Memorial to the Jewish Holocaust Victims from Hirschberg
27 Jews from Grosssachsen and Leutershausen were victims of the Holocaust. 21 Jews lived in Leutershausen and six Jews in Grosssachsen. Until 1975, Leutershausen and Grosssachsen were independent villages. They were then unified to form a new village called Hirschberg an der Bergstrasse.
The Nazis did not only kill the Jews, moreover, they aimed to wipe out their names and all references to their home villages to avoid any remembering of their existence. The memorial will keep the memory of the victims alive. It was designed by the German artist Myriam Holme and stands on the square next to the Former Synagogue of Leutershausen.
The dedication of the memorial took place on November 9, 2014, on the occasion of the commemoration of the November 1938 pogroms. Read the speech of Rudij Bergmann, filmmaker and author, who introduced the work of Myriam Holme.
Victims of the Holocaust from Grosssachsen
| Family Name, Given Name | Married Name | Birthday / Place of Birth | Last Residence / deported to | Died in |
| Adler, Arthur | 28 May 1881 Grosssachsen |
Lichtenau Gurs |
Auschwitz | |
| Buchheimer, Ernestine | Wetterhahn | 2 Feb. 1884 Grosssachsen |
Rimbach Piaski |
Theresienstadt |
| Buchheimer, Georg/Herz |
30 Sept.1887 Grosssachsen |
Mannheim Gurs |
Auschwitz | |
| Kaufmann, Helene | Goldmann | 11 Aug. 1873 Grosssachsen |
Mannheim Gurs |
Gurs |
| Klein, Elise | 13 March 1869 Grosssachsen |
Fürstenau Theresienstadt |
Treblinka | |
| Klein, Rosa | Strass | 2 Jan. 1870 Grosssachsen |
Fürstenau Theresienstadt |
Treblinka |
Victims of the Holocaust from Leutershausen
| Family Name, Given Name | Married Name | Birthday / Place of Birth | Last Residence / deported to | Died in |
| Haarburger, Mathilde | Schloss | 27 Feb. 1888 Leutershausen |
Frankfurt Lodz |
Lodz |
| Haarburger, Rosa | Mendel | 20 Sept. 1879 Leutershausen |
Köln Theresienstadt |
Theresienstadt |
| Heller, Meier (Cantor) | 22 July 1869 Pretzfeld |
Fulda Theresienstadt |
Theresienstadt | |
| Hirsch, Leopold | 26 Jan. 1876 Leutershausen |
Mannheim Gurs |
Gurs | |
| Kaufmann, Johanna Helene | Hess | 26 Oct. 1863 Leutershausen |
Frankfurt Theresienstadt |
Treblinka |
| Maas, Henriette | Schriesheimer | 10 May 1974 Dolgesheim |
Karlsruhe Gurs |
Auschwitz |
| Marx, Regine | 9 Dec. 1867 Leutershausen |
Mannheim Gurs |
Gurs | |
| Schriesheimer, Abraham/Alfred | 1 July 1873 Leutershausen |
Karlsruhe Gurs |
Auschwitz | |
| Schriesheimer, Albert | 25 July 1888 Leutershausen |
Mannheim Gurs |
Auschwitz | |
| Schriesheimer, Bertha | Glaser | 19 Dec. 1871 Leutershausen |
Frankfurt Theresienstadt |
Auschwitz |
| Schriesheimer, Berthold | 28 April 1879 Leutershausen |
Frankfurt Auschwitz |
Auschwitz | |
| Schriesheimer, Emma | 25 July 1888 Leutershausen |
Mannheim Gurs |
Gurs | |
| Schriesheimer, Klara | Stern | 29 Feb. 1868 Leutershausen |
Mannheim Gurs |
Gurs |
| Schriesheimer, Max | 9 April 1877 Leutershausen |
Konstanz Gurs |
Gurs | |
| Schriesheimer, Meta | 17 June 1874 Leutershausen |
Mannheim Gurs |
Auschwitz | |
| Schriesheimer, Meta | Fischer | 28 Oct. 1871 Leutershausen |
Neuhofen/Pfalz Gurs |
Gurs/Romans -sur-Isere |
| Schriesheimer, Rosa | Finke | 16 June 1875 Leutershausen |
Essen-Stehle Theresienstadt |
Theresienstadt |
| Stiefel, Fritz | 11 Nov. 1888 Leutershausen |
Frankfurt Raasiku near Reval |
Raasiku near Reval | |
| Straßburger, Greta | Stiefel | 21 Nov. 1898 Leutershausen |
Frankfurt Raasiku near Reval |
Raasiku near Reval |
| Straßburger, Sophie | Gerson | 14 May 1867 Leutershausen |
Berlin Theresienstadt |
Theresienstadt |
| Weil, Bernhard (Cantor) | 19 June 1868 Eichstetten |
Karlsruhe Gurs |
Gurs |