Groß brought news to Jacob's husband, underground in Berlin. Retrieved March 23, 2010 in German. Listing in English, biography in German. After the in 1933, Hochmuth appeared on a and went. But to see wrong and do nothing about it? There is a at Jarresstraße 21, where she lived for many years with her two children, and briefly, with her husband, Franz.
The broadcasts enabled the families of soldiers to get information about their loved ones and provided information for the flyers that Franz Jacob was producing. Jacob and Groß were arrested on July 6, 1944. Katharina was a member of St. Written by a historian from Hamburg. She continued her Resistance activities, collecting food ration cards for and listened to Radio Moscow. I had to be able to face myself and my children. Lack of evidence, prevented the court from passing sentence on Jacob, but nonetheless, she was not released.
Fifty-five million people in Germany and Europe were wiped out; gassed, fallen on the front lines, died where they lived. He and Katharina got divorced in 1939. She is survived by daughter, RoseMarie James Eichler; grandchildren, Amelia Timothy Mosher and David Eichler; great-grandchildren, Nathaniel and Anna Mosher; sister, Therese Anton Reinhoffer; and brother, Christian Zeeb of Canada; nieces, Erna Ken Lloyd and Hilde Donovan Ferguson of Canada; as well as other family in Germany, Canada, and Serbia. Their friend, , a courier, smuggled these illegal leaflets to Berlin. Franz Jacob was arrested in Berlin in autumn 1944.
She enjoyed sewing, quilting, traveling, and spending time with her grandchildren especially, taking them to Kingwood Center to feed the ducks. Memorial donations may be made to First Grace United Church of Christ, 350 S. He had an affair with the woman who gave him a place to stay and they had a son in March 1934. They had one daughter together, , born in 1931. Friends may call 6 to 7:30 p. Jacob's daughter, Ursel grew up to become a historian.
Rather, she was taken in and sent to the women's at. Years later, she was asked if her fight against had been worth it. John's United Church of Christ, 68 Park Avenue E. The Resistance fighters put their lives on the line for humanity and peace. The following month, their daughter, Ilse, was born on November 9, 1942.
It was the only time Franz saw his infant daughter. Opfer totalitärer Verfolgung, 2nd Edition, expanded. John's United Church of Christ in Mansfield, and for the past six years at First Grace United Church of Christ in Akron. Whenever she was under arrest, her daughter was left with no parent. I also followed my conscience and convictions. He was a politician and member of the during the.
He moved in with her and her daughter, Ursel into her apartment at Jarresstraße 21. . Katharina resided in Mansfield, Ohio until 2005. In December 1941, she married , whom she had known from the. She was politically active in the German Resistance and was sent to -Lauerhof from 1934—1936 and to in 1938. Portage Path, Akron, Ohio 44320, The GreenView Inn, 4000 Massillon Road, Uniontown, Ohio 44685, or St. Graveside services and burial will be held Thursday, 11 a.
My husband fell on this front. Jacob took a road trip with her daughters, stopping secretly to see Franz in Berlin and staying just one night. The decision was not easy. There she was freed by Russian soldiers on May 1, 1945. Should one not ask here if their deaths had any purpose? A wave of arrests in Hamburg in October 1942 prompted Franz Jacob to flee to Berlin. Political friends took care of Ursel, as well as neighbors and her teacher at school, Gertrud Klempau. He was sentenced to death on September 5, 1944 and he was executed on September 18, 1944 at.