Toni Rosenthal nee Silbermann

Dad's Memoirs:

Father had two sisters, an older one by the name of Vally and a younger one, Toni.[1]

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Toni married Martin Rosenthal and lived in Berlin. They had only one son Werner. The Rosenthals were very poor. He was an unsuccessful salesman of hats and somewhat of a hypochondriac. Aunt Toni worked very hard to make ends meet by taking in boarders. They were also deported but survived and spent some time in a refugee camp in Germany where aunt Toni died. Werner had not been with them. He had emigrated to Palestine before the war, and uncle Martin joined him there. Werner worked as a policeman, got married and, I believe, had a child.[2] Again, unfortunately, our correspondence ceased in the early 50's. I really don't understand why. Werner had my parents' and my address.

Notes:

  1. The deportation records always show her name as Antonie, but I have left this headed as Toni.

  2. Photographs (presumably from Grandmother) show Werner with a wife (unnamed), and a daughter (Hanna). See below. So far, I have found no records for Marin, Werner, or Hanna.

Germany 1939 census:

Source: https://www.mappingthelives.org/bio/cda52d9d-c909-48ef-8ca4-71626147a874

Seydelstr. 3, Mitte, Mitte, Berlin

Date of Deportation: 21.08.1942

Toni Rosenthal displaced person registration:

Source: https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/5116729/?p=1&doc_id=5116729

Death of Toni Rosenthal:

Sources: Death Certifcate (https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/76851229/?p=1&s=antonie%20rosenthal&doc_id=76851229); Grave infromation ( https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/2-1-1-1_02010101-oS/?p=1&s=toni%20rosenthal&doc_id=69869441)

Comments: According to one website, "From 1945 to 1949 there was a Jewish cultural community in Deggendorf, which consisted of so-called displaced persons, survivors of the Theresienstadt concentration camp (up to approx. 1,500 people). The people who died during this period were buried in a "Jewish section" of the municipal cemetery, which was separated from the rest of the cemetery by a hedge. A plaque was installed in 1989."

Werner Rosenthal & Family


Hanna Rosenthal
Martin's daughter