Gerda Meyerstein (geschiedene Abraham)

Jena, Thuringia, Germany

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Gerda Meyerstein (geschiedene Abraham) (Benjamin)

German: Meyerstein (Benjamin), geschiedene Abraham
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
Death: after December 05, 1942
Distrikt Lublin (Murdered in Holocaust)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Alexander Benjamin and Henriette Benjamin
Wife of Werner Meyerstein
Ex-wife of Walter Abraham
Half sister of Ilse Rosenthal

Managed by: Sharon Meen
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Immediate Family

About Gerda Meyerstein (geschiedene Abraham)

  • Date/place of birth identified in German National Archives, Memorial Book, see below.
  • Identified as daughter of Alexander and Henriette (née Behrend) Benjamin in record of Henriette Benjamin's death; see Stadtarchive Weimar; Weimar, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Sterberegister; Referenznummer: 27 2/3 Bd 1911 (ancenstry.com)
  • Identified as wife of Walter Abraham "In einem Schreiben des Archives Pößneck vom 15.05.2017 wird es bestätigt, dass Walter Abraham, geboren am 21.07.1909 in Berlin am 05.Oktober 1936 Gerda Benjamin heiratete. Die Ehe wurde 1937 geschieden."
  • Identified as wife of Werner Meyerstein in ,,Der Leidensweg der Jenaer Juden Meyerstein," "http://www.otz.de/web/zgt/politik/detail/-/specific/Der-Leidensweg-...
  • Gerda Abraham worked for the Meyersteins in Jena and she and Werner married in Belzyce Ghetto.
  • A Stolperstein was laid for Gerda Abraham, in Jena in 2007 before the research identified her marriage to Werner Meyerstein; see http://www3.jena.de/stolpersteine/meyerstein.htm Entry in German National Archives, Memorial Book:

Abraham, Gerda
née Benjamin
born on 30th October 1910 in Weimar / - / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
resident of Jena
Deportation:
from Weimar-Leipzig
10th May 1942, Belzyce, ghetto
Place of death: Distrikt Lublin

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Gerda Meyerstein (geschiedene Abraham)'s Timeline

1910
October 30, 1910
Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
1942
December 5, 1942
Age 32
Distrikt Lublin