Simon Appel

• Date/place of birth identified in Siegfried Wolf. Juden in Thüringen 1933-1945: Biographische Daten. (2000), vol 1, p. 10
• Simon Appel did not marry.
• In August 1939, Simon Appel was hoping to emigrate, supported by his brother in the United States; see https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/129818455 Simon had 2 brothers — Abe and Leopold — living in Cincinnati Ohio, both of whom had immigrated into the USA in the late 1800s/early 1900s.
• On 9 September 1942, Simon Appel signed a contract with the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (RV)(The National Association of German Jews) whereby he assigned all his remaining assets to the RJD. The contract was called a "Heimeinkaufsvertrag" or "Home Purchase Contract" and was supposed to provide Simon with room & board and medical attention and other care in the Theresienstadt Ghetto. The money paid to the RJD went directly into Nazi coffers, and Simon did not receive any of the promised care. The contract can be found in the Arolsen Archives digital database at: https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search/person/128788176...
• Simon Appel was deported from Arnstadt/Thüringen on 19/20 September 1942 to Ghetto Theresienstadt. He was dead on 4 October 1942.
• Date/place of death, see Wolf; see holocaust.cz at https://www.holocaust.cz/en/database-of-digitised-documents/documen...
• In 1952, a death certificate for Simon Appel was filed in the Hessen State death register; it recorded his death as of 10 March 1943; see Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv; Wiesbaden, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Sterberegister; Signatur: 593; Laufende Nummer: 926
• A Stolperstein was laid in memory of Simon Appel in Arnstadt on 28 May 2015; see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Stolpersteine_in_Arnstadt

Entry in German National Archives, Memorial Book':
Appel, Simon
born on 08th December 1866 in Mansbach / Hünfeld / Hessen-Nassau
resident of Arnstadt
Deportation:
from Weimar-Halle-Leipzig
20th September 1942, Theresienstadt, ghetto
Date of death: 04th October 1942
Place of death: Theresienstadt, ghetto