Henry Rogers né Heinz Rosenbaum

born in Berlin-Treptow on January 25, 1906 – died in Berlin on July 5, 1976
Persecuted person
Heinz Rosenbaum, 1946.

Heinz Rosenbaum worked as a self-employed cutter for men’s clothing makers. After 1933 he was only allowed to work for Jewish companies, and then had to perform forced labor. On December 8, 1942, he went underground with his wife Grete and their son Denny, who was almost two.
In the spring of 1943 they were taken in by Anna Uppendahl in the village of Summt, north of Berlin. There they met Irma Dumke, who was the same age as them. Since Heinz Rosenbaum worked as a waiter in a seasonal restaurant, they were able to buy food ration coupons and other items on the black market.
When they were betrayed by an acquaintance, they found refuge with Agnes Pohl and her daughter Angela in Wilhelmshagen near Berlin. After two months they returned to Summt. Irma Dumke arranged for them to stay with her neighbor Hildegard Linke, not mentioning that they were Jews in hiding. During the day, the Rosenbaums spent most of their time in Irma Dumke’s home. From September 1944 until the end of the war, they lived with Elisabeth Augustin, an acquaintance in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg.
In May 1946, the Jewish family emigrated to the United States, where they changed their names to Henry, Greta, and Peter Rogers. Henry and Greta Rogers returned to Berlin in 1970.

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