (30 January 1847, Bredenborn - 20 April 1848, Bredenborn)

  56. ‣Sara KLEINSTRASS (1849, Bredenborn - )

  57. ‣Lenchen KLEINSTRASS (1852, Bredenborn - )

  58. ‣Aron KLEINSTRASS (16 March 1858, Bredenborn - 2 July 1943, Theresienstadt)




*People with asterisks after their names were married two or more times.  They have a separate line for each spouse.

**People with two asterisks after their name were married to a relative who can also be found somewhere on these pages.

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Moritz Hochheimer

1864 - 1925

Albert Hochheimer

1900 - 1976

Fanny Steeg Hochheimer

1839 - 1876

Postcard of the town of Steinheim in the 1920’s

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