Malchen Guttmann

Oma Julchen’s mother, my great grandmother, Malchen (geb Selig) Guttmann

Meier Gutmann

My grat grandfather, Meier Gutmann

Rabbi Joseph Gutmann

Joseph Gutmann was my mother’s first cousin. His father, Heinrich Gutmann, was my Oma Julchen’s brother.

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Liesel & Margot

My mother’s first cousins, Leisel and Margot, the daughters of Alfons and Meta (Gutmann) Berg. Meta Berg was my Oma Julchen’s sister. First Margot in 1934, and then Leisel in 1936, came to Milwaukee, followed by their parents in 1937. Two years later the four of them brought my mother’s family to Milwaukee. If it were not for them my mother’s family would not have gotten out of Germany.

The reason for coming to Milwaukee was that my Oma Julchen had an aunt and uncle who lived there. Oma’s father, Meier Gutmann, had a sister, Gretchen, married to Sam Frank and they had lived in several places in Wisconsin before moving to Milwaukee. The burial plot at Spring Hill Cemetery where my grandparents and the Bergs are buried is also where the Franks are. I mention this because in the center of the plot there is a large stone that says Frank.

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Gutmann Family: 1921 Niederwerrn, Germany

Back: Alfons Berg, Meier Gutmann. Samuel Gutmann, & Heinrich Gutmann.
Front: Leisel Berg, Hattie (geb Stricker) Gutmann, Meta (geb Gutmann) Berg, Malchen (geb Selig) Gutmann, & Margot Berg.

Meier & Malchen Gutmann were my Oma Julchen’s parents.
Meier & Malchen were also the parents of Heinrich and Meta.
Samuel Gutmann was the brother of Meier Gutmann.
Liesel & Margot, my mother’s first cousins, were the daughters of Meta & Alfons Berg.

This picture was taken when Samuel & Hattie Gutmann were visiting from Cincinnati in 1921.

Picture courtesy of Sharon Trosch. Heinrich Gutmann was my Oma Julchen’s brother. Sharon is Heinrich’s granddaughter, and she is the daughter of Rabbi Joseph Gutmann.

Uncle Heinrich Gutmann

My Oma Julchen’s brother in World War I.

Uncle Sam & Hattie Gutmann

From my mother’s story: An uncle of my mother visited her family every year from the United States. So uncle Sam Gutmann and his wife Hatty wanted to be at the wedding before going back to Cincinnati.

Samuel Gutmann b: 30 Aug 1867 Niederwerrn, Germany – emigrated Des Moines, IA d: 23 Feb 1938 Cincinatti, Ohio
+ Hattie Stricker b. 1 Mar 1870 Cincinnati, OH

Last Will And Testament Of Samuel Gutmann
Item X. (a) I direct my said executors to pay over to my said trustees the sum of Ten Thousand (10,000) Dollars, to be held by then as a separate trust fund and to pay over therefrom the sum of Sixty ($60.) Dollars each and every month to my niece, JULCHEN PFIFFERLING, now residing at Halle a Saale in Saxony, Germany, as long as she lives, or until said trust fund and any accumulation of the income therefrom, shall have been fully paid over to her and exhausted.

Selli & Ida (Zeilberger) Gutmann

Selli Gutmann was a first cousin of my Oma Julchen. Like Oma Julchen they were from Niederwerrn, Germany Selli & Ida emigrated to Cincinnat, OH in 1940 with their son Max. Their other son, Bernie, was already in Cincinnati, and their daughter, Ilse, would arrive in 1944. Selli and Oma Julchen had an uncle, Sam Gutmann who had settled in Cincinnati many years before. From my mother’s story: An uncle of my mother visited her family every year from the United States. So uncle Sam Gutmann and his wife Hatty wanted to be at the wedding (1921) before going back to Cincinnati. Selli’s grandson, Jay Gutmann, has been very helpful to me in making this family site.

Max Gutmann U.S. Army

Max Gutmann was a second cousin to my mother.

Meier Gutmann

Maier and Malchen (geb Selig) Gutmann

This is a picture of my mother’s grandparents. The parents of my Oma Julchen Pfifferling. Maier Gutmann had two brothers, Bernard Baruch and Samuel. In the post titled Affidavits Of Support, under page #2 of Alfons and Meta Berg it shows that Sam Gutmann, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died in 1938 and left said Julchen Pfifferling a revenue of $60 per month to be paid to her during her lifetime. Malchen Gutmann’s maiden name was Selig. One of the Affidavits Of Support (please see the entry at the main page) was written by Milton Selig of New York City.

Bernard Gutmann

This is the affidavit written by Bernard Gutmann on behalf of his parents, Selli and Ida, brother, Max, and sister, Else, to come to Cincinnati. Selli Gutmann was Oma Julchen’s first cousin. Letter courtesy of Bernard’s nephew, Jay Gutmann.

Heinrich (Henry) & Selma Gutmann

My mother’s uncle & aunt who emigrated to Philadelphia. Heinrich was Oma Julchen’s older brother. Oma had 2 more brothers, Julius & Saloman, and a sister, Meta. Julius died in infancy. Saloman died at the age of 17. Meta emigrated to Milwaukee. Photo courtesy of Sharon Trosch.

Alfred & Pauline 9geb Gutmann) Katzenstein

Pauline Katzenstein was Oma Julchen’s first cousin. She was the daughter of Oma’s uncle & aunt, Bernard Baruch & Jette Gutmann. Bernard was the brother of my mother’s grandfather, Meier Gutmann. Pauline & Alfred Katzenstein were deported from Halle/Saale to Sobibor on June 1, 1942, and died 2 days later. They had lived in Eisleben and moved to Halle/Saale 2 weeks prior to their deportation. This information and also the image here came from Eisleben resident Sebastian Funk. The Katzensteins were survived bt 2 daughters, Erna & Kathe.

http://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/en895038
http://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/en894852

Alfred & Pauline Katzenstein were on the same transport to Sobibor as were three members of the Cohn family that were friends of my mother. Tekla Cohn, her daughter-in-law, Recha, and Recha’s little girl Hannacha also perished on 6/3/1942. Hannacha Cohn was the youngest of the Hallescher Jews to be murdered in the Shoah.

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Gutmanns

The children of Oma Julchen’s first cousin, Selli Gutmann.
Max, Ilse, and Bernard Gutmann.
Photo courtesy of Max’s son Jay.

Max and Bernard Gutmann

Niederwerrn

Niederwerrn, Schweinfurt/Bavaria is the town where my grandmother, Oma Julchen (geb. Gutmann) Pfifferling was from.

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Max Gutmann is in the top photo. These photos were taken when he returned to Niederwerrn 42 years after WW2.
Photos courtesy of Jay Gutmann.

Opa Karl Pfifferling

Somehow the paragraphs at the bottom of this page were copied from my site.

Meier & Malchen Gutmann

My great grandparents.

This image and the other similar ones in this album are from a website created by Sebastian Funk: http://data.synagoge-eisleben.de/gen/
Although the site has much information there is a lot which is missing.

Only my Oma Julchen Pfifferling (1894/1963) and her sister, Meta Berg, are shown here. They also had 2 brothers, Heinrich and Salomon (1886/1903).
In 1962/63 Meta, Julchen, and Heinrich all passed away 6 months apart.
Sharon Trosch, who is the granddaughter of Heinrich, has told me that there were actually 9 siblings in the family.

Bernard Baruch & Jette Gutmann

Bernard Baruch Gutmann was the brother of Oma Julchen’s father, Meier Gutmann.

Hirsch & Clara Gutmann

My great, great grandparents.

Baruch, Meier, and Sam Gutmann.

Trauer Album

This is the first inside page of the yahrzeit book for Meier Gutmann, my Oma Julchen’s father.

Meier Gutmann

This is the second inside page of the Trauer Album. I want to add that if you may notice that I have his first name spelled two different ways in this album, it is because in my mother’s story she has her Opa’s first name spelled Maier.

Niederwerrn,Germany

This picture was taken in Niederwerrn, the small village in southern Germany, where my Oma Julchen was born. Her parents, Maier and Malchen Gutmann, are somewhere in this picture. Jay Gutmann has told me that the man standing on the step is his grandfather Selli Gutmann.

Opa Karl and Oma Julchen, 1921.

My Oma Julchen was born March 4, 1894 in Niederwerrn, Germany. She was the daughter of Maier and Malchen Gutmann. This photo is their engagement picture.

Meta and Alfons Berg

Meta (Gutmann) Berg was the sister of my Oma Julchen. The Bergs lived in Rockenhausen and emigrated to Milwaukee, WI in 1937.