City of Neu Isenburg

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Appel, Johanna (Hanna, Hannah)

First NameJohanna (Hanna, Hannah)
Family NameAppel
Date of Birth16 April 1934
Birthplace/Place of ResidenceMarburg
Residence in „Heim Isenburg“31 January 1936 - 30 April 1936
Departure to-
Profession-
Deportation/Escape

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Date of Death/Place of DeathMurdered in Landes-Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Weilmünster on 10 April 1940

Johanna (Hanna, Hannah) Appel is the daugter of Amalie (Malchen) Appel. Johanna was born on April 16, 1934 in Marburg. At the age of almost two years she came on January 31, 1936 to the 'Heim' of Neu-Isenburg, where she stayed for three month. Where she was unsubscribed to is unknown. 

She was murdered on April 10, 1940 in the 'Landes-Heil- und Pflegeanstalt' Weilmünster. The six- years-old girl was a victim of the National Socialist euthanasia. Johanna Appel is burried on the Jewish part of the 'sanatorium'-cemetary of Weilmünster. A small tombstone is a memory of her.

The mother of Johanna, Amelie Appel was born on July 13, 1892. On May 8, 1939 she came to the 'Landes-Heil- und Pflegeanstalt' in Weilmünster. From there she was transferred on February 7, 1942 to the killing center Hadamar. On the same day she was murdered in the gas chamber.

Sources: Stadtarchiv Neu-Isenburg; Arolsen Archives (Doc-ID 70457219) http://brüder-schönfeld- forum.de/Euthanasie_Opfer.htm (opens in a new tab)

State: July 19, 2025 (EEP)

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