Klara und Mathilde Juhl und Hanna Bender - Bielefeld, Germany
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member kittyposse
N 52° 01.278 E 008° 32.535
32U E 468590 N 5763506
Three Stolpersteine for Klara and Mathilde Juhl and Hanna Bender at 48 Viktoriastrasse.
Waymark Code: WMG3RV
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 01/08/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TandT
Views: 4

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The Juhls were a Jewish family of entrepreneurs living in Bielefeld. Head of family Hugo Juhl was the founder and proprietor of a laundry factory. He and his wife Klara (born 1887) had two daughters, Mathilde (born 1910) and Hanna (born 1913), who was married to Fritz Bender. When the Nazis had come to power in 1933, Fritz and Hanna Bender emigrated to Holland. After Hugo Juhl had died of natural courses in a Bielefeld hospital in 1939, Klara and Mathilde followed them to Amsterdam. But soon after, the Germans occupied the Netherlands and they were no longer safe. Fritz Bender was the only one who managed to escape. The three women killed themselves before they could be arrested and deported. The Stolpersteine for them are placed in front of the entrance to the former laundry factory, which is now a museum.
Source: Stolpersteine in Bielefeld, hiergeblieben

DEDie Juhls waren eine jüdische Unternehmerfamilie in Bielefeld, Vater Hugo Juhl war der Gründer und Eigentümer einer Wäschefabrik. Er und seine Frau Klara (geb. 1887) hatten zwei Töchter, Mathilde (geb. 1910) und Hanna (geb. 1913), die mit Fritz Bender verheiratet war. Nach der Machtergreifung der Nazis 1933, flohen Fritz und Hanna Bender nach Holland, während die anderen in Bielefeld zurückblieben. Nachdem Hugo Juhl 1939 einer Krankheit erlegen war, zogen Klara and Mathilde nach Amsterdam zu den Benders. Doch schon 1940 überfielen die Deutschen die Niederlande und sie waren nicht länger sicher. Fritz Bender gelang als einzigem die Flucht, die drei Frauen zogen es vor, durch eigene Hand zu sterben, als der SS in die Hände zu fallen. Ihre Stolpersteine liegen in der Viktoriastraße vor dem Einganstor zur ehemaligen Wäschefabrik, die heute ein Museum ist.
Quellen: Stolpersteine in Bielefeld, hiergeblieben
Deported to:
Committed suicide before they could be deported.


Year/Jahrgang: Not listed

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