Julius Judel Gelfand

• Date/place of birth identified in Siegfried Wolf. Juden in Thüringen 1933-1945: Biographische Daten. (2000), vol. 1 p 156
• Identified as brother of Markus Gelfand, see Wolf
• Identified as father of Mischa? and Mascha Gelfand, daughters of first wife (name unknown) in S. Wolf
• Identified as husband of Ida Gelfand, whom he married on 27 March 1923 in Erfurt.
• Identified as father of Margot Gelfand, see Wolf.
• Julius fought in the German army in World War I and was a Russian prisoner of war. He was living in Erfurt as of September 1917. He was a men's tailor and owned his own business until 1938 On 27 May 1939, he left Erfurt and travelled to Shanghai. Source: Jutta Hoschek, Ausgelöschtes Leben : Juden in Erfurt 1933-1945 : biographische Dokumentation 2013, p. 153

Entry in S. Wolf, Siegfried Wolf. Juden in Thüringen 1933-1945: Biographische Daten. (2000), vol. 1 p 156
Gelfand, Julius (Judel)
geb. 27.05.1884 in Bobrujsk;
Bruder ?: Markus Gelfand;
2. Ehefrau: Ida Gelfand, geb. Gelfand;
Kinder aus 1. Ehe: Mascha (geb. 20.7.1916 Grodno) u. Mischa ? (geb.
20.8.1912 Grodno);
Tochter aus 2. Ehe: Margot Gelfand (geb. 10.4.1924 Erfurt);
Schneider; wohnh. ab 10.9.1917 in Erfurt; 10.11.1938
KZ Buchenwald; Auswanderung Shanghai ?;
BN: StadtAEF, 1-2, 370-5666; StadtAEF, 2-136-26; EWB 1922/23-
38; WBL, Nr. 454-455/1933; Gestapo.