Identification of People in Photos – An Example

We were able to identify the people in the following two photos, taken in Aschaffenburg as well.

Because of the resemblance we assumed the lady on the left to be a sister of Frieda Isaak and Pauline Sündermann of Bayreuth.

According to Frieda's marriage certificate, one of the witnesses was Ferdinand Löwenthal from Hösbach, only 4 miles outside of Aschaffenburg. On a field postcard sent by Leo Löwenthal from Oostende to Frieda's daughter Else, the placename Hösbach is mentioned. Another postcard signed by Leo was sent from Gent to Frieda Isaak in Bayreuth. This postcard contains greetings to Aunt Paula (obviously Pauline Sündermann).

Through further research we were able to identify the family and thus the lady in the photo as Berta Löwenthal née Fleischmann. She and her husband Ferdinand had emigrated to Amsterdam.

We have positively indentified the person in the second photo from Aschaffenburg as Leo Löwenthal.

Ferdinand and his son Leo were deported to Auschwitz in 1942/43.