KLINGER

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Updated 29 August 2010

Notes: 14 July 2010 - I have tentatively placed some additional Lustig family members (Simon, Theresia, Alois, Jakob, and Eleonore) into my Klinger lineage pending verifiication. Simon and Theresia (née Steiner) Lustig appear to have been the parents of Josef and Marie Lustig, who married Klinger family siblings Rosa and Karel. This type of family intermarriage was not unusual. Both couples lived in Kouřim (where Simon and Theresia also lived); Josef and Marie Lustig had all of their children there and Karel and Rosa had at least some of their children there. As family tended to be more cohesive in those days, it stands to reason that they would have raised their children as close to their parents as possible. None of the Lustig siblings are listed in the Prague Police Conscription database, which is logical if they didn't live in Prague. Of course the Klinger family were from Prague so it also makes sense that Josef and Karel ultimately settled their families in Prague. Based on this strong circumstantial evidence I believe I've got the links and identities right, but most likely I won't get any more information on these folks until I visit the Czech National Archives in Prague.

6 August 2010 - 36 "extended" family members have been added to the Klinger tree, through Jakob Lustig's (mentioned above) wife Anna Bondyová. The same limitations apply so assuming the preceding connections are accurate, all of these are accurate as well. It is important to note that this Bondy line (Wilhelm or Vilém, patriarch) appears to be separate from the Emanuel Bondy family, so I've separated the lines into Bondy I (Emanuel) and Bondy II (Wilhelm) in the list. The additional Porges, Oesterreicher, and Fischer extended family members do not appear to belong to the existing lines with those surnames, but because there are so few of them I've just added them to their respective list for the time being. Obviously with an expansion as large as this, gathering and posting information will take a significant amount of time.

UNKNOWN

(Unknown), Ella (wife of František Hájek)
(Unknown), Ernestine (wife of Emanuel Haim)
(Unknown), Irma (1900) (wife of Arnošt Klinger)
{ (Unknown), Irma (1895) (wife of Artur Klinger) }
(Unknown), Menachem
(Unknown), Rosa (wife of Wilhelm Bondy)
(Unknown), Rudolfina (wife of Rudolf Klinger (1876))

ASCHER

{ Ascher, Jindřich }

BERGWEIN

Bergweinová, Ela

BONDY I - (Emanuel Bondy family)

Bondy, Emanuel
Bondy, Simon Josef
Bondyová, Charlotte
Bondyová, Amalie
Bondyová, Henriette
Bondyová, Hermine
Bondyová, Marie
Bondyová, Mathilde
Bondyová, Ottilie

BONDY II - (Wilhelm Bondy family)

Bondy, Adolf
Bondy, Franz
Bondy, Heinrich
Bondy, Ignaz
Bondy, Karel
Bondy, Leopold
Bondy, Moritz
Bondy, Robert
Bondy, Rudolf
Bondy, Wilhelm
Bondyová, Anna
Bondyová, Frida
Bondyová, Ida
Bondyová, Klara
Bondyová, Marie

BIENENFELD

Bienenfeld, Arnošt

DROBNER

Drobner, Emil
Drobnerová, Zdeňka

FISCHEL (or FISCHL or FIŠL)

Fischel, Simon
Fischelová, Katharina
Fischelová, Karoline
Fischelová, Marie
Fischelová, Rosa

FISCHER

Fischer, Ota
Fischerová, Franziska

FREUDENFELD

Freudenfeld, Gotthold
Freudenfeld, Vilém

FUCHS

Fuchs, Adolf

GLASER

Glaserová, Ida

GÜNSTLING (see Günstling page)

Günstling, Otto

HAIM

Haim, Julius
Haim, Emanuel
Haim, Emil
Haim, Josef
Haim, Rudolf
Haimová, Anna
Haimová, Berta
Haimová, Marie
Haimová, Paula

HÁJEK

Hájek, Aaron
Hájek, Arnold
Hájek, Daniel
Hájek, František
Hájek, Jiři
Hájková, Adina
Hájková, Alice
Hájková, Ariella

HUMBURGER

Humburger, Eduard

KAFKA

Kafka, Angelus
Kafka, Bruno
Kafka, Ernest
Kafka, Emil
Kafka, Friedrich
Kafka, Heinrich
Kafka, Moritz
Kafka, Oskar
Kafka, Rudolf
Kafka, Samuel
Kafková, Adelheid
Kafková, Henriette
Kafková, Ida
Kafková, Johanna
Kafková, Kamilla
Kafková, Olga (1876)
Kafková, Olga (1908)
Kafková, Thekla
Kafková, Theresie
Kafková, Wilhelmine

KANTOR

Kantorová, Elvira

KEITH (orig. Klinger)

Keith, Charles

KLEIN

Klein, Karel
Klein, Sigmund
Kleinová, Auguste
Kleinová, Marie

KLEINER

Kleiner, Karl

KLINGER

Klinger, Arnošt
Klinger, Artur
Klinger, Emil
Klinger, Ferdinand
Klinger, František
Klinger, Gustav
Klinger, Gustav Zdeněk
Klinger, Hanuš
Klinger, Hugo (1877)
Klinger, Hugo (1886)
Klinger, Josef (1851)
Klinger, Josef (1883)
Klinger, Josef (1929)
Klinger, Karel (1847)
Klinger, Karel (1919)
Klinger, Leopold (1819)
Klinger, Leopold (1890)
Klinger, Ota
Klinger, Otto
Klinger, Rudolf (1876)
Klinger, Rudolf (1881)
Klinger, Zdeněk
Klingerová, Berta
Klingerová, Camilla
Klingerová, Edita
Klingerová, Emilie
Klingerová, Helena
Klingerová, Hermina
Klingerová, Hermine
Klingerová, Irma
Klingerová, Kamila
Klingerová, Mariana
Klingerová, Marie (1846)
Klingerová, Marie (1920)
Klingerová, Olga (1885)
Klingerová, Olga (1890)
Klingerová, Pauline
Klingerová, Rosa
Klingerová, Trude
Klingerová, Zdeňka (1911)
Klingerova, Zdeňka (1922)

KOMPERT

Kompert, Herta

KRAUS

Krausová, Anna

KROPÁČEK

Kropáček, Karel

KUMMERMANN

Kummermann, Adolf
Kummermann, Daniel
Kummermann, Emil
Kummermann, Franz
Kummermann, Gustav
Kummermann, Jaroslav
Kummermann, Marek
Kummermann, Zdeněk
Kummermannová, Anna
Kummermannová, Eugenie
Kummermannová, Julie
Kummermannová, Marie
Kummermannová, Marta
Kummermannová, Stefanie
Kummermannová, Valerie (or Melanie?)
Kummermannová, Vlasta
Kummermannová, Julie

LEDERER

Lederer, (Unknown) (husband of Irma Klingerová)

LÖWY (or LEWY)

Löwyová, Anna

LUSTIG

Lustig, Alois
Lustig, Arthur
Lustig, Emil (1882)
Lustig, Emil (?)
Lustig, Hugo (1876)
Lustig, Hugo (?)
Lustig, Jakob
Lustig, Josef (1852)
Lustig, Josef (?)
Lustig, Leo
Lustig, Otto
Lustig, Simon
Lustig, Wilhelm
Lustigová, Eleonore
Lustigová, Hermine
Lustigová, Marie (1849)
Lustigová, Marie (1880)
Lustigová, Marie (?)
Lustigová, Olga (1884)
Lustigová, Olga (?)

MENDL

Mendl, Franz
Mendl, Rudolf
Mendl, Willy
Mendlová, Helene

NEUBACH

Neubach, Max

NEUMANN

Neumann, Oskar

OESTERREICHER (or ÖSTERREICHER or ÖSTEREICHER)

Oesterreicher, Hugo
Oesterreicher, Josef
Oesterreicherová, Anna
Oesterreicherová, Hermine
Oesterreicherová, Malvine
Oesterreicherová, Milada

OPLATKA

Oplatka, Ferdinand
Oplatka, Josef
Oplatka, Karel
Oplatková, Marie
Oplatková, Milada

PACOVSKÝ (or PATZOVSKÝ)

Pacovský, Adolf
Pacovský, Ernst
Pacovský, Josef
Pacovský, Kamil
Pacovský, Otto
Pacovská, Gisela
Pacovská, Vilma

PERELES

Pereles, Benno
Pereles, Franz
Pereles, Rudolf

PICK I (Weit Pick family)

Pick, Emanuel
Pick, Franz
Pick, Weit
Picková, Aloisie
Picková, Anna
Picková, Marie (1863)
Picková, Marie (1900)

PICK II

Pick, Ignatz
Picková, Franziska
Picková, Marie (?)
Picková, Pauline
Picková, Salie

PICK III (Ludwig Pick family)

Pick, Ludwig
Picková, Irena

PORGES

Porgesová, Adelheid

PROPPER

Propper, Evžen

RAHM

Rahm, Leopold
Rahm, Rudolf
Rahmová, Irma

REZEK (or RESEK)

Rezek, Josef
Rezek, Moritz
Rezek, Oskar
Rezková, Camilla
Rezková, Emilie
Rezková, Hermine
Rezková, Ida
Rezková, Karolina
Rezková, Leopoldine
Rezková, Mathilde
Rezková, Theresa

SEIDL

Seidl, Rudolf

SILBERSTERN

Silberstern, Arnošt
{ Silberstern, Josef }
Silberstern, Rudolf
Silberstern, Siegmund
Silberstern, Viktor (1906)
Silberstern, Viktor (1917)

STEIN

Stein, (Unknown) (husband of Hermine Klingerová)

STEINER

Steinerová, Theresia

TAUSSIK

Taussiková, Otilie

UNGER

Ungerová, Rosalia

VESELÝ (see also http://www.progenies.info)

Veselá, Eliška

VONDRÁK

Vondrákova, Rosa

(Unknown), Irma (1895) [b.18.2.1895, ? - d. c.1944, Auschwitz, Poland]
Second wife of Artur Klinger. Unknown maiden name. Artur, Irma, and his sons were wiped out in the Holocaust. No further information is currently available. Last residence, Boleslavská 4, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XVIII., Boleslausstrasse 4 [XVIII., Boleslavova 4], c/o Taussig
transport AAs-758 (20.07.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Et-1209 (23.10.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

(Unknown), Irma (1900)   [b. 16.7.1900, ? - d. 26.1.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]    
Wife of Arnošt Klinger. Unknown maiden name. Lived in Vršovice prior to the war. The transports to Auschwitz on 26.1.1943 are considered death transports because almost nobody on those transports survived the Shoah.  Last residence: Přemyslová 18, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: VI., Prschemyslstrasse 10 [VI., Přemyslova 10]
transport Bf-460 (08.09.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Cs-885 (26.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)
Note: The above address information from the Czech Holocaust archive is incorrect.

Children:
Klinger, Helena
Klinger, Josef (1929)

(Unknown), Rudolfina [b. 20.12.1882, ? - d. c.1942, Majdanek, Poland]
Wife of Rudolf Klinger (1876). No further information is currently available. Last residence, Kelleyova 6, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: V
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: V., Kelleygasse 6 [V., Kelleyova 6]
transport Au-718 (12.05.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Ay-750 (17.05.1942 Terezín -> Lublin)

Ascher, Jindřich [b. 31.3.1864, ? - d. 19.8.1942, Terezín, Bohemia]
I have tentatively placed this Jindřich Ascher in the family tree as the (possibly estranged) husband of Berta Klingerová. While it is not clear whether or not they had any children, based on their dates of birth I'd say it's probable that they did. No further information is currently available. Last residence: Myslíkova 32, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: II
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: II., Myslíkgasse 32 [II., Myslíkova 32], c/o Blaskopf
transport AAl-908 (02.07.1942 Praha -> Terezín)

Bergweinová, Ela [b. 9.5.1886, ? - d. 28.10.1944, Auschwitz, Poland]   
Wife of MUDr. Hugo Klinger (1877). Also known as Elka. Lived in Ustí nad Labem prior to the war. Last residence: Sámova 410, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XIII., Samostrasse 410 [XIII., Sámova 410]
transport Ck-475 (22.12.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Ev-985 (28.10.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Klingerová, Edita
Klingerová, Mariana

Bondy, Simon Josef [b. c.1880, Liteň / Hořovice, Bohemia - d. ?]  
The only son of Emanuel and Karoline (née Fischelová) Bondy. Listed as Simon Josef on all of his parents conscription documents, apparently he went by Josef. He married the former Rosa (Růžena) Vondraková. Notes: There are two prospective Josef Bondys listed in the Czech police conscription archive (and no Simon Bondys), but I've included the only one which is more or less certainly the right person. There is also a Josef Bondy (b. 1880) in the Czech Holocaust Archive, but it is not conclusively the same person. Regardless, I've included the deportation information. Hopefully I'll be able to find out more about Josef to preserve the dignity of his memory.

narozen 12.11.1880
poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: II
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: II., Tuchmachergasse 15 [II., Soukenická 15]
transport AAq-650 (13.07.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport AAy-722 (28.07.1942 Terezín -> Baranoviči)

Bondy, Emanuel [b. c.1838, Liteň, Bohemia - d. 12.3.1889, Karlin (Prague)]
Emanuel married the former Karoline Fischelová and had 8 children. It appears that he was born in Liteň but may have lived in Hořovice, a nearby town. In Karlin, Emanuel worked for the firm of M. & J. Soyka as a "Reisender." I believe the second obituary/newspaper announcement speaks to a change in the funeral, from the 15th to the 17th of March, due to some kind of delay at the Olšany cemetery. No further information is currently available.

Children:
Bondy, Simon Josef
Bondyová, Charlotte
Bondyová, Amalie
Bondyová, Henriette
Bondyová, Hermine
Bondyová, Mathilde
Bondyová, Marie
Bondyová, Ottilie

Bondyová, Amalie [b. 1872, Liteň, Bohemia - d. 16.2.1912, Vienna, Austria]     
A daughter of Emanuel and Karoline (née Fischelová) Bondy. Amalie was known as "Emma" and is listed as such in her mother's obituary. She married Rudolf Mendl and had at least two children. Emma passed away just a week after her own mother. She is buried in Vienna with her husband.

Mendl Amalie, 35 Year(s)
Date Deceased: 02/16/1912 (16 February 1912)
Date Buried: 02/18/1912 (18 February 1912)
ZENTRALFRIEDHOF I. TOR
Group: 52  Row: 40  Grave: 50

Children:
Mendl, Franz
Mendl, Willy
Mendlová, Helene

Bondyová, Charlotte [b. 1868, Liteň, Bohemia - d. ?] 
A daughter of Emanuel and Karoline (née Fischelová) Bondy. Charlotte married Leopold Rahm and had at least two children. Notes: Mistakes abound in the Czech National Archives conscription database: In two of the Bondy documents, it appears that Charlotte is listed as "Karolina" Bondy. In one Rahm conscription document, the Archives have listed Charlotte as surname "Bonči" although it clearly says "Bondi," and in the other her children are erroneously listed as surname "Rakur." Her husband probably passed away before 1912, as he is not listed in the obituaries for Charlotte's mother and sister. None of the Rahm family are listed in the Czech Holocaust Archives. No further information is currently available.

Children:
Rahm, Rudolf
Rahmová, Irma

Bondyová, Hermine [b. 1.1.1870, Liteň, Bohemia - d. c.1942, Treblinka, Poland] 
A daughter of Emanuel and Karoline (née Fischelová) Bondy. Hermine married Eduard Humburger & they evidently had no children. No other information is currently available. Last residence, Barvířská 6, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: II
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: II., Färbergasse 6 [II., Barvířská 6]
transport AAn-665 (06.07.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Bv-1698 (15.10.1942 Terezín -> Treblinka)

Bondyová, Mathilde [b. 1866, Liteň, Bohemia - d. ?] 
A daughter of Emanuel and Karoline (née Fischelová) Bondy. Mathilde married Ludwig Pick, and they had one daughter. No other information is currently available.

Children:
Picková, Irena

Bondyová, Ottilie [b. 1884, Prague - d. ?] 
A daughter of Emanuel and Karoline (née Fischelová) Bondy. Ottilie was known as "Otty." She married Max Neubach. At this time no further information is available.

Drobnerová, Zdeňka [b. 8.7.1894, Prage - d. c. 5.1944, Auschwitz, Poland]
The only child of Dr. Emil and Adléta (or Adelheid, née Kafková) Drobner. Zdeňka married to and was widowed from Karel Wallo. They had no children. A Yad Vashem researcher was able to document some significant details about her life. According to him, Zdeňka was a radio announcer and journalist in the domestic and foreign language sections of Radiojournal, the Czechoslovak state radio, from 1935 to 1939. Before that she was part owner of the Parfumerie Morana in Prague. The researcher also notes that Zdeňka' was widowed and that her permanent address was Na Valech 283/16 in what is now Prague 6, but the Czech Holocaust Archives have placed her at Americká 26 near Vinohrady, with her mother. Possible last residence, Americká 26, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XII., Amerikanische Strasse 26 [XII., Americká 26]
transport AAl-471 (02.07.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Eb-389 (18.05.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Fischel, Simon [b. 1857, Hostivař (Prague) - d. ?]
The (only?) brother of my great-great-grandmother Marie Fischelová. Unfortunately I still have no information on their parents, even though they originated in the outskirts of Prague - in the Hostivař region. According to the police conscription documents, it appears that Simon was married at some point, with some change of that status c.1889. It is not clear from either conscription document, but both mention a wife in the right margin; the second document I believe says she lived in Michle. If I've read the documents correctly, Simon was a butcher. I wonder if he worked with Josef Klinger, his brother-in-law.

Fischelová, Karoline [b. c.1844, Hostivař (Prague) - d. 4.2.1912, Prague] 
An elder sister of my great-great-grandmother Marie Fischelová. She married Emanuel Bondy and had several children and at least one grandchild by the time of her death. Sadly she and my great-great-grandmother died within just a few months of one another. No other information is currently available.

Children:
Bondy, Simon Josef
Bondyová, Charlotte
Bondyová, Amalie
Bondyová, Henriette
Bondyová, Hermine
Bondyová, Mathilde
Bondyová, Marie
Bondyová, Ottilie

Fischelová, Katharina [b. c.1850, Hostivař (Prague) - d. ?]
A sister of my great-great-grandmother Marie, Katharina married (Unknown) Pollatschek. According to the 1911 police conscription document, she was a widow (i.e. her husband passed away before 29 April 1911) and lived in Prague II (probably Vinohrady). No children are listed, but that does not conclusively eliminate the possibility that they had children. No further information is currently available.

Fischelová, Marie [b. 1854, Hostivař (Prague) - d. 27.7.1912, Vršovice (Prague)]      
Wife of Josef Klinger (1851), and my great-great-grandmother. Unfortunately the Czech archives have no additional information on her parents, even though they are from Prague. From the funeral announcement, her living siblings in 1912 were her brother Simon, sister Katharina Pollatschek, and Rosa Pick. Her older sister Karoline passed away just a few months before Marie.

Children:
Klinger, Hugo (1877)
Klingerová, Camila
Klinger, Rudolf (1881)
Klingerová, Pauline
Klingerová, Olga
Klingerová, Hermina
Klinger, Leopold (1890)
Klinger, Arnošt

Fischelová, Rosa [b. c.1840, Hostivař (Prague) - d. ?]   
Sister of my great-great-grandmother and likely wife of Weit Pick. I believe Rosa was the eldest of the Fischel children. Her name appears in the obituaries of both of her sisters, but no husband is listed in either announcement. As such I am not absolutely certain of the connection to Weit Pick, even though circumstantially it fits. I've also included the children Rosa probably had with Weit. No further information is currently available.

Children:
Pick, Emanuel
Picková, Aloisie
Picková, Marie (1863)

Freudenfeld, Gotthold [b. 24.9.1873, ? - d. c.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]
Husband of Hermine Oesterreicherová. Gotthold and Hermine had at least one son. All three of them were lost in the Holocaust. No further information is currently available. Last residence: Schlözerova 16, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XII., Schlözerstrasse 16 [XII., Schlözerova 16]
transport De-335 (05.07.1943 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Dr-516 (15.12.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Freudenfeld, Vilém

Freudenfeld, Vilém [b. 14.1.1907, Prague ? - d. 24.8.1944, Sachenhausen (Schwarzheide), Germany]
The (only?) son of Gotthold and Hermine (née Oesterreicher) Freudenfeld. Vilém lived in my great-grandparents' building at Ruská 20/562 in Vršovice before/until he was deported in 1943. The Czech Holocaust Archive has him passing away at "Schwarzheide," but I believe this is a reference to the Sachenhausen forced-labor and concentration camp. Based on the available data, it would appear that Vilém was sent to Terezín, then to Auschwitz, and finally onto Sachenhausen. It is unusual for one person to go through the concentration camp system like this, but all of my great-uncles (František, Karel (1919), Zdeněk) had similar experiences. Of all the victims in my family, these four men are the only ones who had that kind of multi-camp experience, and all perished in Germany. No further information is currently available. Last residence: Ruská 20, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XIII., Russische Strasse 20 [XIII., Ruská 20], c/o Elinger
transport De-334 (05.07.1943 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Dr-2523 (15.12.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)
Note: The above transport information is incomplete. The name "Elinger" is a misspelling of the name "Klinger."

Glaserová, Ida [b. 16.2.1894, Plzeň, Bohemia - d. c.1942, Majdanek, Poland]
Wife of Hugo Klinger (1886).   Her parents were Ludwig Glaser and Wilhelmina Hahnová.  Married to Hugo Klinger in 1914, and they lived in Pečky (?), outside of Prague. Last residence: Žatecká 10, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: V
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: V., Saazer Gasse 10 [V., Žatecká 10]
transport Au-728 (12.05.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Ay-790 (17.05.1942 Terezín -> Lublin)

Children:
Klingerová, Trude

Günstling, Otto [b. 31.1.1894, Libeň (Selc u Prahy, Prague) - d. 7.8.1942, Majdanek, Poland]
Read about Otto on the Günstling Page
My grandfather and first husband of Kamila Klingerová.

Children:
Günstling, Petr

Haim, Julius [b. c.1872, Smilovy Hory, Bohemia - d. ?]
Julius Haim was son of Emanuel and Ernestine Haim, and the husband of Camilla Klingerová. According to circumstantial information, he kept very close with the Klinger family before and after her death at the young age of 28. Julius had 7 brothers and sisters and an extended family, some of whom I've found in the Czech Holocaust archives. No further information is currently available.

Haimová, Anna [b. 1.8.1880, Smilovy Hory, Bohemia ? - d. c.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]
A daughter of Emanuel and Ernestine Haim, Anna was married to Siegmund Silberstern. No further information is currently available. According to the Czech Holocaust archives their last residence was Drahobejlova 60, Prague, but it appears they were deported from Tábor. Smilovy Hory is more or less on the outskirts of Mladá Vožice. The Cq transport was one of a number of transports from Terzín to Auschwitz during early 1943; almost none of the prisoners on those trains survived the Holocaust, and most were sent directly to the gas chambers.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Mladá Vožice
transport Cb-536 (16.11.1942 Tábor -> Terezín)
transport Cq-952 (20.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Silberstern, Viktor (1906)
{ Silberstern, Josef }

Haimová, Marie [b. 3.3.1885, Smilovy Hory, Bohemia ? - d. c.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]
A daughter of Emanuel and Ernestine Haim, Marie was married to Karel Silberstern. Interestingly, Marie and her sister Anna married two of the Silberstern brothers. The fate of her husband is unknown at this time. No further information is currently available. Last residence, somewhere in Libáň, Bohemia.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Libáň
transport Cl-362 (13.01.1943 Mladá Boleslav -> Terezín)
transport Cq-20 (20.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Silberstern, Arnošt

Humburger, Eduard [b. c.1865, Dachov, Moravia - d. 23.10.1931, Prague]  
Eduard was the husband of the former Hermine Bondyová. Evidently they had no children. He was a representative for the firm M & J Soyka based in Karlín, a company in which his father-in-law served as a principal. It's interesting to note the "Familien Nachrichten" section of the 24 October newpspaer contains an announcement of his death tendered by the Verein der Prager Geschäftsreisenden, or the Prague Business Travelers' Association. The notice simply states that Mr. Humburger was a long-time member of the Association and that all of his colleagues are invited to participate in the funeral, set to take place betwen the daytime hours of 11 and 12 at Strašnice Cemetery (what we now call the New Jewish Cemetery).

Kafka, Angelus [b. c.1836, Osek, Bohemia ? - d. 30.8.1908, Prague]
Angelus was the eldest child of Samuel and Rosalia (née Ungerová) Kafka. He was apparently from Osek, a municipality of/outside of Teplice, even though his father was from Radošovice, quite a distance away. He was the principal in his own firm, a company which had diverse business interests including real estate and land development, apartments and condos (as landlords), and wine wholesaling. He was also politically active in Prague. Angelus married the former Anna Wilhartitzová and had 6 children. Services for his death were held at a Plattnersgaße number 89 in Prague - a funeral home. It's not clear what the modern corresponding address is. No further information is currently available.

Children:
Kafka, Emil
Kafka, Ernest
Kafka, Oskar
Kafková, Adelheid
Kafková, Kamilla
Kafková, Thekla

Kafka, Samuel [b. c.1812, Radošovice, Bohemia - d. 2.9.1895, Prague]
Samuel originated in Radošovice, near Strakonice, and was married to the former Rosalia Ungerová. Together they had 8 children. At the time of his death he was a private citizen living in Prague, but during his productive years he may have been involved in the land trade (as was his son Angelus). His obituary indicates he died from "marasmus," a sort of umbrella disorder that whose symptoms include severe malnutrition and vitamin deficiency, but whose causes can be related to a panoply of other conditions. It's interesting to note that Osek, where his son Angelus lived (and may have been born), is quite a distance from Radošovice, so it's not clear where the family were originally from. No further information is currently available.

Children:
Kafka, Angelus
Kafka, Friedrich
Kafka, Heinrich
Kafka, Moritz
Kafková, Johanna
Kafková, Henriette
Kafková, Theresie
Kafková, Wilhelmine

Kleinová, Auguste [b. c.1894, Klučov, Bohemia ? - d. 22.9.1918, Prague]
Daughter of Sigmund and Elvira Klein. Known as "Gusti," she was the first wife of Artur Klinger. They had two sons, both of whom were lost in the Shoah. Gusti died of pneumonia at the age of 24 barely a week following the birth of her son Gustav.

Children:
Klinger, Gustav Zdeněk
Klinger, Ota

Kleinová, Marie [b. 13.10.1889, ? - d. c.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]
Wife of Rudolf Silberstern. No further information is currently available. Last residence, somewhere in Žaravice, Bohemia.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Žaravice
transport Cg-124 (09.12.1942 Pardubice -> Terezín)
transport Ct-693 (29.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Silberstern, Viktor (1917)

Klinger, Artur [b. 4.2.1885, Kouřim, Bohemia - d. c.1944, Auschwitz, Poland] 
Arthur was one of 12 children belonging to Karel and Marie (née Lustigová) Klinger. His personal conscription document does not show him as married because it was recorded when he was only 18, indicating that he had already left home and struck out on his own. Artur was married first to Gusti (née Kleinová) of Klučov, Bohemia. He had two sons with Gusti before she passed away from pneumonia at only 24 years of age - less than one week after the birth of their second son Gustav Zdeněk. At some point following that, it appears Artur remarried Irma (Unknown) (1895). It is not clear whether or not Artur and Irma had any children. Regardless, all four of the immediate family members were killed in the Holocaust. Last residence: Boleslavská 4, Prague. Note: Klučov is not far from Pečky where Artur's brother Hugo lived.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XII., Bunzlauer Strasse 4 [XII., Boleslavská 4], c/o Taussig
transport AAs-759 (20.07.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Et-1210 (23.10.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Klinger, Gustav Zdeněk
Klinger, Ota

Klinger, Arnošt [b. 20.10.1896, Vršovice 18 (Prague) - d. 26.1.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]      
Arnošt, the youngest of 8 children, was like his father a butcher in Prague.  His Brit Mila took place on 27.10.1896 in his parents' home at Vršovice 18 in Vinohrady.  He married Irma (Unknown) (1900) and had two children. His son Josef was born just weeks after the death of his father, and as was traditional Jewish practice, was named for him.  Notes: What is now Vršovice 18 is a building on Ruská ulice, but the building that was formerly Vršovice 18 was owned by Arnošt's father (and later by his brother Rudolf (1881)) is actually Vršovice 490 on Charkovská street. The transports to Auschwitz on 26.1.1943 are considered death transports because almost nobody on those transports survived the Shoah. Last residence: Přemyslova 18, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XII., Prschemyslidenstrasse 10 [XII., Přemyslovská 10]
transport Bf-461 (08.09.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Cs-886 (26.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)
Note: The above address information from the Czech Holocaust archive is incorrect.

Children:
Klinger, Helena
Klinger, Josef (1929)

Klinger, František [b. 15.5.1915 Vršovice (Prague) - d. 3.4.1945, Buchenwald, Germany]
František was the eldest of my grandmother's three brothers. Their parents were Rudolf and Milada (née Oesterreicherová) Klinger. František was most likely born at Ruská 20, but it's possible that he was born elsewhere in Prague. Prior to the war, František lived with his brother Karel in Prague, but he was arrested and deported almost two months earlier. František was a butcher like his grandfather and some other relatives. He was arrested by the Gestapo in Prague and deported immediately to the Terezín concentration camp on 24 November 1941 - one of the earliest deportations of Jews during the Final Solution. František married Elly Bocková while in the Terezín ghetto on 12 June 1942. Elly survived the Holocaust and emigrated to Israel. František languished in Terezín for nearly three years before being deported to Auschwitz on 1 October 1944. From the available records it appears that sometime following his arrival in Auschwitz in October 1944, František was deported to Gross-Rosen - this probably occurred on or about 10 February 1945. From there he was deported to Buchenwald - possibly on 31 March 1945 - where he died on 3 April 1945, just days before the Allies liberated Buchenwald.
Last residence uncertain, but probably: Přemyslová 425/12, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XV
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XV., Peter-Aspelt-Strasse 425 [XV., Pod Pekařkou 425]
transport Ak-73 (24.11.1941 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Em-735 (01.10.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)
Note: The above address information from the Czech Holocaust archive is uncertain and may be incorrect.

Klinger, Gustav [b. c.1870, Třebovle / Kolín, Bohemia - d. c.1944, Auschwitz, Poland?]
The eldest son of Karel and Marie (née Lustigová) Klinger, and the first of 12. I have no specific information on Gustav's life, but there is a Gustav Klinger in the Czech Holocaust Archive with an 1871 birthdate that might be the same person. If our Gustav and the one in the Holocaust Archive are the same, then his wife would have been Kamila Klingerová, born 1.7.1876. Čelákovice is relatively close to Prague, even closer to the city than Kolín or Třebovle.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Čelákovice
transport Cl-17 (13.01.1943 Mladá Boleslav -> Terezín)
transport Dz-1220 (15.05.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Klinger, Gustav Zdeněk [b. 18.9.1918, Prague ? - d. c. 1944, Auschwitz, Poland]
Gustav was the son of Artur and Gusti (née Kleinová) Klinger. No further information is currently available. Last residence, Boleslavská 4, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XVIII., Boleslausstrasse 4 [XVIII., Boleslavova 4], c/o Taussig
transport J-224 (04.12.1941 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Et-684 (23.10.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Klinger, Hanuš [b. 8.4.1910 - d. 24.9.1944, Terezín]
Hanuš was a medical doctor and died in Terezín at only 34 years of age. His parents were Josef Klinger (1883) and Otilie née Taussiková, and he had two brothers: Ferdinand and Karel (aka Charles Keith). Hanuš lived with his parents at their last residence. Hanuš passed away in Terezín, and both of his parents were killed in Auschwitz. Last residence: třida Matyáše Brauna 46, Prague, an address that no longer exists.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XVI
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XVI., Mat. Braun Strasse 46 [XVI., tř. Matyáše Brauna 46]
transport Am-756 (24.04.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
zahynul 24.09.1944 Terezín

Klinger, Hugo (1877) [b. 17.9.1877, Kunratice (Prague) - d. 28.10.1944, Auschwitz, Poland]      
Hugo was the eldest child of Josef and Marie Klinger.  He was a medical doctor. He married Ela (Elka?) Bergweinová on 6.10.1907 at the Hotel de Saxe in Prague, and they subsequently lived in Ustí nad Labem where they had two daughters.  Hugo and his entire family were wiped out in the Holocaust. Last residence: Sámova 410, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XIII., Samostrasse 410 [XIII., Sámova 410]
transport Ck-474 (22.12.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Ev-986 (28.10.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Klingerová, Edita
Klingerová, Mariana

Klinger, Hugo (1886) [b. 28.12.1886, Kouřim, Bohemia - d. c.1942, Majdanek, Poland] 
Hugo was one of 12 children belonging to Karel and Marie (née Lustigová) Klinger.  Hugo married Ida Glaserová and had one daughter who escaped persecution by the Nazis. Last residence: Žatecká 10, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: V
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: V., Saazer Gasse 10 [V., Žatecká 10]
transport Au-729 (12.05.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Ay-791 (17.05.1942 Terezín -> Lublin)

Children:
Klingerová, Trude

Klinger, Josef (1851) [b. 1.8.1851, Šeberov (Prague) - d. 10.8.1929, Ruská 20/562, Prague]      
Josef Klinger, born to parents Leopold and Anna Klinger in 1851, was a prominent and politically influential businessman and butcher in Prague. He married Marie Fischelová presumably in Prague in the middle-1870's. They had 8 children. Josef had at least two siblings, and possibly one additional brother who died as an infant. His Jewish name was Pinchas, and he is buried in the Nový Židovský Hřbitov in Prague with his wife and granddaughter.

Children:
Klinger, Hugo (1877)
Klingerová, Camila
Klinger, Rudolf (1881)
Klingerová, Pauline
Klingerová, Olga
Klingerová, Hermina
Klinger, Leopold (1890)
Klinger, Arnošt

Klinger, Josef (1883) [b. 6.3.1883, Otice, Bohemia - d. c.1944, Auschwitz, Poland]  
Josef was one of 12 children belonging to Karel and Marie (née Lustigová) Klinger. Josef married Otilie Taussiková. Two of his three sons were able to escape persecution, but he and his wife were both killed in Auschwitz. Last residence: třida Matyáše Brauna 46, which no longer exists.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XVI
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XVI., Mat. Braun Strasse 46 [XVI., tř. Matyáše Brauna 46]
transport Am-754 (24.04.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Eb-519 (18.05.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Klinger, Hanuš
Klinger, Ferdinand
Klinger, Karel (Charles Keith)

Klinger, Josef (1929) [b. 17.11.1929, Vršovice (Prague) - d. 26.1.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]  
The only son of Arnošt and Irma Klinger (1900) , Josef was named after his grandfather and was only 13 years old when he was killed in Auschwitz. The transports to Auschwitz on 26.1.1943 are considered death transports because almost nobody on those transports survived the Shoah. Last residence: Přemyslova 18, Prague, with his parents and sister.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: VI., Prschemyslstrasse 10 [VI., Přemyslova 10]
transport Bf-458 (08.09.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Cs-883 (26.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)
Note: The above address information from the Czech Holocaust archive is incorrect.

Klinger, Karel (1847) [b. 25.12.1847, Šeberov (Prague) - d. 25.4.1919, Prague]  
Karel was the eldest son of Leopold and Anna (née Löwyová) Klinger. Karel and his wife Marie (née Lustigová) were prolific and had 12 children. Unfortunately I don't have much information on this family yet. From the conscription document it appears that he was a businessman (geschaftsmann). Karel was the brother of my great-great-grandfather Josef Klinger. He and his wife are buried in the New Jewish Cemetery in Prague as are Josef and his wife.

Children:
Klinger, Gustav
Klingerová, Hermine
Klingerová, Berta
Klinger, Rudolf (1876)
Klinger, Emil
Klinger, Josef (1883)
Klinger, Arthur
Klinger, Hugo (1886)
Klingerová, Emilie
Klinger, Otto
Klingerová, Olga (1890)
Klingerová, Irma

Klinger, Karel (1919) [b. 4.11.1919 Vršovice (Prague) - d. 25.4.1945, Dachau, Germany]        
Karel was the middle of my grandmother's three brothers, born to Rudolf and Milada Klinger.  He was born in Vršovice, probably at Ruská 20 as were the rest of his siblings, and lived with his brother František..  He was a farmer or agronomist, having studied at a farming school in Roudnice nad Labem.. His uncle Leopold and his father were both very prominent cattle dealers in Prague and owned huge farming areas in Malešice and Štěrboholy, so his interest in farming isn't surprising. Karel was arrested by the Gestapo on 27.1.1942 in Prague and deported to Terezín on 30.1.1942, where he languished for two-and-a-half years before being sent to Auschwitz on 28.9.1944. Karel was finally deported on 10.10.1944 to Kaufering, one of many subcamps of the Dachau death camp, where he stayed until he died on 25.4.1945 - just days before the camp was liberated.  The date of his death suggests he was one of thousands (along with his brother Zdeněk) to be evacuated from the camps on what amounted to death marches. The camp commanders were aware of the approaching Allies and intended to dispose of as many inmates as possible; part of their objective included evacuating the prisoners to surrounding areas where they would be executed and their bodies dumped into mass graves.   Without food, water, or medicine on these marches, many of the prisoners, who were already malnourished and sick, just expired. His prisoner card says "Sch. J." which means Schutzhaft, Jüden - a Jewish prisoner in "protective custody."  Prisoner number 116032.  Last residence: Pod Pekařkou 425, although notably his deporation card says "Podoli Přemyslova 425/12."

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XV
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XV., Peter-Aspelt-Strasse 425 [XV., Pod Pekařkou 425]
transport V-122 (30.01.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Ek-430 (28.09.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)
Note: The above information from the Czech Holocaust archive is incomplete.

Klinger, Leopold (1819) [b. 1819 - Chodov (Prague) - d. 19.7.1885, Uhříněves (Prague) ] 
Leopold was married to the former Anna Löwyová and was the father of Karel, Josef, Rosa, and Marie. There may have been another child who died as an infant but this is speculative because my documentation is incomplete. Under "kinder" on the conscription document, it appears to say "Karolina" with the symbol for deceased (resembles a "plus" sign) directly adjacent to it. It appears that Leopold was some kind of butcher. Leopold passed away in 1885; according to the obituary his funeral took place in a funeral home in Uhříněves, on the outskirts of Prague. The obituary says something like "He died in Uhříněves after long suffering in the 66th year of his devout life." Evidently his wife, who survived him by almost exactly 6 years, is buried next to him.

Children:
Klinger, Karel (1847)
Klinger, Josef (1851)
Klingerová, Marie (1846)
Klingerová, Rosa

Klinger, Leopold (1890) [b. 15.9.1890 Vršovice 18 (Prague) - d. 19.3.1945, Dachau, Germany]    
Leopold was the second-youngest child of Josef and Marie Klinger.  He was called Polda in the family. He had a "rusty, wool" kind of hair, and was hard of hearing. He was born in Vršovice 18, and had his Brit Mila on 22.9.1890 at Vršovice 19, presumably an adjacent building. He married Eliška Veselá on 30.11.1919 at the Hotel Bristol in Prague, and they subsequently had two daughters.

Like his elder brother Rudolf, Leopold was a livestock trader and businessman. He was a tenant in a villa in Štěrboholy, which he later purchased. That building is at Ústřední 135/15, and is now the Prague 10 municipal office. He also owned a significant amount of land in Štěrboholy which was used to manage his hundreds of head of cattle. Leopold and his brother Rudolf often went to Senovážné square to the crop exchange, and also for the slaughter of their cattle. Reportedly he and Rudolf had a tendency to quarrel, especially when it came to their business affairs; even though they had a difficult relationship, they were estranged from some of other their brothers and sisters.  Leopold was reportedly strict, authoritative, and demanding to a fairly extreme degree and Rudolf was apparently a good deal worse.   

Three weeks before they were deported, a "trustee" working for the Nazis in the Protectorate came to catalogue all of their belongings. The day they were deported, Leopold and his family were told to report to Veletržní palác, where all of the Jews were gathered.

Leopold passed away in Dachau, and his wife and children were murdered in the gas chambers at Auschwitz. More information about Leopold and his family is forthcoming. Last residence: Štěrboholy 135, Prague.

The Prague city council saw fit to commission a war memorial in memory of brave fighters from World War I, and to Czech Holocaust victims. The Klinger and Vesely familes, decimated by the Holocaust, have their names engraved on a small monument located across from the main villa, formerly part of Leopold's farmland and what is now a park and residential area.  

poslední bydliště před deportací: Štěrboholy
transport Bg-429 (12.09.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport El-969 (29.09.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)
zahynul 19.03.1945 Dachau
Note: The above information from the Czech Holocaust archive is incomplete.

Children:
Klingerová, Marie (1920)
Klingerová, Zdeňka (1922)

Loving thanks to Karel and Eva for caring for Leopold's memory, and for helping me find out about my family.

Klinger, Ota [b. 11.3.1915, Prague ? - d. c. 1943, Auschwitz, Poland]
Ota was the elder son of Artur and Gusti (née Kleinová) Klinger. He was a medical doctor and he perished in the Shoah with his step-mother and the rest of his family. No further information is currently available. Last residence, Boleslavská 4, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XVIII., Boleslausstrasse 4 [XVIII., Boleslavova 4], c/o Taussig
transport AAu-84 (27.07.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Dr-1072 (15.12.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Klinger, Otto [b. 21.10.1889, Kouřim, Bohemia - d. c.1944, Auschwitz, Poland]  
Otto was one of 12 children belonging to Karel and Marie (née Lustigová) Klinger. Last residence: Lucemburská 16, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XII., Luxemburger Strasse 16 [XII., Lucemburská 16]
transport Au-719 (12.05.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Ek-800 (28.09.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Klinger, Rudolf (1876) [b. 12.4.1876, Otice, Bohemia - d. c.1942, Majdanek, Poland]  
Rudolf was one of 12 children belonging to Karel and Marie (née Lustigová) Klinger. Police Conscription Documents frequently list incorrect birthdates, so the birthdate of 1878 is in question.  I believe 1876 is the correct birthdate, because the Czech Holocaust archive has his sister Olga and her husband Rudolf Seidl at the same address, "care of Klinger," and Rudolf and his wife were the only Klingers in the building. Rudolf was married to Rudolfina (Unknown). Last residence: Kelleyova 6, Prague. The address no longer exists.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: V
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: V., Kelleygasse 6 [V., Kelleyova 6]
transport Au-717 (12.05.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Ay-749 (17.05.1942 Terezín -> Lublin)

Klinger, Rudolf (1881) [b. 23.6.1881, Vršovice (Prague) - 1.4.1942, Prague]    
My great-grandfather and son of Josef and Marie Klinger. Rudolf was probably born in Vršovice, but there's a possibility that he was born in Šeberov. Unfortunately I have very little information about Rudolf, but I do know that he was a wealthy landowner and cattle farmer and dealer. He had a large cattle farm in Malešice where he kept a manor. Like his brother Leopold, Rudolf was known to be quarrelsome in business affairs and was estranged from his brothers and sisters. Interestingly, Rudolf passed away in Prague (on his wife's birthday) before he could be deported. My father and sister have indicated that they spread his ashes into the Atlantic Ocean along with my grandmother's in 1994, but I believe this is questionable for two reasons. As a matter of course, Jews do not cremate their deceased. Also, I believe my grandmother and father left Prague before 1 April 1942, so I'm not sure how they would have come across his ashes or remains. It's a mystery.  

It is my understanding that Rudolf and my grandmother were extremely close. He made it clear that my grandmother was forbidden from leaving the country, even as the grip of the Nazi regime tightened around the Czech throat. When she elected to do so their relationship was effectively over. I believe he lived at Ruská 20/562 with my great-grandmother Milada (née Oesterreicherová) when he passed away. She was deported to Terezín only a month later. They had 5 children.

Children:
Klingerová, Kamila
Klingerová, Zdeňka (1911)
Klinger, František
Klinger, Karel
Klinger, Zdeněk

Klinger, Zdeněk [b. 11.10.1921, Vršovice (Prague) - d. 24.4.1945, Dachau, Germany]        
Zdeněk was the youngest child of Rudolf and Milada Klinger. He was an automobile electrician by trade until he was arrested by the Gestapo on 12.4.1941 and deported immediately to Terezín. Even with severe diabetes, apparently developed during childhood and one of the main reasons he continued to live with his parents, Zdeněk was able to survive squalor and privation in Terezín for almost three years. On 28.9.1944, Zdeněk was deported to Auschwitz where he stayed until being sent onto Kaufering, a Dachau subcamp, on 10.10.1944. Zdeněk and his brother Karel were on the same transports, and probably tried to stay together. Also like his brother Karel, Zdeněk nearly survived the war. He passed away on 23.4.1945 in the same manner as his older brother, just days before the Allies liberated Dachau.

The date of his death suggests he was one of thousands to be evacuated from the camps on what amounted to a death march. The camp commanders were aware of the approaching allies and intended to dispose of as many inmates as possible; part of their objective included evacuating the prisoners to surrounding areas where they would be executed and their bodies dumped into mass graves. Without food, water, or medicine, many of these prisoners were so malnourished and sick that they just expired.  His prisoner card says "Sch. J." which means Schutzhaft, Jüden - a Jewish prisoner in "protective custody." His prisoner number was 115238. Last residence: Ruská 20, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XIII., Russische Strasse 20 [XIII., Ruská 20]
transport J-228 (04.12.1941 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Ek-147 (28.09.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)
Note: The above information from the Czech Holocaust archive is incomplete.

Klingerová, Berta [b. 25.5.1875, Otice, Bohemia - d. c.1942, Treblinka, Poland]  
Berta was one of the 12 children belonging to Karel and Marie (née Lustigová) Klinger.  I have tentatively included Jindřich Ascher as her husband, although this is speculative. Last residence: Valdecká 659, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Horní Počernice
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: IX., Waldekergasse 659 [IX., Valdecká 659]
transport AAl-909 (02.07.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Bv-1513 (15.10.1942 Terezín -> Treblinka)

Klingerová, Camilla [b. 1879, Kunratice (Prague) - d. 7.12.1907, Prague]    
Camilla was the eldest daughter of Josef and Marie (née Fischelová) Klinger, and I believe my grandmother was named after her. She married Julius Haim in Prague, probably in 1900. As far as I'm aware they had no children. The list of in-laws and relatives in her obituaries is extensive and very informative. Besides her brothers and sisters, her parents-in-law (Emanuel and Ernestine Haim), her sisters-in-law (Paula Neumannová, Anna Silbersternová, Ella Klingerová, and Marie and Berta Haimová), and other in-laws (Emil Haim, Oskar Neumann, Emil Kummermann, Adolf Fuchs, Arnold Hájek, Siegmund Silberstern, and Josef and Rudolf Haim) are all included. Camilla was very popular and loved by many people judging by the tenor of the obituary and of the follow-up listing in the 14 December 1907 newspaper announcement. The 14 December announcement includes thanks to two doctors, Dr. Ernst Weitzbarth and Dr. Julius Kellner for their "loving treatment," as well as important and notable recognitions by the Jewish Community of Michle and the Emperor Franz Josef Jubilee Temple (picture, c.1939) of Vienna. The latter is also known as the Jubiläum or Synagogue Siebenbrunnengasse.

The Neumann and Silberstern families are connected by marriage through Julius Haim's sisters, Paula and Anna. Paula was married to Oskar Neumann, and Anna was married to Siegmund Silberstern. I haven't found any Police Conscription records for any of those folks yet.

Klingerová, Edita [b. 9.7.1908, Ustí nad Labem, Bohemia - d. c.1943, Auschwitz, Poland] 
Edita was the elder daugher of Hugo and Ela (née Bergweinová) Klinger. By the time the war rolled around she had married and divorced Arnošt Bienenfeld, about whom I've found no documentation. Her application for "General Civil Identification" shows that her former husband was an engineer, and that she was considered a "private" citizen as well as a Ph.D.  It appears that she had no children, and that by the time of her deporation she had moved back in with her parents and younger sister Mariana. The same identification form describes the following information: her physical attributes, shows that she is listed in the Jewish registry of Ustí nad Labem as of 21.7.1908 (a birth record), that she filed a housing application in 1939 in what appears to be the Hradčany district of Prague, that she was married in Ustí on 19 March 1933, and that a proof of divorce certificate exists in Litoměřice as of 27 January 1936. It also appears that she formerly lived in Plzeň, presumably with her ex-husband.  Edita perished in Auschwitz. Last residence: Sámova 410, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XIII., Samostrasse 410 [XIII., Sámova 410]
transport Ck-473 (22.12.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Dn/a-3 (05.10.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Klingerová, Gertrude [b. 20.8.1904, ?, Bohemia - d. 2.2.1944, Auschwitz, Poland]  

28 Dec 2009: After speaking with the ITS, they believe that Gertrude was in fact the daughter of Dr. Reimann and not my relative, so the information passed along to me by the Czech Jewish community was probably incorrect. Additionally, the information from the Czech folks came through at least two other sets of hands before it got to me - sometimes there's a little confusion or mistakes are made in these cases. This Gertrude would have been born Gertrude Reimannová, and married Klinger (possibly a relative of mine, but it's not clear who). The following has been updated to reflect the new information. I'm keeping Gertrude on the page out of respect for her memory. The ITS case is still open.

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The details surrounding Gertrude's living situation and fate during the Nazi occupation and Holocaust are sketchy and confusing. I have a letter dated 13.5.1991 from the Council of Jewish Religious Communities in Czech Repulic, Prague, to a barrister in Israel which says Gertrude was arrested by the Gestapo 9.6.1943 and deported to Terezín, then deported to Auschwitz on 17.7.1943.  There are a number of inconsistencies present in the available information. 1) There is no listing in the Czech Holocaust archives for a Gertrude Klingerová, or any variation on that name.  2) The Yad Vashem victims' database does have a listing for a Gertruda Klinger with her birthdate, but they have no specific information on her fate. 3) The Last Residence address specified in the 1991 letter matches the address of a Dr. Leopold Reimann and his wife Otilie. Curiously, the Czech archives have a Notification of Death document for Dr. Reimann (perished in the Terezín Ghetto due to pleuritis and acute enteritis) on which Trude Klinger is listed as his daughter, also an internee at the Terezín Ghetto. The Ghetto was not part of the actual concentration camp; the town of Terezín was previously turned into a Ghetto. 4) A request made to the ITS in Bad Arolsen, Germany regarding Gertrude Klinger was returned saying they were unable to locate any information on her.  I still have a case open with the ITS, so perhaps they'll come up with something. Last residence: Mělnická 8 , Prague.

The following is of my own construction and is incomplete:

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: III
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: III., Melniker Gasse 8 [III., Mělnická 8]
transport Dc-85 (09.06.1943 Praha -> Terezín)

Klingerová, Helena [b. 20.9.1925, Vršovice (Prague) - d. 26.1.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]   
Helena was the only daughter of Arnošt and Irma Klinger (1900) .  She was deported with her parents and brother to Terezín, and then to Auschwitz. The transports to Auschwitz on 26.1.1943 are considered death transports because almost nobody on those transports survived the Shoah. Helena was only 17 when she was killed in the Auschwitz gas chamber. Last residence: Přemyslová 18, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XIII., Maltschgasse 18 [XIII., Malšská 18]
transport Bf-459 (08.09.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Cs-884 (26.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)
Note: The above address information from the Czech Holocaust archive is incorrect.

Klingerová, Hermina [b. c.1887 Šeberov (Prague) - d. 1966, Tel Aviv, Israel]  
A daughter of Josef and Marie Klinger. She married Arnold Hájek they lived in Holešovice (formerly Holešice) in Prague.  They had two sons and a daughter, and the entire family were able to escape to Palestine during the war. It's possible that Arnold Hájek was not Jewish and as such the family were left alone. When they returned to Czechoslovakia after the war, they found they weren't able to reclaim their property and again left when the Communists took over in 1948. Some of the family ended up in Israel and some went to Australia. There are living descendants in both places, including Gadi and Dani Propper who are known for their association with the Jewish foods company Osem and other ventures.

Children:
Jiři Hájek
František Hájek
Alice Hájková

Klingerová, Hermine [b. c.1872, Otice, Bohemia - d. ?(1943, Auschwitz, Poland)?]
Hermine was one of the 12 children belonging to Karel and Marie (née Lustigová) Klinger. She married (Unknown) Stein.  I believe she was killed in the Holocaust, most probably at Auschwitz. The Czech Holocaust archive has two Hermina Steinovás, either of which may be her (assuming she remained married). One was born in late 1871, the other in late 1873. No other information is currently available.

Other notes: Deportation to Łódź (a ghetto) is curious. Deportation of Czech Jews had not started in full at this early date. Łódź was a similiarly uncommon destination for Jews from Czechoslovakia, but those who ended up there were most likely deported to the death camp at Chelmno where they were asphyxiated by truck exhaust in the back of "gas vans" in groups of 35. The Chelmno camp didn't become operational until December, 1941.

narozena 28.08.1871
poslední bydliště před deportací: Mšeno
transport Cl-168 (13.01.1943 Mladá Boleslav -> Terezín)
transport Dr-2117 (15.12.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)
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narozena 17.12.1873
poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: X
transport D-962 (31.10.1941 Praha -> Lodž)

Klingerová, Kamila [b. 31.1.1909, Vršovice (Prague) - d. 22.8.1994, Florida, USA]   
My grandmother.  The only surviving chlid of Rudolf and Milada Klinger, and the only Shoah survivor from her immediate family.  My family always knew her as "Milda," a curious play on her mother's name. Like many other Czech grandmothers or elder women, we grew up calling her "Babi." She married my grandfather Otto Günstling on 17.2.1932 in Staroměstská in Prague, and later had my father - an only child. I don't have Czech divorce records yet, but they certainly had a divorce within a very few years following the birth of my dad. In c.1941, my grandmother was able to bribe her way out of the country (using her considerable wealth, contained in at least one coach or rail car) with my father in tow, and they escaped to England as part of a ~14,000 person group of expatriates sponsored by the British government (See this page for more information).   It appears that my grandmother remarried Otto Fischer (b. 16.11.1906), presumably before escaping, and that they traveled together with my father.  In England my grandmother maintained her contacts with the Masarýk family, particularly Jan and Alice Masarýk. My grandmother kept in contact with Alice until the latter passed away in the United States in the late 1960's.

After the war, and upon their return to Czechoslovakia c.1945-6, my father's surname was legally changed to Fischer.   I believe they stayed at Ruská 20, Rudolf's building, and sometime later at Pšstrossova 11 in Old Town (now a school). My father and grandmother were reacquainted with my grandmother's auntie Pavla Kropáček, who lived just across the street at Ruská 18. My father also mentioned having a cousin, but it's not clear who this might have been as all of Pavla's children were evidently lost in the Shoah. Pavla herself was interned in Terezín for some time, before being released. All of the other family that my father knew, including his own father, had been taken away and murdered at concentration camps throughout Europe.  [A side note about the Kropáček connection: Tomáš Masarýk's mother was born Therezie Kropáčková, and my grandmother's husband Karl Kropáček, a Roman Catholic, may have been related to her.] During this brief return to Czechoslovakia, my grandmother and father also stayed at Štěrboholy 4, which at that time was part of Leopold's villa. Some time before her final exile, my grandmother and Otto Fischer were divorced.  

When the Communists overtook Czechoslovakia in 1948, my grandmother was again compelled to leave the country. According to some second-hand information I received, in 1948 she was issued a permit to travel to Paraguay and she did so very quickly.  My father reported that he and his mother were stopped by the Communists on the absolute last transport out of the country and that they nearly didn't get out. He wasn't specific, but he indicated that my grandmother was able to successfully bribe or convince the officers to allow them to leave. They may have traveled through France, and then onto South America. My father and grandmother ended up in Caracas, Venezuela and some surrounding areas where they survived for a number of years before coming to the United States.  During this time my grandmother remarried for a third time, Jaroslav Burian (a decidedly non-Jewish Czech person).  Eventually my father was sponsored by some of my grandmother's friends in the U.S., and he was able to come to the States, finish high school, join the military, and finally to graduate from university with a bachelor's and a master's degree in record time. My grandmother divorced Burian in 1961, and worked as a travel agent in Florida. For the rest of her life she traveled around the world, and even lived in Nice, France for some years. She returned to the United States in about 1990 and lived in Florida until her death in 1994 from acute coronary disease. She was a lifetime smoker and used to consume Pall Mall nonfilters and coffee in seeming perpetuity.

I have great memories of visiting my grandmother in Florida, and of her coming to visit our family in California pretty regularly. When we were little, Babi used to let my sister and me pack her cigarettes into her silver cigarette case. Pall Mall cigarettes have a very distinctive smell and so did her plain, brushed metal Zippo lighter, so that makes for a pretty powerful memory. She used to drink black coffee and not much else, and didn't like or was allergic to milk. I also remember that my grandmother had beautiful, elegant hands with long, slender fingers. She was borderline obsessive about caring for her fingernails, and she traveled with a small kit for maintaining them. I remember seeing the whole ritual on numerous occasions. You've never seen a more perfect set of natural fingernails in your life.

She loved me and all of my siblings, and she is one of my greatest heroes of all time. Imagine having to make the decisions to leave her family, or to sacrifice extraordinary wealth and comfort for total uncertainty and possible death.

Children:
Günstling, Petr

Klingerová, Mariana [b. 10.7.1918, Ustí nad Labem, Bohemia - d. 26.10.1942, Auschwitz, Poland]   
Mariana was the youngest daughter of Hugo and Ela (née Bergweinová) Klinger.  Mariana was a seamstress. She was arrested by the Gestapo in Prague on 24 October 1942 and sent directly to Terezín. Mariana was then deported to Auschwitz on 26.10.1942 where she was immediately sent to the gas chamber. Last residence: Sámova 410, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XIII., Samostrasse 410 [XIII., Sámova 410]
transport Ca-618 (24.10.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport By-1621 (26.10.1942 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Klingerová, Marie (1846) [b. c.1846, Kunratice (Prague) - d. 14.6.1892, Uhřiněves (Prague)]
The eldest child of Leopold and Anna (née Löwyová) Klinger. The birth date is not for certain: as her obituary indicates she was 45 years of age at the time of her death, and her brother Karel was born in 1847, it must be that she was born in the second half of 1846.  Marie married Moritz Rezek and they had at least 10 children. She is buried in the Uhřiněves Jewish cemetery along with both of her parents. Note: The obituary incorrectly lists her sisters-in-law as Marie née Polaček, wife of Karel, and Marie née Lustig, wife of Josef. It's not clear how this mistake could have come to pass, but it's something I'll look into during the next visit to the Czech National Archives. It's worth mentioning that other obituaries for immediate family members have the brothers' respective spouses listed correctly.

Children:
Rezek, Josef
Rezek, Oskar
Rezková, Camilla
Rezková, Emilie
Rezková, Hermine
Rezková, Ida
Rezková, Karolina
Rezková, Leopoldine
Rezková, Mathilde
Rezková, Theresa

Klingerová, Marie (1920) [b. 12.9.1920, Štěrboholy 4 (Prague) - d. 26.1.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]      
The elder daughter of Leopold and Eliška Klinger. In the family Marie was known as Maruška. Marie lived at home with her parents and sister until they were deported to Terezín on 12 September 1942. The family were separated and Marie and her sister Zdeňka were deported to Auschwitz on 26 January 1943 where they were immediately "selected" for the gas chamber.  The transports to Auschwitz on 26.1.1943 are considered death transports because almost nobody on those transports survived the Shoah.  Last residence: Štěrboholy 135, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Štěrboholy
transport Bg-431 (12.09.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Cs-233 (26.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Klingerová, Olga (1885) [b. 16.8.1885, Šeberov (Prague) - d. c.1942, Majdanek, Poland] 
Daughter of Josef and Marie Klinger. More information on Olga is forthcoming. She married Adolf Fuchs and they lived in Brno, Moravia (formerly known as Brünn, and now part of Czech Republic). It appears that Adolf passed away prior to the war, probably before 1929. The Czech Holocaust archive has her at "NC 410" which is a refrerence to Vršovice 410; this is a roundabout way of saying she also lived at Sámova 410 in Vršovice, with or perhaps after her brother Hugo and his family. They were deported on different transports and on different dates. Last residence, Sámova 410, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XIII., NC 410
transport Am-550 (24.04.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Az-908 (25.05.1942 Terezín -> Lublin)

Klingerová, Olga (1890) [b. 13.12.1890, Prague(?) - d. c.1941, Łódź / Chelmno, Poland]  
Olga was one of the 12 children belonging to Karel and Marie (née Lustigová) Klinger. It isn't clear where she was born, but most likely it was in Prague.  She married Dr. Rudolf Seidl and they lived in the same building as her brother Rudolf and his wife.  It is not clear if they had any children. The deporation to Łódź (a ghetto) is curious. Deportation of Czech Jews had not started in full at this early date, and there was no evident holdover at Terezín for either Olga or her husband.  Łódź was a similiarly uncommon destination for Jews from Czechoslovakia, but those who ended up there were most likely deported to the death camp at Chelmno. There they were they were crammed into the back of "gas vans" in groups of about 35 and asphyxiated by truck exhaust that was piped into the chamber. The Chelmno camp didn't become operational until December, 1941. Last residence: Kelleyova 6, Prague. The address no longer exists.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: V
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: V., Kelleygasse 6 [V., Kelleyova 6], c/o Klinger
transport C-928 (26.10.1941 Praha -> Lodž)

Klingerová, Pauline [b. 5.12.1882, Kunratice (Prague) - d. Ruská 18, Prague(?)]        
A daughter of Josef and Marie Klinger, she was known as Pavla in the family.  Pavla's first husband was Emil Kummermann, with whom she had three children. According to police conscription documents, she lived in Kutná Hora at some point, presumably with Emil who was from Lomec (a tiny village in the same area). Emil passed away c.1920's (at the latest) leaving her a widow. At some later date she married Karl Kropáček, an engineer and a Roman Catholic. I am fairly certain she remained married to Karl until well after the war and possibly until her death.  Evidently all three of Pavla's children were killed in the Shoah. Pavla was interned in the Terezín Ghetto on 7.11.1941 under category "Jüdin," but she was not deported to any other death or concentration camp, probably because of her marriage to a Roman Catholic.  She was later released, whether during or after the war is not clear, and returned to Ruská 18 in Vršovice. Note: "Mixed" marriages were extremely unusual, but I have read that during those horrible times women sometimes agreed to reject their Judaism in order to save their own lives or the lives of their children.  My father apparently visited and stayed with her at some point following the war.

Children:
Kummermann, Zdeněk
Kummermannová, Marta
Kummermannová, Vlasta

Klingerová, Rosa [b. 1857, Kunratice, Bohemia - d. ?] 
Rosa was the second daughter of Leopold and Anna Klinger, and the sister of my great-great-grandfather Josef.  Little is known other than that she married Josef Lustig (1852) and had 7 children.

Children:
Lustig, Emil (1882)
Lustig, Hugo (1876)
Lustig, Leo
Lustig, Otto
Lustig, Wilhelm
Lustigová, Marie (1880)
Lustigová, Olga (1884)

Klingerová, Zdeňka (1911) [b. 21.7.1911, Vršovice (Prague) - d. 21.12.1919, Vršovice]   
The younger daughter of Rudolf and Milada Klinger. Zdeňka died when she was 8 years old, and is buried with her grandparents in the New Jewish Cemetery in Prague. She was known as Zdeňička. Note the incorrect birthdate on the police conscription document.

Klingerova, Zdeňka (1922) [b. 23.9.1922, Štěrboholy 4 (Prague) - d. 26.1.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]       
The younger daughter of Leopold and Eliška Klinger. In the family Zdeňka was called Nunka. Zdeňka lived at home with her parents and sister until they were all deported to Terezín on 12 September 1942. The family were separated and Zdeňka and her sister Marie were deported to Auschwitz on 26 January 1943 where they were immediately "selected" for the gas chamber.  The transports to Auschwitz on 26.1.1943 are considered death transports because almost nobody on those transports survived the Shoah.  Last residence: Štěrboholy 135, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Štěrboholy
transport Bg-432 (12.09.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Cs-234 (26.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Kropáček, Karel [b. 15.3.1889, Hluboká nad Vltavou (České Budějovice), Bohemia - d. ?]    
The second husband of Pavla Klingerová. He was an engineer and most probably a Roman Catholic. The police conscription document shows a Karl Kropáček, engineer, but this is not definitively the same person. I've included it as a likely possibility. The Shoah image links above shows the Terezín internment card belonging to his wife - Karl is mentioned on the reverse. I have no other information on the life or fate this person.

Kummermann, Emil [b.1875, Velký Lomec, Bohemia - d. c.1920's?]
Emil was the first husband of Pavla Klingerová. He originated in "Gross Lomec near Kuttenberg" according to the conscription document; that would make him from a tiny village (hardly "gross," or groß in German) outside of Kutná Hora. Emil and Pavla had three children. It appears that they were married until he passed away sometime after 1920. There are quite a number of other Kummermanns in the Czech Police Conscription archive, but only a few of them may be related to Emil. Possible siblings: Gustav and Hermina.

Children:
Kummermann, Zdeněk
Kummermannová, Marta
Kummermannová, Vlasta

Kummermann, Zdeněk [b. 24.1.1903, Prague - d. c.1942, Majdanek, Poland]  
The only son of Emil and Pavla (née Klingerová) Kummermann. Zdeněk played on the Slavia football team in Prague, with the nickname "Kumr." No additional information is currently available. Last residence: Zlatnická 15, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: II
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: II., Goldschmiedgasse15 [II., Zlatnická 15]
transport Au 1-501 (15.05.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Ay-501 (17.05.1942 Terezín -> Lublin)

Kummermannová, Marta [b. 8.3.1907, Prague - d. c.1944, Auschwitz, Poland]  
A daughter of Emil and Pavla (née Klingerová) Kummermann. Marta married Karel Oplatka, roughly 16 years her senior, on 18 February 1932. Both ultimately perished in Auschwitz. It appears that they did not have any children. Last residence: Ruská 4, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XIII., Russische Strasse 4 [XIII., Ruská 4]
transport Ba-1019 (10.08.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Eo-47 (06.10.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Kummermannová, Vlasta [b.28.12.1920, Prague - d. c.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]
A daughter of Emil and Pavla (née Klingerová) Kummermann. Vlasta was killed in the Holocaust, but I have no specific information about her life before the war, or her fate.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: II
transport Ba-147 (10.08.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Dl-1185 (06.09.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)
Note: The above address information from the Czech Holocaust archive is incomplete.

Löwyová, Anna   [b. c.1825, Kunratice (Prague) - d. 31.7.1892, Kunratice (Prague)]  
Wife of Leopold Klinger (1819), Anna is my 3rd-great grandmother and matriarch of the modern Klinger family. Anna was born in the village of Šeberov, just next to Kunratice where her husband was born. According to the police conscription document, Leopold and Anna lived in Šeberov in 1882. Later they lived in Kunratice, where I believe they both passed away. Her Jewish name was "Gala."  Services for her passing were held at the Villa Morgenstern funeral home in Vršovice, but she was buried in Uhříněves next to her husband. Note the incorrect birthdate on the police conscription document. No further information is currently available.

Children:
Klinger, Karel (1847)
Klinger, Josef (1851)
Klingerová, Marie (1846)
Klingerová, Rosa

Lustig, Emil (1882) [b. 11.6.1882, Kouřim, Bohemia - d. c.1942, Malý Trostinec, Belarus]  
A son of Josef and Rosa (née Klingerová) Lustig, Emil was murdered at Malý Trostinec. It's very likely that he was staying with Leopold and Eliška in Štěrboholy at the time of his deportation as they were on the same transports and their registration numbers are sequential. Emil and Leopold were first cousins. There is no further information available.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Štěrboholy
transport Bg-435 (12.09.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Bn-844 (22.09.1942 Terezín -> Malý Trostinec)

Lustig, Hugo (1876) [b. 21.8.1876, Kouřim, Bohemia - d. c.1942, Treblinka, Poland]
A son of Josef and Rosa (née Klingerová) Lustig, Hugo was murdered at the Treblinka death camp.  There is no further information available. Last residence: Janovského 5, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: VII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: VII., Janovskýstrasse 5 [VII., Janovského ul. 5]
transport AAu-361 (27.07.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Bw-1388 (19.10.1942 Terezín -> Treblinka)

Lustig, Jakob [b. c.1850, Kolín, Bohemia (?) - d. 29.9.1889, Český Brod, Bohemia]
A son of Simon and Theresia (née Steinerová) Lustig. Jakob had 7 children with his first wife, the former Anna Bondyová, daughter of Wilhelm and Rosa Bondy. It seems that Anna passed away and Jakob remarried, to Paula Krausová. Evidently they had no children. Jakob is buried in the Jewish Cemetery in Přistoupim - a village just outside of Český Brod. No further information is currently available.

Children:
Lustig, Arthur
Lustig, Emil
Lustig, Hugo (?)
Lustig, Josef (?)
Lustigová, Hermine
Lustigová, Marie (?)
Lustigová, Olga (?)

Lustig, Josef (1852) [b. c.1852, Jičín-Češov(?), Bohemia - d. ?] 
Apparently the son of Simon and Theresia (née Steinerová) Lustig. Husband of Rosa Klingerová. I haven't been able to translate his occupation on the police conscription document yet. His origin is somewhat ambiguous, but there are many other Lustigs who came from the Češov area, which is very close to Jičín.

Children:
Lustig, Emil (1882)
Lustig, Hugo (1876)
Lustig, Leo
Lustig, Otto
Lustig, Wilhelm
Lustigová, Marie (1880)
Lustigová, Olga (1884)

Lustig, Leo [b. 16.8.1886, Kouřim/Kolín, Bohemia - d. c.1942, Auschwitz, Poland]
Leo was the second youngest son of Josef and Rosa (née Klingerová) Lustig. He was married to the former Ella Schwengerová and was a landowner by trade. A Page of Testimony (link to image included above) was submitted to Yad Vashem by Irma Marish, a relative of Leo's. Because the Page of Testimony exists, more data may be forthcoming. Last residence, somewhere in Sluštice, Bohemia.

narozen 16.08.1886
poslední bydliště před deportací: Sluštice
transport AAb-734 (05.06.1942 Kolín -> Terezín)
transport By-655 (26.10.1942 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Lustigová, Marie (1849) [b. 25.5.1849, Kolín, Bohemia - d. 29.2.1940, Prague]  
Marie was married to Karel Klinger, the brother of my great-great-grandfather Josef Klinger. She appears to be the sister of Josef Lustig (1852) , who married Karel's sister Rosa Klingerová. Karel and Marie were prolific and had an astounding 12 (possibly 13) children. Her origin is ambiguous; the police conscription document appears to have her listed as being from Přebuz, but is also appears to show her from Kolín. Her children were born in Třebovle, Kouřim, and what appears to be Otice; although Třebovle, Kouřim, and Kolín are close to one another, Otice is nearly to the Polish border in the east. Likewise, Přebuz on the German border in the west. Very confusing.  Karel and Marie are buried in the New Jewish Cemetery in Prague so regardless of where they originated, they ultimately passed away in Prague.

Children:
Klinger, Gustav
Klingerová, Hermine
Klingerová, Berta
Klinger, Rudolf (1876)
Klinger, Emil
Klinger, Josef (1883)
Klinger, Arthur
Klinger, Hugo (1886)
Klingerová, Emilie
Klinger, Otto
Klingerová, Olga (1890)
Klingerová, Irma

Oesterreicher, Josef [b. c.1844, Brazdím (Brandýs), Bohemia ? - d. 22.11.1918, Brandýs, Bohemia]
My great-great-grandfather. The whole of the Oesterreicher family were from Brazdím, a little town on the outskirts of Brandýs nad Labem, just northeast of Prague. Josef was a businessman/merchant of some kind. He married the former Salie Picková, about whom I have no information at this time, except her date and place of death. It appears they had only the four children I've specified here. He is buried in the Jewish cemetery in Brandýs along with his wife.

Children:
Oesterreicher, Hugo
Oesterreicherová, Hermine
Oesterreicherová, Malvine
Oesterreicherová, Milada

Oesterreicher, Hugo [b. 2.6.1894, Brazdím (Brandýs), Bohemia - d. Valdivia, Chile ? ]  
The (only?) son of Josef and Salie (née Picková) Oesterreicher. I believe this is the brother of my great-grandmother Milada Oesterreicherová. The conscription documents show his occupation was "private official." I know for a fact that Hugo escaped to South America prior to or during the war, where he settled and had a family. I still have relatives in Santiago, Chile who run a dental equipment business based in Providencia (a district in Santiago). Other than that, I have no information and have been unable to establish communication with them. So if you're out there Chilean relatives, please give me a call or shoot me an email.

Oesterreicherová, Hermine [b. 25.2.1884, Brazdím (Brandýs), Bohemia - d. c.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]
A daughter of Josef and Salie (née Picková) Oesterreicher. Hermine married Gotthold Freudenfeld and had at least one child. In the family she was called "Herma," a common Czech diminutive for Hermine. No further information is currently available. Last residence, Schlözerova 16, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XII., Schlözerstrasse 16 [XII., Schlözerova 16]
transport De-336 (05.07.1943 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Dr-517 (15.12.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Freudenveld, Vilém

Oesterreicherová, Malvine [b. 10.6.1882, Brazdím (Brandýs), Bohemia - d. c.1943, Majdanek, Poland]
A daughter of Josef and Salie (née Picková) Oesterreicher. Malvine married Rudolf Pereles and had at least two children. In the family she was called "Malva," a common Czech diminutive for Malvine. No further information is currently available, and the fates of her husband and sons are unknown. Last residence, Veletržní 13, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: II
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: VII., Messestrasse 13 [VII., Veletržní 13]
transport Au 1-819 (15.05.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Ay-819 (17.05.1942 Terezín -> Lublin)

Children:
Pereles, Benno
Pereles, Franz

Oesterreicherová, Milada [b. 1.4.1888, Brazdím (Brandýs), Bohemia - d. c.1944, Auschwitz, Poland]    
A daughter of Josef and Salie (née Picková) Oesterreicher. Milada was my great-grandmother and married Rudolf Klinger at the Hotel Bristol, Prague, on 25.10.1908. She was sometimes known as Milka or Mila in the family. Her family were from just outside of Brandýs and as such I haven't found any documentation on them as yet. We have living relatives in Chile who are descendents of Milada's brother Hugo.  I know that Hugo Oesterreicher was in touch with Milada, Rudolf, and family before the Holocaust, and that he did not know what happened to them. In 1944, he enlisted the services of a Swiss organization to help determine their whereabouts, but I don't know the results of his inquiries. Hugo may have been in touch with Yad Vashem at some point as well. It appears that Milada's husband Rudolf died on her birthday in 1942, about one month before she was deported to Terezín. Last residence: Ruská 20/562 in Vršovice, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XIII., Russische Strasse 20 [XIII., Ruská 20]
transport Au-823 (12.05.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Em-1397 (01.10.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Klingerová, Kamila
Klingerová, Zdeňka (1911)
Klinger, František
Klinger, Karel
Klinger, Zdeněk

Oplatka, Karel [b. 3.9.1891, Kostelec nad Labem (near Brandýs), Bohemia - d. c. 1944, Auschwitz, Poland]  
Karel was the youngest of four children born to Ferdinand and Johanna (née Gross) Oplatka. Note the incorrect name for his mother on one of the two conscription documents (listed incorrectly as Jeannetta). He married Marta Kummermannová on 18 February 1932 in Prague. Apparently they did not have any children. Karel perished in the Holocaust. Last residence, Ruská 4, Prague, with his wife.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XIII
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XIII., Russische Strasse 4 [XIII., Ruská 4]
transport Ba-479 (10.08.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Ek-1826 (28.09.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Seidl, Rudolf [b. 31.5.1875, ? - d. 30.12.1941, Łódź / Chelmno, Poland]
Medical doctor Rudolf Seidl was the husband of Olga Klingerová (1890). He was killed in the Holocaust. The deporation to Łódź (a ghetto) is curious as deportation of Czech Jews had not started in full at this early date, and there was evidently no holdover at Terezín for either Rudolf or his wife.  Łódź was a similiarly uncommon destination for Jews from Czechoslovakia, but those who ended up there were most likely deported to the death camp at Chelmno. There they were they were crammed into the back of "gas vans" in groups of about 35 and asphyxiated by truck exhaust that was piped into the chamber. The Chelmno camp didn't become operational until December, 1941, so Rudolf and Olga were probably some of the first victims of the Nazis at this death camp. Last residence: Kelleyova 6, Prague. The address no longer exists.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: V
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: V., Kelleygasse 6 [V., Kelleyova 6], c/o Klinger
transport C-925 (26.10.1941 Praha -> Lodž)
zahynul 30.12.1941 Łódź

Silberstern, Arnošt [b. 16.8.1913, Libaň, Bohemia ? - d. 8.2.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]
A son of Karel and Marie (née Haimová) Silberstern. No specific data on his life are available, but Yad Vashem reports his death occurred 8 February 1943 in Auschwitz, as recorded in a Nazi death book - the same day as his cousin Viktor. Last residence: somewhere in Libaň, Bohemia.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Libáň
transport Cl-363 (13.01.1943 Mladá Boleslav -> Terezín)
transport Cq-21 (20.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Silberstern, Rudolf [b. 27.11.1887, Sopřeč, Bohemia ? - d. c.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]
The husband of the former Marie Kleinová. Rudolf and Marie had at least one son. All of Rudolf's family and most or all other Silbersterns perished in the Shoah. No further information is currently available. Last residence: somewhere in Žaravice, Bohemia (near Sopřeč and Přelouč).

poslední bydliště před deportací: Žaravice
transport Cg-123 (09.12.1942 Pardubice -> Terezín)
transport Ct-692 (29.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Silberstern, Viktor (1917)

Silberstern, Siegmund [b. 26.3.1880, Sopřeč, Bohemia ? - d. c.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]
The husband of the former Anna Haimová. The Czech Holocaust archives have him listed as Zikmund. According to the Czech Holocaust archives their last residence was Drahobejlova 60, Prague, but it appears they were deported from Tábor. The Cq transport was one of a number of transports from Terzín to Auschwitz during early 1943; almost none of the prisoners on those trains survived the Holocaust, and most were sent directly to the gas chambers. No further information is currently available.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Mladá Vožice
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: VIII., Drahobejlstrasse 60 [VIII., Drahobejlova 60]
transport Cb-535 (16.11.1942 Tábor -> Terezín)
transport Cq-951 (20.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Silberstern, Viktor (1906)
{ Silberstern, Josef }

Silberstern, Viktor (1906) [b. 16.1.1906, ? - d. 8.2.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]
A son of Siegmund and Anna (née Haimová) Silberstern. No further information is currently available. Last residence unclear, but because the deportation numbers are sequential he was almost certainly with his parents. Yad Vashem reports his death occurred 8 February 1943 in Auschwitz, as recorded in a Nazi death book - the same day as his cousin Arnošt. Probable last residence: somewhere in Mladá Vožice.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Mladá Vožice
transport Cb-537 (16.11.1942 Tábor -> Terezín)
transport Cq-953 (20.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Silberstern, Viktor (1917) [b. 8.12.1917, ? - d. c.1943, Auschwitz, Poland]
A son of Rudolf and Marie (née Kleinová) Silberstern. No further information is currently available. Probable last residence: somewhere in Žaravice, very near Sopřeč where his family most likely originated.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Žaravice
transport Cg-125 (09.12.1942 Pardubice -> Terezín)
transport Ct-694 (29.01.1943 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Steinerová, Theresia [b. c.1814 - d. 10.9.1884, Kouřim, Bohemia]
Theresia was the wife of Simon Lustig and parents of 5 children including Klinger family members Josef and Marie Lustig. While at this time I have not conclusively determined Simon & Theresia's relationship (and thus that of their children) to the Klinger family line, I believe it to be the case based on the available facts and circumstances. See notes.

Her obituary roughly reads, in part: "Her death revealed the will of God, in the 70th year of life in old age. Her mortal remains will be transferred from Kouřim to Kolín on 12 September, where at 11 o'clock in the morning morning the funeral will be."

Interestingly, her daughter Eleonore married one Karl Kleiner and her son Anna Krausová, neither of whom was necessarily Jewish. Both names were common to Germanic/Catholic families, even though many Jews also had those names. Jakob married Anna Bondyová who was most likely Jewish. Interfaith marriage was rather uncommon so this possibility is worth noting. No further information is currently available.

Children:
Lustig, Alois
Lustig, Jakob
Lustig, Josef
Lustigová, Eleonore
Lustigová, Marie (1849)

Taussiková, Otilie [b. 7.2.1889, Chotěboř, Bohemia - d. c.1944, Auschwitz, Poland]
Otilie was the wife of Josef Klinger (1883).  Her parents were Ignatz and Rosalia (née Jerusalemová), from Podhořany and Chotěboř respectively. Otilie perished in the Shoah along with her husband and son. Last residence: třida Matyáše Brauna 46, Prague, which no longer exists.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Praha: XVI
adresa/místo registrace v Protektorátu: Praha: XVI., Mat. Braun Strasse 46 [XVI., tř. Matyáše Brauna 46]
transport Am-755 (24.04.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Eb-520 (18.05.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Klinger, Hanuš
Klinger, Ferdinand
Klinger, Karel (Charles Keith)

Ungerová, Rosalia [b. c.1816, Radošovice, Bohemia ? - d. 25.2.1879, Prague]
It's not clear where Rosa originated, but she was the wife of Samuel Kafka and matriarch of this Kafka family tree. She and Samuel had 8 children. According to her obituary, she died from heart failure at the age of 63. Four of her brothers and sisters were in attendance. No further information is currently available.

Children:
Kafka, Angelus
Kafka, Friedrich
Kafka, Heinrich
Kafka, Moritz
Kafková, Johanna
Kafková, Henriette
Kafková, Theresie
Kafková, Wilhelmine

Veselá, Eliška [b. 13.9.1898, Tupadly-Časlav, Bohemia - d. 6.11.1944, Auschwitz, Poland]      
Eliška, or Ela as she was sometimes called, was from a very large, prominent Jewish family in the Časlav area. Her father was Alexander Veselý and her mother was Cecilie Wohryzková. Please see Karel Fous' superlative genealogical study of the Veselý family for more detailed information on Ela's background. She married Leopold Klinger on 30.11.1919 at the Hotel Bristol, in Prague, and they had two daughters . They were all killed in the Shoah.  The Czech Holocaust archive has her listed as "Elsa" Klingerová. Last residence, Štěrboholy 135, Prague.

poslední bydliště před deportací: Štěrboholy
transport Bg-430 (12.09.1942 Praha -> Terezín)
transport Eo-210 (06.10.1944 Terezín -> Osvětim)

Children:
Klingerová, Marie (1920)
Klingerová, Zdeňka (1922)


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