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| Name |
Henny Schermann |
| Date of Birth |
February 19, 1912 |
Place of Birth |
Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Henny's parents met soon after her father emigrated from Russia. Henny was the first of the Jewish couple's two daughters and a son. Frankfurt was an important center of commerce, banking, industry and the arts. |
| 1933 - 1939: After the Nazis came to power, they began to persecute a large number of "undesirable" groups, including Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, the handicapped, and left-wing politicians. After 1938, as one way of identifying Jews, a Nazi ordinance decreed that "Sara" was to be added in official papers to the first name of all Jewish women. Twenty-four-year-old Henny was working as a shop assistant, and was living with her family in Frankfurt. |
| 1940 - 1944: In early 1940 Henny was arrested in Frankfurt and deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp for women. On the back of her prisoner photo was written: "Jenny (sic) Sara Schermann, born February 19, 1912, Frankfurt am Main. Unmarried shopgirl in Frankfurt am Main. Licentious lesbian, only visited such [lesbian] bars. Avoided the name 'Sara.' Stateless Jew." |
| Henny was among a number of Ravensbrueck prisoners selected for extermination. In 1942 Henny was gassed at the Bernburg killing facility. |
| Notes |
Identification pictures of Henny Schermann, Jew and lesbian.
© Stadtarchiv Nuernberg
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