Recha Landwehr

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Recha Bodenheimer was born on March 21, 1885 In Wiesloch as the daughter of Abraham Bodenheimer born. The official entries, the The derivation of Recha Curiously inconsistent. your Father Abraham was married twice. in the The registered office of Wiesloch is a birth entry For Recha as the youngest child of Abraham and His first wife Sara Sophie Mayer (also Maier, Meyer, Meier), born on March 21, 1885. In the map of Gurs, Rechara Sara Sophie Meier as her mother. These Had died when Recha was seven years old Schimon and Recha Landwehr Kirchstraße 4 Today Rathausgasse 4 Was. In one of Abraham December 1905 signed sheet of the Inhabitation, however, Recha stands As the oldest child from the second marriage of Abraham Bodenheimer with Frieda, born Samuel (the oldest sister of Lina and Rösel Samuel). Probably had Recha Frieda Samuel recognized as her mother, for in A memorial in Yad Vashem Also Lotte, the granddaughter, Frieda as Rechas Mother. Shimon and Recha had on January 28, 1914 Married in Wiesloch. Daughter Lotte Frieda Was during the first world war in Wiesloch was born. Shimon served 1914 - 1918 in the Austrian army. There are No hint that Recha at this time Wiesloch left. As was so often the case at that time Recha had a landwehr Not a profession. She was a housewife. Shimon Landwehr was an action traveler. In Wiesloch, he has sold fabrics, mainly linens, from door to door. This kind Of the trade was before the Second World War widespread. Frequently traders moved with their Fabric patterns on the bike from place to place Place. One became with this kind, the Lebensunterhalt Not to mention; Could live from it. Shimon and Recha Landwehr Two daughters: Lotte Frieda on 02.13.1914 And Gretl Sophie on July 14, 1921 in Wiesloch born. On November 4, 1934, Gretl was a thirteen-year-old to America. Whether with or too Relatives is not known. Lotte Frieda Was a Communist and very regime-critical. It migrated to Palestine in 1935. So the parents left alone. They were Not very fortunate. It seems, however, that They had envisaged an emigration, Because they had in 1938 among the numbers 33 430 and 33 431 in Stuttgart to let. After the Pogromnacht on 9/10 November In 1938 Shimon Landwehr was formed With Lyon and Oskar Flegenheimer, Rabbi Bernhard Lehmann, Isidor Max Oppenheimer to Dachau. On 22.12.1938 he was released again. On the 22nd of October 1940, Shimon and Recha Landwehr with the other Wieslocher Jews deported to Gurs. Here requested She left the US. From Gurs one could leave, if One found a guarantor of the cost of The trip to overseas. One in The USA resident friend of Shimon Landwehr had already on 04.03.1941 one Letter to the American authorities With the request for approval of the Reception of the couple in the United States States. He had his financial situation And an affidavit Declaration), the costs of its Maintenance. He also wanted the To pay a voyage. On 3 May 1941 went A letter from the American Consulate To the French authorities Text that the documents submitted To be satisfactory and that An entry visa for the USA Would be as soon as the couple made an exit