Berta Strauß (1884 - 1943)

Born 21 Feb 1884 in Allendorf an der Lumda, Gießen, Oberhessen, Hessen, Deutsches Reich

Wife of Hermann Meier — married 12 Jul 1927 in Pohl-Göns, Friedberg, Oberhessen, Hessen, Deutsches Reich

Died 1943 at about age 58 in Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, Bielitz, Oberschlesien, Preußen, Deutsches Reich

Biography

Berta Strauß ’s life was impacted by the Holocaust.

Berta Strauß was born on 21 Feb 1884 in Allendorf an der Lumda, daughter of Marcus Strauß and Hennchen Glück.^[1]

Berta (43) married Hermann Meier (54) on 12 Jul 1927 in Pohl-Göns.^[2]

In 1928 he moved with her husband and his sister Johanna to Bitburg. She was deported first to Theresienstadt on 27 July 1942, and then to Auschwitz on 23 January 1943, where she was murdered.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, Standesamt Allendorf an der Lumda Geburtsnebenregister 1876-1895 (HStAMR Best. 905 Nr. 29), image 266 (DFG-Viewer : accessed 27 April 2024)
2. ↑ Marriage: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, Standesamt Pohl-Göns Heiratsnebenregister 1921-1930 (HStAMR Best. 924 Nr. 1718), image 93 (DFG-Viewer : accessed 27 April 2024)

• Christine Hühn. Familienbuch der Juden in Allendorf an der Lumda (Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Allendorf und Arbeitsgemeinschaft Heimatgeschichte, Allendorf a.d. Lumda e.V., 2019) #85 and #147.6
• Hanno Müller, Dieter Bertram, Friedrich Damrath und Dr. Dieter Wolf. Familienbuch Butzbach, Band V (Judenfamilien in Butzbach und seinen Stadtteilen), (Geschichtsverein für Butzbach und Umgebung e.V., Butzbach 2007) page 144, #445
• Das Bundesarchiv, Memorial Book, Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945: Meier, Berta (https://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/en927487 : accessed 27 April 2024)
• Yad Vashem, "Berta Meier," (https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/4793170 : accessed 2024-04-27). Last Name: Meier; First Name: Berta; Maiden Name: Strauss; Gender: Female; Date of Birth: 21/02/1884; Place During the War: Suelm,Bitburg (Trier),Rhine Province,Germany; Origin of Deportation: Theresienstadt,Ghetto,Czechoslovakia; Destination of Deportation: Auschwitz Birkenau,Extermination Camp,Poland; Details of Transport: Transport Cr, Train Da 103 from Theresienstadt,Ghetto,Czechoslovakia to Auschwitz Birkenau,Extermination Camp,Poland on 23/01/1943; Prisoner Number in Transport: 564; Status According to Source: murdered; Source Collection: Terezinska Pametni Kniha [Theresienstädter Gedenkbuch], Terezinska Iniciativa, vol. I-II Melantrich, Praha 1995, vol. III Academia Verlag, Prag 2000 (Memorial Book Theresienstadt, Terezin Initiative); Type of Material: List of Theresienstadt camp inmates; Item ID: 4793170;