Memorial Wall Profiles

The Nashville Holocaust Archival Project

Through this new website link, the Nashville Holocaust Memorial Committee is proud to present an additional means by which the community can learn about and honor victims and survivors of the Holocaust.

Local family members of victims and survivors submitted names to be included on the walls of the Nashville Holocaust Memorial. Birth and death sites were sometimes noted, but further information about these individuals was often lacking. In order to remedy this problem, a research project was established so that the stories behind the names incised on the Memorial wall could be gathered before it was too late.

More than fifty family members submitted information or were interviewed for this project, all of whom kindly offered anecdotes and other fragments of memories about their family relatives. Some, who survived the Holocaust, recounted their own stories. On occasion, family lore was supplemented by other types of documentation, such as photographs, passports, letters, and memoirs, now stored at the Jewish community archives. Sometimes, these brief accounts on each individual honored are all that remain about his or her struggle.

The work for this project was directed by Felicia Anchor, the chairwoman of the Nashville Holocaust Memorial Committee. All interviews and research were conducted by Gwynn Thayer from 2008 to 2010. Funding for the project came from a grant from the Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee and private donors.

Please click on the names below to read their accompanying biographies. If a name is not underlined, a biography is not available at this time.

The number following the name signifies the panel that it is engraved on at the Memorial. An asterisk after the name means that photos or other archival documents are included.

A

Berek Abram, 4

Bernard Abram, 4

Pola Abram, 4

Dorka Abramczyk, 4

Fajga Abramczyk, 4

Heniek Abramczyk, 4

Maniusa Abramczyk, 4

Moniek Abramczyk, 4

Sala Abramczyk, 4

Szaja Abramczyk, 4

Gershon Anchor, 7

Mary Gold Anchor, 7

Ben Aranowicz, 7

Chana Aranowicz, 7

Ruchel Aranowicz, 7

Sheindl Aranowicz, 7

Shmuel Aranowicz, 7

B

Edith Simon Babich, 3

Ruth Simon Babich, 3

Bernat Bergida, 3

Rosa Schwartz Bergida, 3

Bella Eisenman Blumenfeld, 1

Blimka Blumenfeld, 1

Lodka Blumenfeld, 1

Shlomo Hirsh Blumenfeld, 1

Bukengolts Family, 9

C

Moritz Choinowski, 7

David Chojnacki, 3*

Ester Chojnacki, 3*

Wolf Chojnacki, 3

Frances Schlessinger Cutler, 9*

D

Sadie Davis, 11

Saul Davis, 11

Gustav Dobrin, 5

Elizabeth Dobrzynski, 5

Mira Dobrzynski, 5

Sophie Dobrzynski, 5

F

Simcha Fajgenbaum, 7

Sidney Faye, 7

Bronka Figlarz, 7

Fela Markowicz Figlarz, 7

Goldie Aranowicz Figlarz, 7

Mania Figlarz, 7

Mordka Figlarz, 7

Natacha Figlarz, 7

Rivka Lichtenstein Fisher, 2

Chaim David Floch, 12

Sonia Floch, 12

Abe Freeman, 4

Ester Freeman, 4

Curt Freudenthal, 9

G

Hilda Simon Gernsheimer, 3

Abraham Gliksman, 3

Adela Gliksman, 3

Hesch David Gliksman, 3

Laya Gliksman, 3

Mortcha Gliksman, 3

Sura Rosa Gliksman, 3

Szyja Gliksman, 3

Ester Hohnisch Gluck, 3

Leib Gluck, 3

Leon Goldstein, 9

Pearl Jacobovitz Greenbaum, 4

Solomon Shlomo Greenbaum, 4

Jachet Daniel Gril, 7

Szlama Lejzor Gril, 7

Griliches Family, 10

Bert Growald, 2

Eva Luria Growald, 2

Ursula Growald, 2

Alfred David Gruen, 12

Irma Schlorch Gruen, 12

Joseph Stephen Gruen, 12

Joseph Guggenheim, 2

Julius Guttmann, 1

H

Isidor Haas, 4

Hauptman Family, 12*

Phillip Hecht, 2

Harry Heinemann, 3

Manfred Heinemann, 3

Sabina Heinemann, 3

Solli Heinemann, 3

Chana Kirszenberg Heitler, 8

Judka Joe Heitler, 8

Emile Heymann, 2

Gitel Hirshkovitz, 11

Hedwig Husarzewski, 1

K

Cyla Lindenberg Kahane, 9

Fanny Lindenberg Kahane, 9

Shlomo Zalman Kahane, 9

Kahane Family, 9

Isaak Kahn, 5

Max Kahn, 5

Paula Kahn, 5

Siegfried Kahn, 5*

Yetta Gottman Kasman, 8

Betty Katz, 10

Esther Kirszenberg, 8

Josef Anszel Kirszenberg, 8

Regina Kirszenberg, 8

Gerda Weissman Klein, 1

Jerome S. Klein, 3

Olga Klein, 3

Solomon Klein, 3

Manya Kogan, 5

Dvoyra Kohn, 1

Kolenbrener Family, 8

Esther Silberstein Krause, 12

Jerry Krause, 12

Bernard Ksionzenicki, 1

Ruza (Rosa) Ksionzenicki, 1

Urek Ksionzenicki, 1

L

Shaya Landau, 9

Theresa F. Lapidus, 9

Kurt Hans Lepehne, 8

Margarete Neuberg Lepehne, 8

Helena Bergida Levenson, 3

Heinrich Levisohn, 10

Käthe Levisohn, 10

Rudolf Levy, 5

Moses Lewin, 4

Ernestine Lichtenstein, 10

Mira Lifschitz, 3

Elizabeth Limor, 5

Irvin Limor, 5

Menachem Limor, 5

Lindenberg Family, 9

Itzchak Lipszyc, 5

Izrael Hersz Lipszyc, 5

Mirla Leskowicz Lipszyc, 5

Moniek Mendel Lipszyc, 5

Wowek Lipszyc, 5

Esther Loeb, 8

Miriam Lichtenstein Lomas, 2

Esther Lichtenstein Lubocki, 2

Howard Lutz, 2

Ruth Lutz, 2

M

Esther Maiden, 10

Mendel Maiden, 10

Reisel Maiden, 10

Tillie Maiden, 10

Yankel Maiden, 10

Yitzra Maiden, 10

Yossell Maiden, 10

Sol Marko, 12*

Sonia Stul Marko, 12*

Amalia Neulander Markovits, 2

Bela Markovits, 2

Eva Markovits, 2

Irving Markowicz, 7

Fanny Hecht Marx, 2

Raphael Marx

Mortimer May*

Rosemary Cremer May, 10

Esther Sperling Mayden, 10

Jack Mayden, 10

Caroline Mayer, 10

Hermine Mayer, 10

Ruth Mayer, 10

Berale Minuskin, 6

Shepsele Minuskin, 6

Aaron Mordkowski, 8, 12

Rachel Mordkowski, 8, 12

Zavel Mordkowski, 1, 12

Berthold Moses, 9

Clara Moses, 9

Emma Moses, 9

Moskovitz Family, 7

N

David Naft, 1

Lea Naft, 1

Alice Rosenblum Nehaus, 6

Livia Schneider Newman, 10

Leon Notowicz, 7

Niunia Notowicz, 7

Osias Joshua Notowicz, 7

Abraham Nussen, 6

Berrel Nussen, 6

Edith Nussen, 6

Moshe Nussen, 6

Shoshana Nussen, 6

O

Rachel Olsky, 4

P

Yehuda “Joe” Penner, 11

Chaya “Helen” Penner, 11

Moses Polus, 1

Rosalie Husarzewski Polus, 1

Erna Kahn Preis, 5*

Fritz Preis, 5*

Hermine Preis, 5

Ignaz Preis, 5*

R

Eric Rapp, 2

Paula Rapp, 2

Clara Geismer Reinheimer, 12

Israel Reinheimer, 12

Rosa Grunpeter Ritter, 10

Hannah Rose, 2

Kurt A. Rose, 9

Leo Rose, 2

Werner Rose, 2

Johanna Rosenberg, 10

Joseph Rosenberg, 7*

David “Doodie” Rosenblum, 6*

Edith Rosenblum*

Josef Rosenblum, 6

Nachman Berkl Rosenblum, 1

Rivka Rosenblum, 6

Tibor Rosenblum, 6

Yehuda Rosenblum, 6

Yentu Nussen Rosenblum, 6

Else Rosendahl, 2*

Hermann Rosendahl, 2*

Emilie Mayer Rosenfeld, 8

Eric Rosenfeld, 8

Eva Ruth L. Rosenfeld, 8

Hannelore Rosenfeld, 8

Herbert Rosenfeld, 8

Herman Rosenfeld, 8

Rosenzweig Family, 10

Buzya Roytershtein, 5

S

Max Salberg, 3

Mira Salberg, 3

Aron Schlanger, 11*

Esther Schlanger, 11*

Esther Weiss Schlanger, 9

Feiga Schlanger, 11*

Jack Schlanger, 11

Leah Jacubowitz Schlanger, 11*

William Schlanger, 9, 11*

Yisrual Leib Schlanger, 11*

Ida Schmidek, 7

Emma Griliches Schneider, 10

Rudolf Schneider, 10

Schneider Family, 10

Tere Weiss Schonberger, 9

Leib Seidner, 1

Sheindl Seidner, 1

Itzik Shlomovich, 1

Laje/Leja “Lotti” Silberspitz, 12

Ilse Simon, 3

Karl Simon, 3

Selma Katz Simon, 3

Singer Family, 8

Berky Slomovic Sloan, 1

Dvora Slomovic, 1

Gitel Slomovic, 1*

Golda Slomovic, 1*

Ignatz Slomovic, 1

Josef Slomovic, 1*

Sondheimer Family, 6

Jacob Sperling, 10

Lena Weiss Sperling, 10

Marcus Sperling, 10

Emmie Stammreich, 6

Fritz Stammreich, 6

Armando Starkand, 2

Chaim Heinrich Starkand, 2

Leo Max Starkand, 2

Marien Lustig Starkand, 2

Matilde Sucher Starkand, 2

Faga Stern, 10

Gerta Stern, 2*

Judis Stern, 2*

Kurt Stern, 2*

Regina Stern, 8

Willi Stern, 2*

Yitzchok Stern, 10

Davis Stopelman, 2

Lydia Marx Stopelman, 2

Max Stopelman, 2

Elsa Chiger Streng, 11

Lotte Streng, 11

Otto Streng, 11

Walter Streng, 11

Leah Stul, 1, 12*

Yankel Stul, 1, 12*

Max Sygall, 11

Tonia Sygall, 11

V

Yakov Valenta, 9

Verkeliasov Family, 7

W

Baruch Weiss, 9

Faige Esther Weiss, 9

Herman Weiss, 9

Walter Westfield, 2*

Evelyn Williger, 2

Carl Winkler, 1

Pearl Winkler, 1

Henry Wolkoff, 4

Sally Wolkoff, 4

Caler Wolkowicz, 4

Henoch Wolkowicz, 4

Itka Wolkowicz, 4

Rachel Wolkowicz, 4

Schlomo Wolkowicz, 4

Y

Malka Nussen Yaeger, 6

Z

Mendel Zarembock, 3

Simon Zbonzenske, 7

Aranka Bergida Zelenka, 3