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Elsa Heller (Hahn)

Also Known As: "Heller", "Jundt"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic
Death: circa 1942 (57-66)
Auschwitz, Oswiecim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (Holocaust)
Place of Burial: Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Adolf Hahn and Marie Hahn
Ex-wife of Viktor Heller and Karl Jundt
Mother of Nora Valerie Tavor (Baum)
Sister of Malvine Schmelkes; Ida Schmelkes; Paul Hahn; Olga Koerting; JuDr. Otto Hahn and 3 others

Occupation: concert singer, soprano
Managed by: Pip de P. James
Last Updated:
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Immediate Family

About Elsa Heller

Marriage record https://vademecum.nacr.cz/vademecum/permalink?xid=c3c78487-4e0e-4c8...

"Elsa HAHN", Elsa/Else, divorced HELLER, divorced JUNDT, née HAHN: b. 31 Dec 1880, Prague - d.

Birth Record - Praha - https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000141960147447

Elsa was married - and divorced - twice.

1st. husband: Viktor HELLER

Details from actual IKG-Prag marriage registration, viewable courtesy of:

1904.12.11 - Victor HELLER & Else HAHN – IKG-PRAG MR: Badatelna.eu | Národní archiv - Židovské matriky

https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000141960147450

Groom: Victor HELLER, single, b. 11.08.1871, Prag, son of Jacob of Bustehrad, & Wilhelmine, née GLASER

Bride: Elsa HAHN, single, b. 31.12.1880, Prag, daughter of Adolf of Prag, & Marie, née KOVAK

Witnesses: Adolf HAHN “Brautvater” & Hugo HELLER

Copious notes in right margin appear to relate to divorce of couple by mutual consent 19 May 1911 ...?

2nd. husband: Karl JUNDT

cf. marriage announcement viewable courtesy of:

ANNO, Prager Tagblatt, 1921-12-04, Seite 5

http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=ptb&datum=19211204&seite...

Further information courtesy of mainly several family sources:

Fled Prague to France in circa 1939. Deported from Lyon. Death noted as Auschwitz.

Elsa (Else) HAHN was the daughter of Adolf & Marie HAHN.

She studied singing in Dresden and gave concert performances.

So far Elsa HAHN only once found here as a soprano singer appearing in a concert recorded for the radio – cf. courtesy of:

ANNO, Radio Wien, 1932-02-19, Seite 56

http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=raw&datum=19320219&seite...

N.B. Profile in Progress ...

cf. In particular, information on daughter, Nora, née Heller, widowed BAUM, married TAVOR:

Moshe and Nora Tavor. - Center for Jewish History http://search.cjh.org/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=d...

• Title: Moshe and Nora Tavor. • Creator: Moshe and Nora Tavor

• Subjects: Baum, Leo LBI ; Hahn, Elsa LBI ; Tavor, Moshe LBI ; Tavor, Nora LBI ; Odenwaldschule ; Artists ; Jewish singers ; Musicians ; Editors ; Journalists ; Publishers and publishing ; Czechoslovakia ; France ; Japan ; Palestine ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Archival materials ; Photographs ; Vital statistics

• Description: Folder 1: Nora Tavor's IDs, biographical notes, documents, affidavits, certificates Folder 2: Moshe Tavor's IDs, correspondence in Hebrew Folder 3: Moseh Tavor's correspondence, photos, documents, biographical notes Folder 4: Nora Tavor's early documents, passport of her father when living in Yokohama issued in 1903 till 1909, early childhood photo with Japanese babysitter, photos from 1908 and 1909 in Japan, Japanese birth certificate also in German translation Folder 5: Elsa Hahn's biographical notes, Yad Vashem Gedenkblatt Folder 6: Leo Baum's biographical notes, certificate from Odenwaldschule 1922, 2 photos Correspondence, IDs, photos, vital documents See Inventory list

• Biographical/Historical Note: Moshe Tavor, formerly Fritz Tauber, born in Olmuetz (Olomouc) in 1903, died in 1978 in Jerusalem, journalist in Prague, emigration to Palestine in 1939, publisher and editor of various newspapers, 1963-1966 press and cultural attache of the Israel Mission and Israeli Embassy in Cologne/West Germany, from 1966 until his death Israel correspondent of the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" Nora Tavor, nee Heller, widowed Baum, born in Yokohama/Japan in 1906, 1910 to Prague, then to Germany, later back to Prague and Germany, 1939 emigration from Prague to Palestine, worked for newspapers, radio broadcast, press agencies and various Israeli Ministries, from 1966 till 1978 assistant to her husband Elsa Hahn: mother of Nora Tavor, divorced Heller, divorced Jundt, born 1880 in Prague, died in Auschwitz, concert singer, moved between Prague and various German towns, emigration from Prague to France, deported from Lyons

Leo Baum: born 1909 in Prague, died 1946 in explosion at King David Hotel in Jerusalem, worked for Prager Tageblatt, 1939 emigration to Palestine, worked for British government in Palestine and in Sudan

• Physical Description: 0.25 Foot. • Access Rights: Collection is microfilmed, please use MF 838. • Digital Rights: Collection is digitized. • Call/Accession Number: AR 6148 MF 838 AR 6148 • Repository: Leo Baeck Institute LBI Archives • Source: CJH ALEPH cjh digitool

The Yad Vashem Page of Testimony prepared by daughter-in-law Nora, née HELLER, widowed BAUM, widowed TAVOR in Jerusalem in 1986 was, apparently, never actually submitted.

No registration stamp or number administered.

So far all searches have failed to find a digitilised version in the respective archives.

N.B. cropped portrait taken from photo found in Jürgen Serke's Literatursammlung: "Die vebrannten Dichter", Archiv. Solinger Kunstmuseum

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Elsa Heller's Timeline

1880
December 31, 1880
Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic
1906
1906
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
1942
1942
Age 61
Auschwitz, Oswiecim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
????
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France