Lange Herzogstraße 46
On January 20, 1942, high-ranking representatives of the Nazi regime met in a villa on Berlin's Wannsee to coordinate how the murder of European Jews was to be implemented as efficiently as possible at the official level. The systematic murder had already been decided by the Nazi leadership and was in full swing.
In a letter, Adolf Eichmann instructed the deportations, which had been ongoing since October 1941, to continue. A short time later, the gas chambers were set up in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
On March 31, 1942, the first deportation of Jewish people from Wolfenbüttel took place. Among them were former residents of the "Esberg House" at Lange Herzogstraße 46.
Harri Sonnenberg grew up in Wolfenbüttel with his three siblings, but moved away when he reached adulthood. In May 1940, he returned to Wolfenbüttel with his wife and daughter. Here at Lange Herzogstraße 46, his parents and aunt were already living together with other Jewish Wolfenbüttel residents. His mother Sara had died in 1938 as a result of falling through a window, which contemporary witnesses described as a suicide attempt. The reasons why Harri Sonnenberg returned to Wolfenbüttel with his wife Martha and daughter Ruth are not documented. It is reasonable to assume that concern for his elderly father Bernhard and his aunt Johanna influenced this decision.
In July 1941, the family was forced to move from here to one of the Wolfenbüttel "Jews' houses", from where Harri, Martha and Ruth were deported to the Warsaw ghetto in 1942. There their trace is lost.
On January 20, 1942, high-ranking representatives of the Nazi regime met in a villa on Berlin's Wannsee to coordinate how the murder of European Jews was to be implemented as efficiently as possible at the official level. The systematic murder had already been decided by the Nazi leadership and was in full swing.
In a letter, Adolf Eichmann instructed the deportations, which had been ongoing since October 1941, to continue. A short time later, the gas chambers were set up in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
On March 31, 1942, the first deportation of Jewish people from Wolfenbüttel took place. Among them were former residents of the "Esberg House" at Lange Herzogstraße 46.
Harri Sonnenberg grew up in Wolfenbüttel with his three siblings, but moved away when he reached adulthood. In May 1940, he returned to Wolfenbüttel with his wife and daughter. Here at Lange Herzogstraße 46, his parents and aunt were already living together with other Jewish Wolfenbüttel residents. His mother Sara had died in 1938 as a result of falling through a window, which contemporary witnesses described as a suicide attempt. The reasons why Harri Sonnenberg returned to Wolfenbüttel with his wife Martha and daughter Ruth are not documented. It is reasonable to assume that concern for his elderly father Bernhard and his aunt Johanna influenced this decision.
In July 1941, the family was forced to move from here to one of the Wolfenbüttel "Jews' houses", from where Harri, Martha and Ruth were deported to the Warsaw ghetto in 1942. There their trace is lost.
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38300 Wolfenbüttel
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