Hausmann family
The Hausmann family was integrated into the local community of Mainbernheim and part of the citizenry until they too left their home under the pressure of the Third Reich in 1939 to escape persecution. The Hausmanns moved to Nuremberg, but even there they were unable to escape the terror of Nazi rule.
Hausmann family
The Hausmann family was integrated into the local community of Mainbernheim and part of the citizenry until they too left Mainbernheim under the pressure of the "Third Reich" in 1939 to escape the persecution to which Jewish fellow citizens were also subjected in our town. They moved to Nuremberg, but even there they were unable to escape the terror of Nazi rule and were deported by train to Riga in November 1941 to the Jungfernhof concentration camp, where their mother Frieda and her eleven and eight-year-old children Heinz and Rosi were shot in the Bikernieki forest in March 1942. Heinz
His father, Sigmund Hausmann, who was classified as fit for work, was sent to Stutthof for labor deployment. He also never returned and was declared dead.
Peter Kraus
Seven-year-old Heinz Hausmann (center) with his classmates Julius Göttemann (left) and Erich Strohmeier (right). Photo: Archive Kurt Kraus