| First Name | Hilde |
|---|---|
| Family Name | Höxter |
| Date of Birth | 09/18/1935 |
| Birthplace/Place of Residence | Gemünden an der Wohra (Kreis Waldeck-Frankenberg) |
| Residence in „Heim Isenburg“ | November 10/11 1941 - 03/27/1942 |
| Departure to | Elberfeld, last address: Bendorf-Sayn, Hindenburgstraße 19 (Jacoby Sanatorium for the mentally handicapped) |
| Profession | - |
| Deportation/Escape | Deported from Koblenz via Köln to the Theresienstadt ghetto on 07/27/1942 |
| Date of Death/Place of Death | January 18, 1943, Theresienstadt ghetto |
Hilde Höxter came from a long-established family from Gemünden. One of her relatives was head of the Jewish community of the city at the beginning of the 20th Century, another was Council Chairman, during the Weimar Republic. At the age of six, Hilde came the Home of the Jewish Women’s Association in Neu-Isenburg in November 1941. The deportations from Germany had just started at this time. Hilde remained until the forced dissolution of the institution of “Heim Isenburg.” She might have been mentally retarded. On March 27, 1942, she was deregistered to Elberfeld. Most recently, she was housed in the Jacoby Hospital in Bendorf-Sayn.
On July 27, 1942, Hilde Höxter was deported together with other patients of the Jacoby Mental Hospital of Koblenz from Köln in a transport to Theresienstadt. She died there on January 18, 1943, at 9 am at the age of seven. According to the death certificate, she died of pneumonia.
Hilde's parents, Max and Berta Höxter, née Buxbaum, with two daughters and a son managed to escape to Argentina.
The memorial book entry was completed with the help of Roberto Einhorn Hoxter, a nephew of Hilde Höxter.
Sources: Stadtarchiv Neu-Isenburg; Gedenkbuch des Bundesarchivs für die Opfer der Verfolgung der Juden unter der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft in Deutschland 1933 – 1945;
https://www.holocaust.cz/de/datenbank-der-digitalisierten-dokumenten/dokument/92560-h-xter-hilde-todesfallanzeige-ghetto-theresienstadt/ (opens in a new tab) ; https://www.alemannia-judaica.de/gemuenden_wohra_synagoge.htm (opens in a new tab)