Armin's niece; Edith and Herbert's daughter
Ilse Cäcilie Bernhard
Groß Räschen, 4 April 1931 – Auschwitz, 1943
aged 11 when deported
Ilse Cäcilie Bernhard was born in Groß Räschen on 4 April 1931, the only child of Edith and Herbert Bernhard. She was named Cäcilie for her grandmother.
She spent her first years in the town where her family had their store. By the time she was eight she was living in Berlin, and she lived there with her mother until 1943.
In February 1943, aged eleven, she was deported to Auschwitz with her mother and murdered.
“Here lived Ilse Cäcilie Bernhard. Born 1931. Deported 1943. Murdered in Auschwitz.”
The Stolperstein in the pavement opposite Freienhufener Straße 2, Großräschen, laid on 22 March 2011. All nine stones
Before 1933
Her parents had married the summer before she was born, at the family store, where her father and her uncle Armin were partners.
1938 – 1945
By 1939 the store had been taken. Ilse was in Berlin, at Choriner Straße 53, and from 1940 she lived there in her mother's flat, with her aunts, uncles and her cousin Eva in the same house. Her father went to England.
On 19 February 1943 Ilse and her mother were deported to Auschwitz from Berlin, with her aunts Margarete and Frida and their families. She was eleven.
After
In 2011 a Stolperstein was laid for her in Großräschen.
Close family
- MotherEdith Bernhard, née Gerechter 1901 – 1943
- FatherHerbert Bernhard 1897 – c. 1988?
In Armin's films
- Film 1, Hier wohnteIn April 1931 their daughter Ilse is born.
- Film 4, Flucht 1939 EnglandArmin lives in Berlin now, at Choriner Straße 53, with Edith, Herbert, Ilse and Max Bernhard.
- Film 5, überlebt in KanadaFebruary 1943. From Choriner Straße 53, the Gestapo take Edith and Ilse, and Max Bernhard.
What we don't know
We don't know the day she died, or much about the child she was. One photograph of her survives in the family.
The recordsthe archive's notes, dates and sources
Life events
| Date | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Apr 1931 | Groß-Räschen | Birth notice: "Herbert Bernhard und Frau Edith, geb. Gerechter" IFB |
| 17 May 1939 | Berlin N 58, Choriner Str. 53 | Census address MTL |
| Apr 1940-Feb 1943 | Choriner Str. 53 | Lived with her mother BLHA-3330 |
| 19 Feb 1943 | Berlin → Auschwitz | Deported with her mother on the 29th Osttransport (list no. 726, Kennkarte A201047) and murdered STAT, GB |
| 22 Mar 2011 | Großräschen | Stolperstein opposite Freienhufener Str. 2 STOL |
Sources
- Gedenkbuch de1040740
- BLHA Rep. 36A (II) 3330
- Israelitisches Familienblatt 10 Apr 1931
The small letters after an entry name its source: GB the German Memorial Book, JM the Joods Monument, AROL the Arolsen Archives, GENI the family tree on Geni, STOL the stones.