Herzl (Tselly) Regev, Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl St., Rehovot 7610001, Israel, e-mail herzl.regev@alumni.weizmann.
CH-651
Rehovot, 8 mei 2018
Hi,
On your site, I found a reference to a certain Käthe Jachunski. I didn’t quite get the meaning of the reference. It appears here:
I am interested in the Polish or Lithuanian surname Jaszunski. The above surname looks like the French spelling of this name. So this person may be of interest to me. Your site says that that person had her nationality deleted by the Nazis.
The surname seems to indicate an origin from a Lithuanian town named Jaszune.
Thank you,
Herzl Regev
Bilthoven, 10 mei 2018
Dear Herzl Regev,
Thank you very much for your inquiry about the Meyerfeldt family.
Let me translate my information first, although you obviously were able to understand most of the Dutch language.
I have four generations. It starts with Israel Meyerfeldt, synagogue servant. He has one child (1) Heinrich, born in Märkisch-Friedland (Mirosławiec) on 23-03-1859, merchant, married in Berlin on 14-01-1889 to Rosalie Kobylinski, born in Borek, Krotoschin (Krotszyn) on 29-04-1870, died in 1910, daughter of Hermann Kobylinski and Pauline Tabisch. In the third generation there are three children: (11) Sidonia, married in Berlin on 22-11-1889 to Erich Karl Max/Oskar Zimma/ermann, born in Wilhelmshaven on 01-06-1887, (12) Erich, born in Berlin on 10-09-1891, estate agent, married in Berlin-Wilmersdorf on 02-11-1916 to Emilie Anna Dotzauer, born in Hof, Bavaria on 01-08-1887, daughter of Adolf Dotzauer and Johanna Christiana Adelina Beyer, living in 1931 in Berlin, Wilmersdorf, Jenaer Str. 19, children (121) Karl-Heinz, born in Berlin, Wilmersdorf on 03-07-1917, married to Käthe Jachunski and (122) Käthe, born in Berlin on 27-06-1896, married in Berlin-Schöneberg on 30-10-1918 to Karl Paul Frunder, born on 08-08-1888, son of Karl Frunder and Augusta Hoffmann.
In 1939 all living family members are expropriated and expatriated (ausgebürgert) by the Nazis.
Erich Meyerfeldt, the estate agent (12), establishes an office in the Behren Straβe in Berlin and starts a PR-campaign. He spends enourmous amounts of money in gold on posters on tram stops, walls, newspapers, magazines, theaters and cinemas. In those day foreigners are flooding the city to buy blocks and full streets for an apple and an egg. In three years time Erich is able to be agent in 5,000 estate transfers. His commissions make him a millionaire. He spends all his money on parties and charity. Deflation ends the real estate transfer market. Erich is not able to pay for his PR-contracts. He then sells houses without the consent of the owners. End 1926 he is taken into custody and is sentenced to one year of imprisonment.
Coming back to your question I’m afraid I have no further details about Käthe Jachunski/Jaszunski, apart from her place and date of marriage and the identity of the groom and his family (including the story about her father in law).
Best regards,
Hugo von Meijenfeldt