Opa Karl Pfifferling's List
This is the list that Opa Karl made of the 30 people in his family that died in The Shoah.
Using the Pfifferling & Katzenstein Family Trees & The Memorial Book of the Federal Archives for the Victims of the Persecution of Jews in Germany (1933-1945) I have compiled a list of the relatives of my Opa Karl who perished in The Shoah. The number of Opa's family members who perished is actually 68. The number of family members of all four of my grandparents who perished in the Shoah is actually 120 (that I know of) On my mother's side 76, on my father's side 44.
Opa Karl's parents had a total of 21 siblings.
Opa had 30 first cousins, 15 of whom were killed in the Shoah.
(Unless otherwise noted, Cousin = first cousin.)
Sander Pfifferling side:
1. Cousin: Benjamin Beno Apt, declared dead Warsaw Ghetto 31 Mar 1942.
2. Cousin/wife: Klara, Henni (Sommer) Apt declared dead Warsaw Ghetto 31 Mar 1942.
3. Sister: Paula (Pfifferling) Rosenberg, died 23 Sep 1942 Treblinka
4. Brother in law: Julius Rosenberg, died 23 Sep 1942 Treblinka
5. Niece: Charlotte Lotte (Rosenberg) Steinberg, died Sep 1942 Auschwitz
6. Niece/husband Bertold Steinberg, died Sep 1942 Auschwitz
7. Niece/daughter Marion Steinberg, died Sep 1942 Auschwitz
8. Brother in law: Arthur Gortatowski, died 1942, Piaski Ghetto
9. Brother Joseph Julius Pfifferling, died 16 May 1938 Buchenwald
10. Brother: Friedrich Fritz Pfifferling , died 2 Oct 1942 Shanghai
11. Cousin: Sander (Alexander) Pfifferling, died August 1942 Theresienstadt
12. Cousin/wife: Auguste (Reiss) Pfifferling, died August 1942 Theresienstadt
13. Cousin: Salomon Pfifferling, died Mar 1942 Riga Ghetto
14. Cousin/wife: Selma (Rebbock) Pfifferling, died Mar 1942 Riga Ghetto
15. Cousin: Friederike (Pfifferling) Stern, died May 1945 Lublin Ghetto
16. Cousin/husband: Abraham Stern, died May 1945 Lublin Ghetto
17. Cousin/daughter: Frieda Stern, died Nov 1941 Minsk Ghetto
18. Cousin/daughter/husband: David Formann, died Nov 1941 Minsk Ghetto
19. Cousin/daughter/son: Egon Formann, died Nov 1941 Minsk Ghetto
20. Cousin/daughter: Hertha Stern, died 8 May 1945 Auschwitz
21. Cousin/daughter: Erna Stern,died 8 May 1945 Auschwitz
22. Cousin: Sara Pfifferling, died Mar 1942 Riga Ghetto
23. Cousin: Louis/Levy Simon Pfifferling, died 28 Sep 1944 Auschwitz
24. Cousin/wife: Klara (Badmann) Pfifferling, died 11 Jan 1943 Theresienstadt
25. Cousin/son: Horst Pfifferling, died Oct 1944 Auschwitz
26. Cousin: Margarete (Pfifferling) Coffeld, died 2 Mar 1943 Auschwitz
27.Cousin/husband: Benno Coffeld, died 2 Mar 1943 Auschwitz
28. Cousin/daughter: Margot Coffeld, died 19 Apr 1943 Auschwitz
29. Cousin/daughter: Lieselotte Edith Coffeld, died 30 Sep 1942 Auschwitz
30.Cousin: Johanna Pfifferling, died 10 May 1942 Ghetto Belzce
31. Cousin: Arthur Pfifferling, died 29 Oct 1941 Buchenwald
32. Ciusin/wife: Johanna (Katz) Pfifferling, died 1942 Ghetto Belzyce
33. Cousin/son: Edgar Joseph Pfifferling, died 29 Sep 1944 Auschwitz
34. Cousin/son: Heinz Erich Pfifferling, died 17 Mar 1945 Mauthhausen
35. Cousin: Friedrich Pfifferling, died 1945 Bergen-Belsen
36.Cousin/son Heinz Rolf Pfifferling 17 Mar 1945 Mauthhausen
37. Cousin/son Werner Pfifferling 19 Jan 1945 Buchenwald
38. Second cousin: Lena Pfifferling, died 20Feb 1943 Theresienstadt
39. Second cousin/daughter: Bertha (Pfifferling) Friessner, died 1942 Sobibor
40. Second cousin/husband: Joseph Friessner, died 1942 Sobibor
41. Second cousin/son: Max Friessner, died 1942 Sobibor
42. Second cousin/son: Karl Friessner, died 1942 Sobibor
43. Second cousin/daughter: Kathe Pfifferling, died 9 Dec 1941 Riga Ghetto
44. Second cousin/daughter: Frieda (Pfifferling) Maier, died 9 Dec 1941 to Riga Ghetto
45. Second cousin/daughter/husband: Julius Maier, died 9 Dec 1941 to Riga Ghetto
46. Second cousin/daughter/son: Erich Maier, died 9 Dec 1941 to Riga Ghetto
47. Second cousin: Joseph Pfifferling, died 1 Oct 1940 Brandenburg (Euthanasia)
48. Cousin: Henry Pfifferling, died 8 Nov 1941 Minsk Ghetto
Emilie Katzenstein side:
49. Cousin: Alfred Katzenstein, died 3 June 1942 Sobibor
50. Cousin/wife: Pauline (Gutmann) Katzenstein, died 3 June 1942 Sobibor
(Pauline was also Oma Julchen's first cousin.)
51. Cousin: Jenny Katzenstein, died 21 Jan 1942 Ghetto Riga
52. Cousin/husband: Fritz Friedman, died 30 Oct 1942 Shanghai
53. Cousin/daughter: Esther Friedman, died 24 Aug 1943 Shanghai
54. Cousin: Dr Ludwig Katzenstein, died 2 May 1943 Auschwitz
55. Cousin/wife: Anna (Oppenheimer) Katzenstein, died 27 Feb 1943 Auschwitz
56. Cousin: Friedrich Fritz Katzenstein, died 21 Jan 1942 Ghetto Riga
57. Aunt: Fanny Fromchen (Kahn) Katzenstein, died 29 Sep 1942 Treblinka
58. Aunt: Bertha Katzenstein, died 3 Nov 1942 Shanghai, China
59. Second cousin: Margot Fulda, died 28 May Sobibor
60. Second cousin: Helen Schnadig, died Auschwitz 28 Oct 1944
61. Second cousin's husband: Emil Cohn, died Auschwitz 28 Oct 1944
62. Cousin: Dina (Katzenstein) Feldheim, died Auschwitz 18 May 1944
63. Cousin/husband: Isaak Feldheim, died 10 April 1944 Theresienstadt
64. Cousin: Ludwig Stern, died 8 May 1942 Chelmno
65. Cousin: Hedwig Stern, died 10 May 1942 Belzyce
66. Second cousin: Meta Goldmann, died 11 Jul 1942 Auschwitz
67. Second cousin's husband: Adolf Hammerschlag, died 11 Jul 1942 Auschwitz
68. Second cousin's husband: Alexander Joel, died 21 Dec 1942 Theresienstadt