Marktplatz 10

Eisenwarenhandlung "Adolf Nussbaum"

Elternhaus des Martell und Manfred Nussbaum

 

Manfred Nussbaum wurde am 27. November 1883 in Hammelburg geboren. Seine Eltern waren Adolf und Klara Nussbaum, geb. Berliner aus Westheim. Sein Bruder war Martell Nussbaum. Manfred besuchte die Königliche Lateinschule in Hammelburg. Er studierte Orchestermusik in Schwerin und München.

 

 

 

 

 

"Manfred was born on November 27, 1883 in Hammelburg, Germany. He died on May 24, 1965 in New York. He was a pianist and an orchestra and opera conductor in Zurich, as well as in Essen and other cities in Germany before World War I.  Educated at the Universities of Schwerin and Munich, and studied with the conductor Felix Mottl. Was supposed to become assistant conductor at Metropolitan Opera in New York or Chicago Opera in 1914 but got drafted into the german army instead, where he served as a military band conductor."

 

 

 

"After the war, he was unable to continue his career in music, and went into his father-in-law`s dress and apron factory business. Manfred Nussbaum was married to Claire Friedmann on July 8, 1923 in Stuttgart, Germany. Claire Friedmann was born on May 6, 1900 in Stuttgart, Germany. She died on March 21, 1973 in New York. Wanted to be a violinist but her father wouldn´t let her do that professionally, so she studied Swedish massage and worked as a physiotherapist (...) In Germany she was concert mistress of the Stuttgart Kulturbund Orchestra during the Hitler years, till she went with her husband Manfred an her two children to America in 1939. Manfred Nussbaum and Claire Friedmann had the following children: Charlotte was born on November 24, 1924 in Stuttgart, Germany. Ernest was born in January 9, 1928 in Stuttgart, Germany."

 

 

Quelle:

Descendants of Manes Nussbaum

Times Past, Times Present

Charlotte Nussbaum - Isler Irvington, New York 2005

 

 

 

 

Stadtbibliothek Hammelburg

 

 

Am Tag des Pogroms in Stuttgart wurde Manfred Nussbaum verhaftet. Zwei Männer der Gestapo klingelten am frühen Morgen an der Wohnungstüre. Manfred musste einen Koffer packen und wurde mitgenommen. Eine Woche lang blieb er spurlos verschwunden. Im April 1939 flohen Manfred und Claire mit den beiden Kindern Charlotte (14 Jahre) und Ernst (10 Jahre) über Le Havre nach New York.  Manfred Nussbaum (* 1883) starb 1965 in New York. Claire Nussbaum verstarb 1973.

 

 

 

 

Quellen:

Charlotte Nussbaum - Isler, Irvington New York

 

Karl Stöckner

Fundmaterialien zu einstmaligen jüdischen Bürgern Hammelburgs

Stadtarchiv Hammelburg

 

Fotos:

Charlotte Nussbaum - Isler, Irvington, New York