| First Name | Erna Paula Elvira |
|---|---|
| Family Name | Bergmann |
| Date of Birth | 05/21/1900 |
| Birthplace/Place of Residence | Hamburg/Frankfurt am Main |
| Residence in „Heim Isenburg“ | 01/06/1916 - 04/23/1917, 08/13/1917 - 09/05/1917 (from Frankfurt am Main), 07/04/1918 - 09/05/1919 (from Villingen), 06/17/1924 - 07/21/1924 (from Frankfurt am Main) |
| Departure to | Langen (04/23/1917), Frankfurt am Main (09/05/1917), Wohnbach (09/05/1919, Bad Soden im Taunus (07/21/1924) |
| Profession | - |
| Deportation/Escape | Erna Bregmann survived the World War II and immigrated to the USA in 1946. |
| Date of Death/Place of Death | 1980, Palm Springs, California, USA |
Erna Bergmann is a daughter of Emanuel Bergmann and his wife Emma, nee Roman. Erna’s son, Edmund Friedrich Bergmann, and her sister, Bella Bergmann are also listed in this memorial book. The family lived in Frankfurt am Main. In 1916, Erna’s and Bella's parents got a divorce. At the beginning of the same year, 15-year-old Erna was sent to the home of the Jewish Women's Association in Neu-Isenburg. At the age of 17, she moved to Langen, a neighbouring town of Neu-Isenburg, on April 23, 1917. Perhaps Erna had an apprenticeship in the "home “Isenburg" and received a first job or internship in Langen. Later she described herself as a clerk. In the next few years Erna led a restless life. Again and again she returned from different cities to the the home “Isenburg”. On September 5, 1919, she signed out to Wohnbach. Five years later, on June 13, 1924, she returned to the care of the home “Isenburg", probably together with her son Edmund Friedrich, who was a few weeks old at that time. Prior to that, she had lived in the household of her mother and her mother’s second husband, Fritz Elison, in Frankfurt on Mainstraße 28. On July 21, 1924 Erna left Neu-Isenburg. The new address listet in Neu-Isenburg’s township index of residents is "Soden im Taunus, Heilstätte". Presumably, this information refers to the "Kuranstalt für arme Israeliten", a spa facility for poor Jews in Bad Soden.
On May 5, 1926 Erna gave birth to her younger son Horst in Frankfurt am Main. He was deported from Frankfurt on June 11, 1942, and murdered on July 16, 1942, in the Majdanek concentration- and extermination camp.
Erna married on November 3, 1928 the painter Louis Missler.
Erna Bergmann survived World War II and immigrated to the USA, where her brother Emil Bergmann lived in California. She married two times in the USA. 1980 she died as Erna Reese in Palm Springs, Californis, USA.
The biography could be compiled on the basis of information from Stolperstein-Initiative Friedenau. Further additions gave her niece Noa Harari.
Further source: Stadtarchiv Neu-Isenburg
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