The Ancestors of My GrandchildrenSophie Lichtenstein1 
F, #9278, * 10 May 1906, + 5 Jun 1987
| Father | Max Lichtenstein1 * 23 Jun 1872, + 10 Mar 1939 |
| Mother | Regina Schwarz1 * 10 Oct 1872, + c 1944 |
Sophie Lichtenstein (1904-1987)
Sophie Lichtenstein was born on 10 May 1906 in Jülich.1 She (1) married Max Baum on 1 Feb 1935 at Jülich.2,3 She (2) married Hiller Temper on 1 Jun 1949 at Amsterdam.2,4,3 She died on 5 Jun 1987 in Laren1,3, and was buried on 7 Jun 1987 in the Jewish Cemetery at Muiderberg E, 43, 39.3,4 There was a death notice, in which her executor were mentioned.3
Other information: She and Max Baum lived at Kirchstr. 12 in Linnich.5
Max Baum was in Germany employed in the cattle firm with his fahter. In 1938 Max and Sophie went to the Netherlands, they first lived in Oirsbeek. During the war he was employed as a chauffeur.
Mr. and Mrs. Baum were arrestedby the Sicherheitsdienst on 25 Aug 1942 in Geleen. They were sent to Camp Vught, via Westerbork. In the summer of 1943 they are sent back to Westerbork, and from there to Auschwitz.
Max died in the hospital in Auschwitz III (Monowitz-Buna) His wife was exposed to the medical experiments of SS-Brigadeführer Prof. Clauberg. She was sent to various camps, but did survive.6 She and Max Baum lived at Kerkstraat 74 in Doenrade. The house had a cafe at the first floor and two apartments on the second floor. Max and Sophie lived on the right hand side (in the photo bikes are parked in front of the house.)7
On 15 Dec 1955 in Amsterdam Sophie was a witness against doctor Clauberg, who performed sterilization experiments on prisoners in Auschwitz:
Photos:
Other information: She and Max Baum lived at Kirchstr. 12 in Linnich.5
Max Baum was in Germany employed in the cattle firm with his fahter. In 1938 Max and Sophie went to the Netherlands, they first lived in Oirsbeek. During the war he was employed as a chauffeur.
Mr. and Mrs. Baum were arrestedby the Sicherheitsdienst on 25 Aug 1942 in Geleen. They were sent to Camp Vught, via Westerbork. In the summer of 1943 they are sent back to Westerbork, and from there to Auschwitz.
Max died in the hospital in Auschwitz III (Monowitz-Buna) His wife was exposed to the medical experiments of SS-Brigadeführer Prof. Clauberg. She was sent to various camps, but did survive.6 She and Max Baum lived at Kerkstraat 74 in Doenrade. The house had a cafe at the first floor and two apartments on the second floor. Max and Sophie lived on the right hand side (in the photo bikes are parked in front of the house.)7
On 15 Dec 1955 in Amsterdam Sophie was a witness against doctor Clauberg, who performed sterilization experiments on prisoners in Auschwitz:
"I emigrated from Germany together with my husband Max Baum because of the national socialist persecution of Jews, and we settled in Holland. During the German occupation I was deported from there to Poland together with my husband. My husband died in the second half of October 1944 in concentration camp Buna-Monowitz, while I myself was brought to Auschwitz, where from September 1943 until the evacuation I was in the experimental block of Dr. Clauberg. Exceptionally terrible was the treatment of a large number of Greek girls, who were in the experimental block. They were mostly children of about 16 years old. The treatment was that their ovaries were burned away through the action of strong radiation, and after that the children were operated upon (ovaries removed). The crying and wailing of the children was unbearable."8
Photos:
| Sophie and her 2nd husband Hiller Temper.9  | Sophie c. 1980.9  |
| Grave of Sophie and Hiller in the Jewish Cemetery in Muiderberg.9  | |
Citations
- [S135] Broekman Family Papers, Papers, oral communication. Held by Afina Broekman.
- [S4] Persoonskaarten, Sophia Lichtenstein. Index and/or images online at https://www.cbg.nl
- [S133] Death notice of Sophia Temper-Lichtenstein, 5 Jun 1987. Death Announcement.
- [S848] Hiller Temper. Section E, Plot 43, Grave 39, Jewish Cemetery Muiderberg, Googweg 6, Muiderberg, The Netherlands.
- [S481] Heinz & Gabrielle Spelthahn, Jülich, ID: 126. Online at http://www.geschichtswerkstatt-dueren.de/juedische-mitbuerger-innen
- [S512] Joods Monument, person-552433-nl.html> Max Baum., online: http://www.joodsmonument.nl/
- [S514] Rosemarie Smeets, 2009.
- [S102] Ernst Klee, Auschwitz, p.255-6.
- [S135] Broekman Family Papers, Papers. Held by Afina Broekman.