{"id":1925,"date":"2021-02-12T08:42:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T07:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/?page_id=1925"},"modified":"2021-02-17T11:28:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T10:28:58","slug":"familie-herbstmann-leib-wolf-und-feiga-sara-geb-zins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/en\/familie-herbstmann-leib-wolf-und-feiga-sara-geb-zins\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Herbstmann, Leib Wolf and Feiga Sara, n\u00e9e Zins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family Origin<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Leib Wolf Herbstmann (Obstfeld) <\/strong>was born in Gorlice, Poland, on April 16, 1886 to Izaac Obstfeld and an unknown mother. He had 2 siblings, Hersch and Jozef. His father Izaac then married Ella Herbstmann and they had six other children.<\/p><p><strong>Feiga Sara Zins <\/strong>was born in Nowy Sacz, Poland, on August, 30, 1884 to Leib Zins and Esther Liebe Schwalb. Feiga was the oldest of 9 children.<\/p><p><strong>Feiga and Leib Wolf <\/strong>were married in Nowy Sacz, Galicia (today\u2019s Poland), on the 1<sup>st<\/sup> of Adar 5668 (February 3, 1908).<\/p><p>Their <strong>oldest daughter, Ester Liebe Herbstmannn, known as Erna,<\/strong> was born on April 14, 1909, still in Nowy Sacz.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Life in Fulda<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9e9e6\">When <strong>Erna <\/strong>was just a few months old, they immigrated to Germany. Their second son, <strong>Heinrich (known as Henri) <\/strong>was born in Karlsruche<br><br>The family settled in Fulda, then Prussia.<br><br>In Fulda, <strong>Feiga <\/strong>gave birth to 4 more children: <br><strong>Maurice\/Moritz <\/strong>(born Jan 27, 1913 in Fulda), <br><strong>Robert\/Benno Baruch<\/strong> (born June 10, 1918), <br><strong>Tauba\/Toni <\/strong>(born June 30, 1915) <em>and <\/em><br><strong>Paul\/Pinkhas<\/strong> (born December 28, 1923).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-circa-1925.-Kanalstrasse-Toni-Erna-Feiga-Paul-Leib-Wolf-Henri-Maurice-and-Benno-sitting.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-imagelightbox=\"0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-circa-1925.-Kanalstrasse-Toni-Erna-Feiga-Paul-Leib-Wolf-Henri-Maurice-and-Benno-sitting.jpg\" alt=\"Familie Herbstmann ca. 1925, aufgenommen zuhause in der Kanalstra\u00dfe: Toni, Erna, Feiga, Paul, Leib Wolf, Henri, Maurice, and Benno (sitzend), v. l. nach r.\" data-id=\"1939\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-circa-1925.-Kanalstrasse-Toni-Erna-Feiga-Paul-Leib-Wolf-Henri-Maurice-and-Benno-sitting.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/familie-herbstmann-circa-1925-kanalstrasse-toni-erna-feiga-paul-leib-wolf-henri-maurice-and-benno-sitting\/\" class=\"wp-image-1939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-circa-1925.-Kanalstrasse-Toni-Erna-Feiga-Paul-Leib-Wolf-Henri-Maurice-and-Benno-sitting.jpg 756w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-circa-1925.-Kanalstrasse-Toni-Erna-Feiga-Paul-Leib-Wolf-Henri-Maurice-and-Benno-sitting-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br><br><br>Picture taken in the house on Kanalstrasse, circa 1925. From left to right: Toni, Erna, Feiga, Paul, Leib Wolf, Henri, Maurice, and Benno (sitting)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Kanalstrasse-13-Erna-is-the-blond-girl-at-the-door.-Hirsch-Obstfeld-can-be-seen-looking-out-the-window-on-the-2nd-floor.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-imagelightbox=\"1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Kanalstrasse-13-Erna-is-the-blond-girl-at-the-door.-Hirsch-Obstfeld-can-be-seen-looking-out-the-window-on-the-2nd-floor.jpg\" alt=\"Haus in der Kanalstra\u00dfe 13; Erna ist das blonde M\u00e4dchen an der T\u00fcr. Hirsch Obstfeld schaut aus dem Fenster im 2. Stock. Das Uhrmacher-Schild ist im Schaufenster zu sehen Links auf der Stra\u00dfe sieht man das heutige Hotel &quot;Zum Ritter&quot;\" data-id=\"1938\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Kanalstrasse-13-Erna-is-the-blond-girl-at-the-door.-Hirsch-Obstfeld-can-be-seen-looking-out-the-window-on-the-2nd-floor.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/familie-herbstmann-kanalstrasse-13-erna-is-the-blond-girl-at-the-door-hirsch-obstfeld-can-be-seen-looking-out-the-window-on-the-2nd-floor\/\" class=\"wp-image-1938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Kanalstrasse-13-Erna-is-the-blond-girl-at-the-door.-Hirsch-Obstfeld-can-be-seen-looking-out-the-window-on-the-2nd-floor.jpg 432w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Kanalstrasse-13-Erna-is-the-blond-girl-at-the-door.-Hirsch-Obstfeld-can-be-seen-looking-out-the-window-on-the-2nd-floor-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br><br><br>House on Kanalstrasse 13; Erna is the blond girl at the door. Hirsch Obstfeld can be seen looking out the window on the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> floor. To the left, on the street, one can see what is today the hotel &#8220;Zum Ritter&#8221;. The Uhrmacher sign can be seen atop the shop window<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">It is unknown why or when <strong>Leib <\/strong>changed his name from <strong>Obstfeld <\/strong>to <strong>Herbstmann<\/strong>. In Erna\u2019s birth registry from Nowy Sacz, he signed <strong>Leib Wolf Obstfeld<\/strong> but in his Ketubah (traditional Jewish marriage document that catalogs a husband\u2019s obligations to his wife, and makes provisions for her protection in the event of divorce or her husband\u2019s death; the religious equivalent to the contemporary pre-nuptial agreement of secular civil law). it says <strong>Herbstmann<\/strong>. Herbstmann was the name of his stepmother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leib <\/strong>was a Merchant\/Kaufmann, and his brother, <strong>Hirsch Obstfeld<\/strong> was a Watchmaker\/Uhrmacher. They all lived in the 3-story house where the store was located, on Kanalstrasse 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Herbstmanns were an extremely religious family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Fulda-Business-Directory-1928.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-imagelightbox=\"2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Fulda-Business-Directory-1928-1024x298.jpg\" alt=\"Auszug aus Fuldas Adressbuch 1928, rechts der Eintrag Leib Herbstmann\" class=\"wp-image-1941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Fulda-Business-Directory-1928-1024x298.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Fulda-Business-Directory-1928-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Fulda-Business-Directory-1928-768x224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Fulda-Business-Directory-1928.jpg 1133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Fulda Business Directory 1928, on the right the entry Leib Herbstmann; <em>source <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fuldig.hs-fulda.de\/viewer\/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:hebis:66:fuldig-100736\" target=\"_blank\">Fuldaer Digitale Sammlungen<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-left\">One of <strong>Feiga\u2019s sisters, Jochwett <\/strong>(known to her family as Yetta, or Yetti) <strong>Zins<\/strong>, came from Nowy Sacz when she was a teenager (13 years old), lived with them from 1911 to 1914, in <strong>Fulda<\/strong>, and then emigrated to the USA, where some of Feiga\u2019s siblings had settled. Some of the Zins cousins told that life in the Zins house back in Nowy Sacz was not easy for the kids. Leib Zins remarried and the second wife did not want his kids in the house, because they were all \u201cgrown\u201d, so they slowly left for the USA. They had been raised by Feiga, who was the oldest, since their mother died in childbirth. Yetta was the last one to leave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jochwett-Yetta-Zins.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-imagelightbox=\"3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jochwett-Yetta-Zins.jpg\" alt=\"Jochwett (Yetta) Zins, j\u00fcngere Schwester von Feiga Herbstmann, geb. Zins\" data-id=\"1942\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jochwett-Yetta-Zins.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/jochwett-yetta-zins\/\" class=\"wp-image-1942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jochwett-Yetta-Zins.jpg 730w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jochwett-Yetta-Zins-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Jochwett (Yetta) Zins, younger sister of Feiga Herbstmann, n\u00e9e Zins<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Benno-and-Paul-Frauenberg-Fulda-1931.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-imagelightbox=\"4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Benno-and-Paul-Frauenberg-Fulda-1931.jpg\" alt=\"Benno Baruch (Robert) und Paul am Frauenberg, Fulda 1931\" data-id=\"1937\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Benno-and-Paul-Frauenberg-Fulda-1931.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/familie-herbstmann-benno-and-paul-frauenberg-fulda-1931\/\" class=\"wp-image-1937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Benno-and-Paul-Frauenberg-Fulda-1931.jpg 517w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Benno-and-Paul-Frauenberg-Fulda-1931-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br><br>Benno Baruch (Robert) and Paul, Frauenberg, Fulda 1931<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-brothers-Hersch-Obstfeld-Leib-Wolf-Herbstmann-andJozef-Obstfeld-Kanalstrasse..jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-imagelightbox=\"5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-brothers-Hersch-Obstfeld-Leib-Wolf-Herbstmann-andJozef-Obstfeld-Kanalstrasse..jpg\" alt=\"Die drei Br\u00fcder Hersch Obstfeld (sitzend), Leib Wolf Herbstmann und Jozef Obstfeld im Haus in der Kanalstra\u00dfe, v. l. nach r.\" data-id=\"1940\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-brothers-Hersch-Obstfeld-Leib-Wolf-Herbstmann-andJozef-Obstfeld-Kanalstrasse..jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/three-brothers-hersch-obstfeld-leib-wolf-herbstmann-andjozef-obstfeld-kanalstrasse\/\" class=\"wp-image-1940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-brothers-Hersch-Obstfeld-Leib-Wolf-Herbstmann-andJozef-Obstfeld-Kanalstrasse..jpg 472w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-brothers-Hersch-Obstfeld-Leib-Wolf-Herbstmann-andJozef-Obstfeld-Kanalstrasse.-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br><br><br><br>Three brothers: (from left to right) Hersch Obstfeld (sitting), Leib Wolf Herbstmann and Jozef Obstfeld in the house on Kanalstrasse.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide\"><blockquote><p>My grandmother, Erna, always spoke dearly of growing up in Fulda. They were happy times for the family. Having moved when she was only a few months old, she considered herself German and a Fuldaer; German is the language she learned to speak and in which she received all her formal education. They were very close to the family of Moshe Yehuda and Necha Herbstmann.<\/p><cite>Claudia Zimmer, granddaughter of Erna Leistner, n\u00e9e Herbstmann<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The years in France &#8211; Holocaust<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The <strong>Herbstmanns <\/strong>left Fulda on <strong>Nov 8, 1932 <\/strong>and settled in <strong>France<\/strong>. First in Gerardmere, then Epinal dans Les Voges, in the French free zone. They worked with textiles. <strong>Paul <\/strong>went to school and worked as a carpenter. <strong>Maurice <\/strong>and <strong>Benno <\/strong>enlisted in the French army. In 1938, the family was forced to move from Epinal to Clermont-Ferrand, a Vichy ghetto of sorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Herbstmanns-in-the-textile-shop-in-France-Toni-Henri-Maurice-Erna-Leib-Wolf-and-Paul.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-imagelightbox=\"6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Herbstmanns-in-the-textile-shop-in-France-Toni-Henri-Maurice-Erna-Leib-Wolf-and-Paul.jpg\" alt=\"Die Herbstmanns im Textiliengesch\u00e4ft in Frankreich: Toni, Henri, Maurice, Erna, Leib Wolf und Paul, v. l. nach r.\" data-id=\"1936\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Herbstmanns-in-the-textile-shop-in-France-Toni-Henri-Maurice-Erna-Leib-Wolf-and-Paul.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/herbstmanns-in-the-textile-shop-in-france-toni-henri-maurice-erna-leib-wolf-and-paul\/\" class=\"wp-image-1936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Herbstmanns-in-the-textile-shop-in-France-Toni-Henri-Maurice-Erna-Leib-Wolf-and-Paul.jpg 990w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Herbstmanns-in-the-textile-shop-in-France-Toni-Henri-Maurice-Erna-Leib-Wolf-and-Paul-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Herbstmanns-in-the-textile-shop-in-France-Toni-Henri-Maurice-Erna-Leib-Wolf-and-Paul-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br><br><br>Herbstmanns in the textile shop in France: (left to right: Toni, Henri, Maurice, Erna, Leib Wolf and Paul)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">Henri<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>Henri<\/strong>, a chazan and professor of philosophy, but also a talented draftsman, settled in Vichy after marrying <strong>Frida Sussman<\/strong>. With the start of Jewish persecution, he lost his job as a Chazan in a small village, and joined his in-laws in Vichy. He had an engraving shop. At night, he would join his two brothers-in-law, Roland and Jacques, in the printing shop where they worked (Imprimerie G. Collon), to do work for the Resistance. My grandmother told us he was a remarkable forger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bracelet-that-Henri-made-for-my-mother-Roseline-when-she-was-a-baby-that-is-in-my-possession.-edited.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-imagelightbox=\"7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bracelet-that-Henri-made-for-my-mother-Roseline-when-she-was-a-baby-that-is-in-my-possession.-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Das Armband, das Henri f\u00fcr meine Mutter (Roseline) angefertigt hat, als sie ein Baby war und das sich in meinem Besitz befindet\" class=\"wp-image-1994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bracelet-that-Henri-made-for-my-mother-Roseline-when-she-was-a-baby-that-is-in-my-possession.-edited.jpg 318w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bracelet-that-Henri-made-for-my-mother-Roseline-when-she-was-a-baby-that-is-in-my-possession.-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bracelet-that-Henri-made-for-my-mother-Roseline-when-she-was-a-baby-that-is-in-my-possession.-edited-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Bracelet that Henri made for my mother (Roseline) when she was a baby, that is in my possession.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">Benno Baruch\/Robert<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>After leaving the army, <strong>Benno <\/strong>was also part of the French Resistance, under the <strong>pseudonym Robert Fournet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>Benno was probably shot dead.<\/strong> He was deported on 15 May 1944 to Kaunas (Lithuania) or Reval (Estonia). With regard to this convoy, No. 73 dated May 15, 1944, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serge_Klarsfeld\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serge_Klarsfeld\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Serge Klarsfeld<\/strong><\/a> writes in the Memorial of the Deportation of the Jews of France: <em>&#8220;Of these 878 men, only 12 aged 12 to 17 years. The others are in the prime of life. The year 1944 is stingy with documents regarding the anti-Jewish section&nbsp;of the Gestapo; but this exclusive presence of men suggests that it may be a convoy of retaliation.&#8221; <\/em><br>According to <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%88ve_Line_Blum-Cherchevsky\" target=\"_blank\">\u00c8ve Line Blum-Cherchevsky<\/a><\/strong> these men were sent to Kaunas (Lithuania) or Reval (Estonia) to erase the traces of previous massacres. They were themselves executed in turn to preserve the secret.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Benno-Baruch.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-imagelightbox=\"8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"893\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Benno-Baruch.jpg\" alt=\"Benno Baruch Herbstmann alias Robert Fournet\" data-id=\"1933\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Benno-Baruch.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/familie-herbstmann-benno-baruch\/\" class=\"wp-image-1933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Benno-Baruch.jpg 739w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Benno-Baruch-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Benno Baruch Herbstmann known as Robert Fournet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Herbstmann-Robert-Convoy-73-partial-passenger-list.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-imagelightbox=\"9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Herbstmann-Robert-Convoy-73-partial-passenger-list.jpg\" alt=\"Konvoi Nr. 73 Auszug der Deportationsliste, Nr. 361 Benno Baruch bzw. Robert Herbstmann\" class=\"wp-image-1932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Herbstmann-Robert-Convoy-73-partial-passenger-list.jpg 640w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Herbstmann-Robert-Convoy-73-partial-passenger-list-300x67.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Convoy 73 partial passenger list, No 361 Robert (Benno Baruch) Herbstmann; <em>source <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ressources.memorialdelashoah.org\/zoom.php?code=222910&amp;q=id:p_261907&amp;marginMin=0&amp;marginMax=0&amp;curPage=0\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/ressources.memorialdelashoah.org\/zoom.php?code=222910&amp;q=id:p_261907&amp;marginMin=0&amp;marginMax=0&amp;curPage=0\" target=\"_blank\">Memorial de la Shoa<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">Maurice<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>Maurice <\/strong>was still in the French Army and ended up imprisoned in 3 different Stalags, since he would escape every time and be sent to a different one. Apparently, that is why he survived and <strong>came back to Vichy<\/strong> to find everyone gone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maurice-Herbstmann-Stalag-Lemberg-Galizien.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-imagelightbox=\"10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maurice-Herbstmann-Stalag-Lemberg-Galizien.jpg\" alt=\"Beleg \u00fcber Maurice Herbstmanns Inhaftierung im Stammlager Lemberg in Galizien\" class=\"wp-image-1931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maurice-Herbstmann-Stalag-Lemberg-Galizien.jpg 448w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maurice-Herbstmann-Stalag-Lemberg-Galizien-300x94.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Evidence of imprisonment of Maurice Herbstmann in the stalag Lemberg in Galicia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">Erna<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">My uncle <strong>Samuel <\/strong>was born in Gerardmere, and my mother, <strong>Roseline<\/strong>, was born in Epinal, before the family was forcibly relocated to Clermont-Ferrand. <strong>Erna\u2019s husband<\/strong> (my grandfather <strong>Efraim Leistner<\/strong>) was arrested and sent to labor camps (Muriac and then Nebousat). Erna left the children with non-Jewish farmers and <strong>kept moving around<\/strong> with fake papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Efraim-Leistners-Nazi-Arrest-Record.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-imagelightbox=\"11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Efraim-Leistners-Nazi-Arrest-Record.jpg\" alt=\"Efraim Leistners (Ehemann von Erna) NS-Verhaftungsprotokoll\" class=\"wp-image-1950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Efraim-Leistners-Nazi-Arrest-Record.jpg 749w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Efraim-Leistners-Nazi-Arrest-Record-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Efraim Leistner\u2019s Nazi Arrest Record<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Erna-with-Roseline-and-Sami.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-imagelightbox=\"12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Erna-with-Roseline-and-Sami.jpg\" alt=\"Erna Leistner, geb. Herbstmann mit ihren Kindern Roseline und Sami bevor - wie wir vermuten - sie sie bei der Children\u2019s Aid society lie\u00df\" class=\"wp-image-1951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Erna-with-Roseline-and-Sami.jpg 441w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Erna-with-Roseline-and-Sami-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Erna Leistner, n\u00e9e Herbstmann, with Roseline and Sami, before leaving them with, we believe, the<u><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%92uvre_de_secours_aux_enfants\"> Children\u2019s Aid Society<\/a><\/u><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feiga, Leib Wolf, Paul and Henri<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Feiga, Leib Wolf, Henri <\/strong>and his family (wife, <strong>Frida<\/strong>, n\u00e9e <strong>Sussmann<\/strong> and 2 little children, <strong>Maurice <\/strong>and <strong>Leon<\/strong>), and <strong>Paul <\/strong>were interned in Drancy and later deported to Auschwitz\/Birkenau <strong>where they all<\/strong> <strong>perished<\/strong>. Henri first escaped when his wife and children were sent to Drancy, but was eventually arrested and sent there as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Frida-and-Leon-Herbstmann.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-13\" data-imagelightbox=\"13\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Frida-and-Leon-Herbstmann.jpg\" alt=\"Frida Herbstmann (Ehefrau von Henri) und ihr Sohn Leon\" data-id=\"1949\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Frida-and-Leon-Herbstmann.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/frida-and-leon-herbstmann\/\" class=\"wp-image-1949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Frida-and-Leon-Herbstmann.jpg 667w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Frida-and-Leon-Herbstmann-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Frida-and-Leon-Herbstmann-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Frida Herbstmann (Henri&#8217;s wife) and her son Leon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Henri-and-Maurice-Herbstmann.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-14\" data-imagelightbox=\"14\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Henri-and-Maurice-Herbstmann.jpg\" alt=\"Henri Herbstmann mit seinem Sohn Maurice\" data-id=\"1948\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Henri-and-Maurice-Herbstmann.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/henri-and-maurice-herbstmann\/\" class=\"wp-image-1948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Henri-and-Maurice-Herbstmann.jpg 697w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Henri-and-Maurice-Herbstmann-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Henri Herbstmann with his son Maurice<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paul-Herbstmann.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-15\" data-imagelightbox=\"15\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paul-Herbstmann.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Herbstmann, Sohn von Wolf Leib und Feiga Sara\" data-id=\"1947\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paul-Herbstmann.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/paul-herbstmann\/\" class=\"wp-image-1947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paul-Herbstmann.jpg 328w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paul-Herbstmann-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Paul Herbstmann, son of Wolf Leib and Feiga Sara<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#e9e9e6\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paul-writes-a-letter-to-his-brother-Henri-when-they-are-on-the-train-headed-to-Drancy-Camp..jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-16\" data-imagelightbox=\"16\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paul-writes-a-letter-to-his-brother-Henri-when-they-are-on-the-train-headed-to-Drancy-Camp..jpg\" alt=\"Paul schrieb diesen Brief an seinen Bruder Henri, w\u00e4hrend er im Zug nach Drancy sa\u00df. Dieser Brief wurde von Maurice nach seiner Befreiung gefunden, als er nach Vichy zur\u00fcckkehrte. Er ist heute im Besitz meines Cousins Sylvain, einem Sohn von Maurice.\" class=\"wp-image-1946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paul-writes-a-letter-to-his-brother-Henri-when-they-are-on-the-train-headed-to-Drancy-Camp..jpg 960w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paul-writes-a-letter-to-his-brother-Henri-when-they-are-on-the-train-headed-to-Drancy-Camp.-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paul-writes-a-letter-to-his-brother-Henri-when-they-are-on-the-train-headed-to-Drancy-Camp.-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paul-writes-a-letter-to-his-brother-Henri-when-they-are-on-the-train-headed-to-Drancy-Camp.-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Paul writes a letter to his brother Henri when they are on the train headed to Drancy Camp. This letter was found by Maurice when he came back to Vichy after being freed from a Stalag. It is in possession of cousin Sylvain, his son, in Belgium.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The last sign of life&nbsp;from Paul<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cher Henri, <\/em><br><em>comme tu le sais d\u00e9j\u00e0 nous sommes partis. Pour le moment le moral est bon. Nous partons \u00e0 Drancy. Pour le moment nous dans le train pas loin de Paris. Dans l\u2019\u00e9sperance de bientot tous vous revoir en bonne sant\u00e9. Je vous embrasse bien fort aussi que papa et maman.<\/em><br><em>Paul<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dear Henri! <br>As you already know we left. For the moment morale is good. We are leaving for Drancy for the moment. We are on the train not far from Paris. In the hope of seeing you all in good health, I give you a big hug as well as mom and dad.<br>Paul<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">After the war<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">Erna<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">My grandfather <strong>Froim <\/strong>(Efraim) passed away about a year after the camp was liberated, in 1944. <strong>Erna <\/strong>buried him in Clermont-Ferrand and then emigrated to Brazil and settled in Porto Alegre, in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, with her two children. <strong>Roseline <\/strong>married and had 3 children. She passed away from breast cancer in 1993. <strong>Sami <\/strong>married and had 2 children. He passed away in 1993 as well, from a heart attack. Erna, after burying her 2 children, passed away quietly in her sleep in 2002. She was 93.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Ernas-Brazilian-Immigration-Card.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-17\" data-imagelightbox=\"17\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Ernas-Brazilian-Immigration-Card-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Erna (Estera) Leistners, geb. Herbstmann brasilianische Immigrationskarte\" data-id=\"1945\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Ernas-Brazilian-Immigration-Card.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/familie-herbstmann-ernas-brazilian-immigration-card\/\" class=\"wp-image-1945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Ernas-Brazilian-Immigration-Card-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Familie-Herbstmann-Ernas-Brazilian-Immigration-Card.jpg 723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br><br><br>Erna (Estera) Leistner&#8217;s, n\u00e9e Herbstmann Brazilian Immigration Card<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">Maurice<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>Maurice <\/strong>survived the war and settled in Antwerp, Belgium, with his Belgian wife, <strong>Laure Mahler<\/strong>. They had two children, <strong>Sylvain <\/strong>and <strong>Solange<\/strong>. Sylvain still lives in Belgium; Solange lives in Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maurice-and-Laure-Herbstmann.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-18\" data-imagelightbox=\"18\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maurice-and-Laure-Herbstmann.jpg\" alt=\"Maurice und Laure Herbstmann\" data-id=\"1944\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maurice-and-Laure-Herbstmann.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/maurice-and-laure-herbstmann\/\" class=\"wp-image-1944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maurice-and-Laure-Herbstmann.jpg 376w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maurice-and-Laure-Herbstmann-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Maurice and Laure Herbstmann, n\u00e8e Mahler <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">Toni<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>Toni<\/strong>, her husband <strong>Joseph <\/strong>Newmann(who also served in the French army) and daughter <strong>Marceline<\/strong>, emigrated to the USA in 1953 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. <strong>Marceline <\/strong>married <strong>Sam Newmark<\/strong> and had 4 children. After Sam\u2019s passing, Marceline moved to Israel, where 2 of her children reside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Erna-Joe-and-Toni-Newman-and-their-children-Roseline-Sami-and-Marceline-after-the-war-before-they-all-left-France..jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-19\" data-imagelightbox=\"19\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Erna-Joe-and-Toni-Newman-and-their-children-Roseline-Sami-and-Marceline-after-the-war-before-they-all-left-France..jpg\" alt=\"Erna, Joe und Toni Newman mit ihren Kindern (Roseline, Sami und Marceline) nach dem Krieg, kurz bevor sie Frankreich verlie\u00dfen.\" data-id=\"1943\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Erna-Joe-and-Toni-Newman-and-their-children-Roseline-Sami-and-Marceline-after-the-war-before-they-all-left-France..jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/erna-joe-and-toni-newman-and-their-children-roseline-sami-and-marceline-after-the-war-before-they-all-left-france\/\" class=\"wp-image-1943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Erna-Joe-and-Toni-Newman-and-their-children-Roseline-Sami-and-Marceline-after-the-war-before-they-all-left-France..jpg 381w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Erna-Joe-and-Toni-Newman-and-their-children-Roseline-Sami-and-Marceline-after-the-war-before-they-all-left-France.-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br><br><br>Erna, Joe and Toni Newman and their children (Roseline, Sami and Marceline) after the war, before they all left France.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Recorded by Claudia Zimmer, granddaughter of Erna Leistner, n\u00e9e Herbstmann and daughter of Roseline.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em><em>Many thanks to the family Claudia Zimmer for providing pictures and documents.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family Origin Leib Wolf Herbstmann (Obstfeld) was born in Gorlice, Poland, on April 16, 1886 to Izaac Obstfeld and an unknown mother. 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