{"id":80,"date":"2020-11-27T11:42:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T10:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2021-01-19T10:01:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T09:01:37","slug":"familie-kamm-meier-und-jettchen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/en\/familie-kamm-meier-und-jettchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Kamm; Meier and Jettchen"},"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>The family <strong>Meier Kamm<\/strong> came from Hettenhausen in the Rhoen and moved with their six children in 1896 to Fulda.<br><br><strong>Meier Kamm<\/strong> was born August 24, 1851 in Hettenhausen\/Gersfeld and his wife <strong>Jettchen Kamm<\/strong>, n\u00e9e Wertheim was born April 20, 1851 in Wehrda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter 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\/2020\/11\/Josef-Emma-Louis-Isaak-Moritz-Jettchen-Meier-Johanna-und-Willy.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-imagelightbox=\"0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Josef-Emma-Louis-Isaak-Moritz-Jettchen-Meier-Johanna-und-Willy.jpg\" alt=\"Josef, Emma, Louis, Isaak, Moritz, Jettchen, Meier, Johanna und Willy\" data-id=\"74\" class=\"wp-image-74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Josef-Emma-Louis-Isaak-Moritz-Jettchen-Meier-Johanna-und-Willy.jpg 584w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Josef-Emma-Louis-Isaak-Moritz-Jettchen-Meier-Johanna-und-Willy-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">From left to right: Josef, Emma, Louis, Isaak, Moritz, Jettchen, Meier, Johanna and Willy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 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\/2020\/11\/Thekla-Kamm-geb-Sichel-und-Willy-Kamm.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-imagelightbox=\"1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"294\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Thekla-Kamm-geb-Sichel-und-Willy-Kamm.jpg\" alt=\"Thekla Kamm, geb. Sichel, geb. am 17.05.1886 und Willy Kamm, geb. am 03.12.1884\" data-id=\"79\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Thekla-Kamm-geb-Sichel-und-Willy-Kamm.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/thekla-kamm-geb-sichel-und-willy-kamm\/\" class=\"wp-image-79\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Thekla Kamm, n\u00e8e Sichel b. September 17, 1886 and Willy Kamm b. December 3, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Thekla-Kamm-geb-Sichel-mit-Kindern-Fanny-und-Lothar.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-imagelightbox=\"2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"293\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Thekla-Kamm-geb-Sichel-mit-Kindern-Fanny-und-Lothar.jpg\" alt=\"Thekla Kamm, geb. Sichel mit ihren Kindern Fanny (sp\u00e4ter Rachel) und Lothar\" data-id=\"78\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Thekla-Kamm-geb-Sichel-mit-Kindern-Fanny-und-Lothar.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/thekla-kamm-geb-sichel-mit-kindern-fanny-und-lothar\/\" class=\"wp-image-78\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Thekla Kamm, n\u00e8e Sichel with heir children Fanny (Rachel) and Lothar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 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\/2020\/11\/Fanny-Bensinger-geb-Kamm.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-imagelightbox=\"3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Fanny-Bensinger-geb-Kamm.jpg\" alt=\"Fanny (sp\u00e4ter Rachel) Bensinger, geb. Kamm, geb. 16.07.1912 in Fulda\" data-id=\"73\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Fanny-Bensinger-geb-Kamm.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/fanny-bensinger-geb-kamm\/\" class=\"wp-image-73\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fanny (Rachel) Bensinger, n\u00e8e Kamm, b. July 16, 1912 in Fulda<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ernst-und-Fanny-Bensinger-geb-Kamm-mit-Sohn-Ethan.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-imagelightbox=\"4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ernst-und-Fanny-Bensinger-geb-Kamm-mit-Sohn-Ethan.jpg\" alt=\"Ernst und Fanny (sp\u00e4ter Rachel) Bensinger, geb. Kamm mit Sohn Ethan\" data-id=\"71\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ernst-und-Fanny-Bensinger-geb-Kamm-mit-Sohn-Ethan.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/ernst-und-fanny-bensinger-geb-kamm-mit-sohn-ethan\/\" class=\"wp-image-71\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Ernst and Fanny Bensinger, n\u00e8e Kamm with son Ethan<\/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-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 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\/2020\/11\/bensinger-rachel-kamm-fanny-geburtstag-101-1024x678.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-imagelightbox=\"5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bensinger-rachel-kamm-fanny-geburtstag-101-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"66\" class=\"wp-image-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bensinger-rachel-kamm-fanny-geburtstag-101-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bensinger-rachel-kamm-fanny-geburtstag-101-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bensinger-rachel-kamm-fanny-geburtstag-101-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bensinger-rachel-kamm-fanny-geburtstag-101-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bensinger-rachel-kamm-fanny-geburtstag-101-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bensinger-rachel-kamm-fanny-geburtstag-101-scaled.jpg 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fanny (Rachel) Bensinger, n\u00e8e Kamm on her 101. birthday in the middle of her family. Sitting on the far left, Ethan Bensinger.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Fanny (Rachel) Bensinger, b. Kamm &#8211; Biography<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Interview by Elena Varntoumian with Ethan Bensinger (son) in May 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Childhood<\/strong><\/h5>\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\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter 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\/2020\/11\/Fanny-Bensinger-geb-Kamm.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-imagelightbox=\"6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Fanny-Bensinger-geb-Kamm.jpg\" alt=\"Fanny (sp\u00e4ter Rachel) Bensinger, geb. Kamm, geb. 16.07.1912 in Fulda\" data-id=\"73\" class=\"wp-image-73\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fanny (Rachel) Bensinger, n\u00e8e Kamm, b. July 16, 1912 in Fulda<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Rachel Bensinger was born on July 16, 1912 in Fulda. Her birthname was Fanny Kamm. Upon immigrating to Israel, she took the Hebrew name Rachel as her first name, and Fanny became her middle name. She was named Fanny after a so-called \u201cAunt\u201d, Fanny von Manstein. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The von Mansteins had a lifelong relationship with Rachel\u2019s mother, Tekla Sichel as well as with her, often inviting them to their large home in W\u00fcrzburg. As a teenager, Rachel and Fanny von Manstein also often corresponded. Fanny von Manstein and her husband Ernst von Manstein converted to Judaism and both were very learned in their new-found religion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9e9e6\">Rachel grew up in what is now considered the old town of Fulda. She lived with her parents at #27 Kanalstrasse. She was a member of two large Jewish families in Fulda\u2014her mother, Tekla Sichel, was born in Fulda on May 18, 1886. She was one of 12 children, and her father, Willy Kamm, was born in Hettenhausen on December 3, 1884. He also had 10 brothers and sisters. In 1896, the Kamm family moved from Hettenhausen to #7 Mittelstrasse in Fulda. Her maternal grandparents had a textile\/ clothing store in Fulda and lived over the store on Karlstrasse.<br><br>Rachel fondly remembers her grandfather Jacob Sichel hosting the families for the Passover meal\u2014the Seder. She also recalls bringing her grandparents to the ship in Bremen when they sailed to the United States in 1934 to visit some of their children who had emigrated from Fulda in the 1920s. Interestingly, her grandparents returned to Germany saying that people in America work too hard and don\u2019t enjoy life. They both died in Fulda before the war and are buried in the Jewish cemetery.<br><br>Tekla was a homemaker, while Willy sold agricultural machinery. Rachel was proud that his business provided her father with one of the first automobiles in Fulda, but she was not allowed to ride in the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 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\/2020\/12\/jacob-sichel-1-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-imagelightbox=\"7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/jacob-sichel-1-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jacob Sichel, geb. 17.07.1860 in Langenschwarz\" data-id=\"239\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/jacob-sichel-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/jacob-sichel-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/jacob-sichel-1-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/jacob-sichel-1-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/jacob-sichel-1-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/jacob-sichel-1-1147x1536.jpg 1147w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/jacob-sichel-1-1530x2048.jpg 1530w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/jacob-sichel-1-scaled.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Jacob Sichel, b. July 17, 1860 in Langenschwarz<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fanny-sichel-geb-trepp-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-imagelightbox=\"8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fanny-sichel-geb-trepp-716x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Fanny Sichel, geb. Trepp, geb. 14.02.1861 in Fulda (Jacobs 1. Frau)\" data-id=\"68\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fanny-sichel-geb-trepp-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/fanny-sichel-geb-trepp\/\" class=\"wp-image-68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fanny-sichel-geb-trepp-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fanny-sichel-geb-trepp-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fanny-sichel-geb-trepp-768x1098.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fanny-sichel-geb-trepp-1074x1536.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fanny-sichel-geb-trepp-1433x2048.jpg 1433w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fanny-sichel-geb-trepp-scaled.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fanny Sichel, n\u00e8e Trepp b. February 14, 1861 in Fulda (Jacob&#8217;s first wife)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sara-Sichel-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-imagelightbox=\"9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sara-Sichel-677x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sara Sichel, geb. Blum und am 07.05.1863 in W\u00fcrzburg geboren (Jacobs 2. Frau)\" data-id=\"237\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sara-Sichel-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/sara-sichel\/\" class=\"wp-image-237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sara-Sichel-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sara-Sichel-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sara-Sichel-768x1162.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sara-Sichel-1015x1536.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sara-Sichel-1354x2048.jpg 1354w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sara-Sichel-scaled.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Sara Sichel, n\u00e8e Blum by May 7, 1863 in W\u00fcrzburg (Jacob&#8217;s second wife)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center 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\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 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\/2020\/11\/gebetbuch-fanny-kamm-synagoge-fulda-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-imagelightbox=\"10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"883\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gebetbuch-fanny-kamm-synagoge-fulda-1024x883.jpg\" alt=\"Fannys Gebetbuch der Synagoge Fulda\" data-id=\"69\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gebetbuch-fanny-kamm-synagoge-fulda-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/gebetbuch-fanny-kamm-synagoge-fulda\/\" class=\"wp-image-69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gebetbuch-fanny-kamm-synagoge-fulda-1024x883.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gebetbuch-fanny-kamm-synagoge-fulda-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gebetbuch-fanny-kamm-synagoge-fulda-768x662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gebetbuch-fanny-kamm-synagoge-fulda-1536x1324.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gebetbuch-fanny-kamm-synagoge-fulda-2048x1766.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gebetbuch-fanny-kamm-synagoge-fulda-scaled.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fanny&#8217;s prayer book from the synagogue in Fulda<\/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\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Though she attended the synagogue and celebrated the Jewish holidays, religion was unimportant to her father Willy. Rachel said that Willy never stepped into a synagogue in Fulda, he was more interested in playing the card game Skat at the local caf\u00e9 with his Christian friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This too is interesting as Willy\u2019s brother Isaak was an Orthodox Jew who regularly attended the synagogue and had a Kosher butcher shop in Fulda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Rachel had also one brother, Lothar Kamm. She recalls that Lothar was not interested in studying and would prefer to ride his bicycle around Fulda and spend time with his girlfriend. Besides her brother, Rachel had a wonderful relationship with two of her cousins: Dr. Bubi Kamm, who like his father Isaak was Orthodox, and Trudi Kamm, whom Rachel often visited in Hannover. All three cousins remained close after immigrating to Israel.<br><br>She also grew up with a large old parrot in the Kamm family home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rachel recalls that as a pretty young girl with blond hair, she was asked to participate in the religious Wallfahrten procession. Because she attended a Christian school as a young girl in Fulda, the nuns may not have distinguished between Jewish and Christian children participating in this ritual, or perhaps did not know that she was Jewish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9e9e6\">When she was 18 years of age, Rachel belonged to the \u201cIsraelitischen Frauenverein\u201d in Fulda and participated in their Wohlt\u00e4tigkeitsfest in January 1930. She and two of her best friends, Trude Birk and Lotte Nussbaum, presented scenes from the biblical story \u201cJacobs dream\u201d.<br><br>Rachel also proudly identified with the concept of Zionism\u2014the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. She was an active member of the Blau-Weiss youth group in Fulda, which advocated immigration to Palestine. She recalls having meetings at friends\u2019 homes to discuss political events and studying the teachings of Theodore Herzl (the father of Zionism) who was the author of the book \u201cAltneuland\u201d.<br><br>In time, Rachel began to feel uncomfortable as a young Jewish person living in Fulda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>She recalls her parents\u2019 next-door neighbors saying that \u201cwe don\u2019t speak to Jews\u201d, and hearing the expression \u201cJudenrein und Juden raus.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She became convinced over time that she had no future in Germany and that she would move to Palestine as soon as she could. Even after Hitler\u2019s rise to power, her father Willy said that moving from Germany is crazy talk. Hitler is a political phenomenon whose movement would blow over in 6 months. She was unconvinced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rachel wanted to be a Chiropodist when she grew up.&nbsp; In 1933, she studied foot care at the Lehrinstitut F\u00fcr Fusspflege in Berlin. She also received practical training from Dr. Scholl in Stuttgart and managed a store for them there and in Bremen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Adulthood<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Rachel felt very good about her choice of profession because her employment at Dr. Scholl in Germany created an opportunity for her to realize her dream&#8212;to immigrate to Palestine to fight for the establishment there of a homeland for the Jewish people. While working for Dr. Scholl in Bremen Rachel learned that a Dr. Rosenthal was interested in expanding his Dr. Scholl franchise in Jerusalem from one to two stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1935, she was appointed manager of Dr. Rosenthal\u2019s second store in Jerusalem at a salary of six pounds per month plus a commission of 5% on the store\u2019s sales. Jerusalem was part of the British Mandate over Palestine and a decision was reached with Dr. Rosenthal that she would<br>enter the country as a tourist to await the approval of a work permit. Excitedly, she said good-bye to her parents in Fulda\u2014who continued to think that she was foolish to undertake this move\u2014and boarded a ship in Brindisi, Italy for Palestine.<\/p>\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\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter 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\/2020\/11\/kamm-fanny-verh-bensinger-rachel-840x1024.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-imagelightbox=\"11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kamm-fanny-verh-bensinger-rachel-840x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hochzeitsfoto 1936\" data-id=\"70\" class=\"wp-image-70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kamm-fanny-verh-bensinger-rachel-840x1024.jpg 840w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kamm-fanny-verh-bensinger-rachel-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kamm-fanny-verh-bensinger-rachel-768x936.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kamm-fanny-verh-bensinger-rachel-1261x1536.jpg 1261w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kamm-fanny-verh-bensinger-rachel-1681x2048.jpg 1681w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kamm-fanny-verh-bensinger-rachel-scaled.jpg 985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">wedding picture 1936<\/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>On board the boat, Rachel met another German passenger, Ernst Bensinger, who was returning to Palestine after a short vacation abroad. Ernst had immigrated to Palestine the previous year and had been working together with his father in his textile business in Tel-Aviv. After a short courtship, Rachel and Ernst were married in 1936 in a small ceremony at the home of Ernst\u2019s parents in Tel-Aviv.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9e9e6\">Two, years later, their first son, Gad was born. Gad is a biblical name, one of the twelve tribes of Jacob. In 1949, Rachel and Ernst had their second son, Eytan.&nbsp; After the War of Independence in 1948, Eytan became a popular name in Israel, which denotes strength. Eytan was born in Tel-Aviv in 1949.<br><br>Rachel often recalled how happy and excited she was when Israel declared its independence. She joined in dancing in the streets of Tel-Aviv and participated in parades and other festivities. Finally, her lifelong dream of achieving a state for the Jewish people had become a reality. And, she also had her entire immediate family around her. Her parents, Willy and Tekla, had immigrated to Palestine in November 1938, settling in a small apartment in Tel-Aviv.<br><br>The family had a happy life in Palestine\/Israel.&nbsp; In the early 1940s, Rachel and Ernst built a beautiful home in Holon, a suburb of Tel-Aviv. The textile business with Ernst\u2019s father continued to prosper and he and Rachel often travelled by car to Beirut, Damascus and Amman selling merchandise to Arab customers. They would also often travel to Europe and would include a stop in Baden-Baden on some of their trips.<br><br>But in 1955, a decision was reached to leave Israel for Ernst\u2019s new job opportunity in the United States. Rachel, as a committed Zionist, was very unhappy about this decision. To her dying day, she loved Israel, and emotionally regretted the move to America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The family first lived in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, and in 1958 moved to Chicago. In 1968, Ernst died, presenting Rachel with new challenges. But, she picked herself up \u201cby her bootstraps\u201d, took several courses in the new field of occupational therapy, and began to work in several nursing homes in the Chicago area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the next 25 years, she enjoyed her interactions with the elderly and utilizing her talents to create colorful arts and crafts projects with them. She had an active social life in Chicago. She dated, and for a period of time lived with a partner. She enjoyed attending the symphony, the opera and travelled the world widely with her friends. She corresponded with her parents in Israel weekly, and travelled there to visit them on a yearly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\/2020\/11\/Willy-Kamm-und-Thekla-Kamm-geb-Sichel-in-ihrer-Wohnung-in-Tel-Aviv.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-imagelightbox=\"12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Willy-Kamm-und-Thekla-Kamm-geb-Sichel-in-ihrer-Wohnung-in-Tel-Aviv.jpg\" alt=\"Willy Kamm und Thekla Kamm, geb. Sichel in ihrer Wohnung in Tel-Aviv\" data-id=\"76\" class=\"wp-image-76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Willy-Kamm-und-Thekla-Kamm-geb-Sichel-in-ihrer-Wohnung-in-Tel-Aviv.jpg 520w, https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Willy-Kamm-und-Thekla-Kamm-geb-Sichel-in-ihrer-Wohnung-in-Tel-Aviv-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Willy Kamm and Thekla Kamm, n\u00e8e Sichel in their apartment in Tel-Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rachel was always very proud of her accomplishments as a young woman; moving to Israel by herself, managing the Dr. Scholl store in Jerusalem at the age of 23 and her commitment to the establishment of the State of Israel. Her enduring philosophy was that one can accomplish anything in life if one puts one\u2019s mind to it and works hard to get there. She did just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though Rachel yearned for her life in Israel, she recognized that America provided her family with unique opportunities for happiness and success. She was especially proud of her professor son Gad and her lawyer son Eytan, as well as her beautiful grandchildren and great-grandchildren.&nbsp; At the age of 90 she moved into the Self-help Home for the Aged, where she lived contently until her passing at the age of 102 in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Many thanks to the family of Ethan Bensinger for providing pictures and documents.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family Origin The family Meier Kamm came from Hettenhausen in the Rhoen and moved with their six children in 1896 to Fulda. Meier Kamm was born August 24, 1851 in Hettenhausen\/Gersfeld and his wife Jettchen Kamm, n\u00e9e Wertheim was born April 20, 1851 in Wehrda. Fanny (Rachel) Bensinger, b. 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