Berta Mars

Berta Bertha - Gertrude? - MARS, née KÖNIG KOENIG: b. 27 April 1884, Münden - d. after 16 May 1944, Auschwitz, HOLOCAUST

N.B. Not clear WHY first name posted here initially as Gertude ...

On mother Jeanette KÖNIG's Theresienstadt death certificate a daughter also present there is named as "Berta MARS". NO search on Yad Vashem results for a "Gertrude MARS".

Details of deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

Born 27. 04. 1884 Last residence before deportation: Schweinfurt Transport II/25, no. 895 (11. 09. 1942, Nuremberg -> Terezín) Transport Ea, no. 1887 (16. 05. 1944, Terezín -> Auschwitz) Murdered

And also -

Berta Mars nee König was born in Muenden, Germany in 1884. Prior to WWII she lived in Schweinfurt, Germany. During the war she was in Auschwitz, Poland.

Berta was murdered in the Shoah (according to this source).

This information is based on a List of murdered Jews from Germany, found in List of Jewish victims from the Memorial book "Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945" prepared by the German Federal Archives.

Last Name Mars First Name Berta Maiden Name König Gender Female Date of Birth 27/04/1884 Place of Birth Muenden,Hann. Münden (Hildesheim),Hanover,Germany Permanent Place of Residence Schweinfurt,Schweinfurt (Mainfranken),Bavaria,Germany Citizenship Germany Place during the War Theresienstadt,Ghetto,Czechoslovakia Place during the War Auschwitz,Camp,Poland Origin of Deportation Nuernberg,Nürnberg (Nürnberg),Bavaria,Germany Destination of Deportation Theresienstadt,Ghetto,Czechoslovakia Date of Deportation 10/09/1942 Destination of Deportation Auschwitz,Camp,Poland Date of Deportation 16/05/1944 Status according to Source murdered Source List of Jewish victims from the Memorial book "Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945" prepared by the German Federal Archives Type of material List of murdered Jews from Germany Item ID 11589366