Rosa Lachmann née Abraham

Location 
Bergengruenstraße 57
Historical name
Lagardestraße
District
Schlachtensee
Stone was laid
23 May 2019
Born
22 February 1881 in Parlinek (Provinz Posen)
Deportation
on 17 November 1941 to Kowno
Murdered
25 November 1941 in Kowno

Rosa Lachmann, née Abraham, was born on February 22, 1881 in Parlinek, Mogilno district, in what was then the Poznań province.
Nothing is known about her parents and her childhood. She married Leopold Lachmann from Filehne (today Wileń). The Lachmann couple took up residence in Schloppe (today Człopa) in the Deutsch Krone district, just north of Filehne, where Leopold Lachmann's parents ran a land trade. Their son Manfred James Lachmann was also born in Filehne in 1912.
A number of Jewish families have lived in Schloppe since the 17th century. In 1892 there were 147 Jews in 30 households. By 1930 the number had fallen to 50. By 1938, most of the Jewish shops had already been “Aryanized,” and the community property (synagogue, community center) became municipal property in October 1938. The remaining Jewish residents were expelled from Schloppe in March 1940 and taken to an internment camp near Scheibemühl. From there they were deported
It is not known when Leopold and Rosa Lachmann came to Berlin. However, some members of the Lachmann family already lived in Berlin, for example Leopold's sisters Anna and Bertha Lachmann.
In Berlin, Leopold and Rosa Lachmann's address was only Bergengruenstrasse 57 (then: Lagardestrasse). Committees differ for both as the deportation address: Berlin-Mitte: Elsässer Straße 54.
The listed building of the former Israelite hospital is located there. This address was also a deportation site in 1938 and 1942. But it could also have been a location for deck or work addresses. Both Rosa Lachmann and her sister-in-law Bertha Lachmann probably worked there.
The semi-detached house at today's Bergengruenstrasse 57, built in 1924, was probably the “last freely chosen residence” of Leopold and Rosa Lachmann. In 1941 they were (from there?) with the VI. Transport from Berlin deported to Kaunas/Kovno on November 17, 1941. The transport included 1,006 people. The exact deportation lists are not available for this transport. So far, 812 names have been identified for the Book of Remembrance. All people on this transport were murdered in Fort IX on November 25, 1941.
The son Manfred Lachmann was able to flee to the USA after his release from prison.