Jewish Women who lived in Dortmund, Germany

877 Records

Holocaust · Women · Victims · Westphalia · Germany

Background

Christel Botterbusch, a member of the Dortmund women's organization Spinnennetz (Spider's Web), prepared a list of approximately 870 Jewish women who lived in Dortmund, Germany between 1930 and 1943. The information was taken from various sources, such as records held by the Dortmund city archives, reports from survivors, and various books. Sources are given in each case. She specifically requested that this file be made available on JewishGen.

Fields Recorded

The fields of the database are as follows:

Number

Surname

Given Name

Maiden Name

Date of Birth

Place of Birth

Date of Death

Place of Death

Notes/Comments (This column has a variety of information, such as last address in Dortmund, profession, source of information, date of deportation)

Notes/Comments (Rough translation of the German Notes / Comments)

Sources (see below).

The table that can be used to determine the source(s) used for each of the records within the database, can be found below:

Record sources

Source	English Translation of Source	Source in German Per Original Document
A	American Post-WWII List of Jewish Camp Survivors and Victims (www.jewishgen.org)	Post-WWII American-compiled list of Jews, camp survivors and victims, www.jewishgen.org
AA	Listing of Displaced Children Without Parents in Zabiczyn	Liste verschleppter Kinder ohne Eltern in Zabiczyn
AB	Local paper, Dortmund, 1989	Dortmunder Lokalpresse 1989
AC	Lore Junge, "Ill-fated, Tormented and Murdered" Dortmund 1996	Lore Junge, Verfolgt gepeinigt ermordet, Dortmund 1996
AD	Contributions to the History of the Hörde District (Dortmund) o.J.	Beiträge zur Geschichte des Dortmunder Stadtteils Hörde, Dortmund, o. J.
AE	Resistance 1981	Widerstand 1981
AF	Wilhelm Baum, WR 28 Jun 2002	Wilhelm Baum, WR 28.6.2002
AG	Listing of the Jews from Würzburg (www.jewishgen.org)	Liste Würzburger Juden jewishgen.com
AH		Uwe Bitzel „Damit kein Grad darüber wächst“, Dortmund 1988
AJ	Westphalian Newspaper 01 Mar 2003	Westfälische Rundschau 1.3.2003
AK	Christoph Moß in: Jews in Ruhrgebiet, May 1999; Portrait of the Jewish Social Democrat Jeanette Wolff and Andrea Zupancic in: Heimat Dortmund 3/97	Christoph Moß in: Juden im Ruhrgebiet, Mai 1999; Porträt der jüdischen Sozialdemokratin Jeanette Wolff v. Andrea Zupancic in: Heimat Dortmund 3/97, S.20 23
AL		„Wer etwas zu sagen hat ...“ 1954 1994
B	Register of Jewish Tradesmen (Files 122/167 and 122/215)	Verzeichnis der jüdischen Gewerbetreibenden Bestand 122/167 and 122/215
C	Evacuation Listings of the Alimentation Office 18 Nov 1941 (City Archives; file 182.8)	Evakuierungsliste des Ernährungsamtes 18.11.41, Stadtarchiv Bestand 182.8
D	Listing of the Jews from Westphalia (www.jewishgen.org)	Liste westfälischer Juden, (www.jewishgen.org)
E	Stutthoff Listings (www.jewishgen.org)	Stutthoff Liste, (www.jewishgen.org)
F	Resistance and Persecution (2002)	Widerstand und Verfolgung (2002)
G	Noczynski: The Community's Jews in Office - Aplerbeck, Dortmund 1995	Noczynski: Die jüdische Gemeinde im Amt Aplerbeck, Dortmund 1995
H	Listings of the Tax Payments on Jewish Assets, (City Archives; file 173/3)	Auszahlungsliste über den Einsatz des jüdischen Vermögens, Stadtarchiv, Bestand 173/3
I	Exhibition Steinwache	Ausstellung Steinwache
J	Theresienstadt Listings	Theresienstadt Liste
K	List of Jews in the Military (www.jewishgen.org)
L	Rolf Klein in the WR(?)	Rolf Klein in der WR
M	Life Report From Ida Zschalig, (Dortmund City Archives-Unregistered File)	Lebensbericht von Ida Zschalig, unverzeichneter Bestand Stadtarchiv Dortmund
N	A. Herzig: Displacement (Repression) and Destruction of the Jews in Westfalien, Münster 1994	A. Herzig Verdrängung und Vernichtung der Juden in Westfalen, Münster 1994
O	Essen Yizkor Book	Essener Gedenkbuch
P	Lecture of Ida Zschalig 1981	Vortrag von Ida Zschalig 1981, ehemann Eugen
Q	Records in the City Archives	Akte Stadtarchiv
R	"Aufbau" 31 August 1945 Return from Theresienstadt listing	Aufbau 31 aus 8/45 Rückwandererliste aus Theresienstadt
S	Berlin’s Invisible Holocaust Victims (www.jewishgen.org)	Berlin’s invisible Holocaust victims, (www.jewishgen.org)
T	Heimat Dortmund Jan 1996	Heimat Dortmund 1/96
U	Rosh Hashana 1945	Rosch Haschana 1945
V	Knipping: History of the Jews in Dortmund During the Third Reich, Dortmund 1977	Knipping, "Die Geschichte der Juden in Dortmund während der Zeit des Dritten Reichs", Dortmund 1977
W	Renée Kraus – Würdigung, Lebensbild	Renée Kraus – Würdigung, Lebensbild
X	History Workshop Dortmund, "Dortmunder Reader," Dortmund 1984	Geschichtswerkstatt Dortmund, Dortmunder Lesebuch, Dortmund 1984
Y	Journal "Aufbau" Jg.11, Ausg. 7, 16 Feb 1945	Aufbau Jg.11, Ausg. 7, 16.2.45
Z	Lila Blätter Interview May 1999	Lila Blätter 5/99, Interview

Acknowledgements

Peter Landé submitted the data on behalf of Ms. Botterbusch. Inquiries may be sent to Ms. Botterbusch at info@c-botterbusch.de.

We extend our special thanks to Edward Mitelsbach for his excellent translation of the Notes/Comments and Sources fields and to Nolan Altman for his reformatting of the data.

Peter Landé
May 2004

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