Hedwig Zielenziger

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Hedwig Zielenziger (Kohls)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rublitz, Köln, NRW, Germany
Death: May 28, 1943 (50)
KZ Sobibor, Poland (Holocaust)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Bernhard Kohls and Emma Kohls
Wife of Friedrich Zielenziger
Mother of Gerd Julius Zielenziger and Ruth Wertheim Kruweni
Sister of Betty Stillmann; Minna Juras and Max Kohls

Managed by: Thomas Föhl (c)
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About Hedwig Zielenziger

  • Date/place of birth in record of her marriage to Friedrich Zielenziger; see Landesarchiv Berlin; Berlin, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Heiratsregister; Laufendenummer: 405 (Ancestry.com)
  • Identified as daughter of Bernard and Emma (née Sommerfeld) Kohls in marriage record cited above.
  • Identified as wife of Friedrich Zielenziger, whom she married on 14 November 1919 in Berlin, in record of their marriage cited above.
  • Identified as mother of Ruth Zielenziger in record of Ruth's marriage to Heinz Wertheim; see https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/onderzoek/resultaten/archieven?mivast...
  • Identified as mother of Gerd Julius Zielenziger in death record of Gerd Julius; see https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/63789189
  • Friedrich and Hedwig Zielenziger left Germany and immigrated into Holland. The entry for Hedwig Zielenziger in the German National Archives, Memorial Book, states that she immigrated into the Netherlands in January 1939. It is assumed that her husband Friedrich, and daughter Ruth accompanied her although his entry does not include this detail. They lived in Amersfoort.
  • In 1942, Friedrich and Hedwig's daughter, Ruth Zielenziger, married Heinz Wertheim, b. 1921 in Bremke, Lower Saxony. They married in Amersfoort.
  • On 16 March 1943, Friedrich and Hedwig Zielenziger, and their daughter and son-in-law, Ruth and Heinz Wertheim, were interned in the Westerbork transit camp.
  • On the 15 May 1943, Friedrich and Hedwig Zielenziger were deported to Sobibor Killing Centre where they were murdered upon arrival on 28 May 1943.
  • Stolpersteine have been laid for Friedrich and Hedwig Zielenziger in front of the house they lived in in Amersfoort.
  • Eintrag im »Gedenkbuch« des Bundesarchivs:

* Zielenziger, Hedwig geb. Kohls

  • geboren am 01. Dezember 1892 in Rublitz/Köln/Rheinprovinz
  • wohnhaft in Berlin
  • Internierung/Inhaftierung 16. März 1943 - 25. Mai 1943, Westerbork, Sammellager
  • Emigration 22. Januar 1939, Niederlande
  • Deportation ab Westerbork 25. Mai 1943, Sobibor, Vernichtungslager
  • Todesdatum 28. Mai 1943
  • Todesort Sobibor, Vernichtungslager für tot erklärt

cf.: https://www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/216239/hedwig-zielenziger-kohls Heirat_1919:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/1507960:2957

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Hedwig Zielenziger's Timeline

1892
December 1, 1892
Rublitz, Köln, NRW, Germany
1920
September 26, 1920
Berlin, Germany
1922
July 26, 1922
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1943
May 28, 1943
Age 50
KZ Sobibor, Poland