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Eugenie Benario (Gutmann)

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Birthplace: Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Death: January 18, 1943 (66)
Terezín, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic (Holocaust)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ignatz Gutmann and Olga Gutmann
Wife of Dr. jur. Leo Benario
Mother of Otto Max Wilhelm Benario; Oskar Benario and Olga Benario Prestes

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About Eugenie Benario

Eintrag im »Gedenkbuch« des Bundesarchivs:

  • Benario, Eugenie geborene Gutmann geboren am 06. September 1876 in Nürnberg / - / Bayern wohnhaft in München
  • Deportationsziel: ab München 10. Juli 1942, Theresienstadt, Ghetto
  • Todesdatum/-ort: 18. Januar 1943, Theresienstadt, Ghetto

Eugenie Benario née Gutmann was born on 6 September 1876 in Nuremberg. Her parents were banker Ignaz Gutmann and Olga née Hellmann. On 2 April 1900 she was married to lawyer Leo Benario (20 September 1869 in Marktbreit — 11 February 1933 in Munich). The couple had three children, all born in Munich: Otto (born on 27 January 1901), Oskar (born on 20 August 1905) and Olga (born on 12 February 1908). Since April 1915, the family lived in Jakob-Klar-Straße 1. On 11 July 1942, Eugenie Benario and her son Otto were deported by transport II/14 from Munich to Theresienstadt concentration camp. Their transport numbers were 663 and 664. She was murdered by the Nazi regime in Theresienstadt on 18 January 1943.[46][47] Her daughter Olga married Luís Carlos Prestes, a Brazilian communist. She was extradited by the Brazilian government and was deported to Nazi Germany, where she gave birth to her only child, Anita Leocádia Prestes, born on 27 November 1936 in a Berlin prison. Later-on she was deported to Ravensbrück concentration camp and murdered in Bernburg on 1 January 1942. Little Anita could survive the Shoah and became a well known historian. Her son Otto was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944 and was murdered there.

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Eugenie Benario's Timeline

1876
September 6, 1876
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
1901
January 27, 1901
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
1905
August 20, 1905
Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
1908
February 12, 1908
Munich, Oberbayern, Bavaria, Germany
1943
January 18, 1943
Age 66
Terezín, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic