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Julius Hochner * 1855
Caspar-Voght-Straße 74 (Hamburg-Mitte, Hamm)
1942 Theresienstadt
1942 Treblinka ermordet
Julius Hochner, born 15 July 1885, deported 15 July 1942 to Theresienstadt, 21 Sept. 1942 to Treblinka
"The Jew Hochner is proprietor of the company Julius Hochner, Hamburg, Catharinenstr. 29/30. The company must be … liquidated." With this order of Hamburg’s Reich Lieutenant (Reichsstatthalter), Julius Hochner’s life’s work and an established company of Hamburg were simultaneously destroyed in 1939. The businesses – agency and commission – were already curtailed, yet Julius Hochner fulfilled all of his financial obligations down to the last penny. At the time of his business’ liquidation, he was nearly 84 years old. Due to his age, the regional finance director spared him the "safeguarding" of his assets because they could no longer presume any intention to emigrate. In 1940 his assets were frozen nonetheless, and Julius Hochner was granted a monthly allowance of only 300 RM instead of the reported need for 550 RM. These restrictions will have affected him gravely. At least he was not given notice on his apartment. Not until Mar. 1942, when apartments in which Jews lived had to be marked by a white star and pressure on tenants grew, did Julius Hochner move to Rothenbaumchaussee 217.
While his brother Richard lived in a mixed marriage and only in 1939 was compelled to join the Reich Association of Jews in Germany (Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland), Julius Hochner had belonged to the German-Israelite Community in Hamburg since 1897. That group housed him at Beneckestraße 6, their community hall, on 24 April 1942. As a result, Julius Hochner’s allowance was reduced to 250 RM.
Julius Hochner was deported on the first large "old-age transport" from Hamburg to the Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 July 1942. Two months later he was sent to the Treblinka extermination camp where he was killed, presumably immediately upon arrival.
Translator: Suzanne von Engelhardt
Kindly supported by the Hermann Reemtsma Stiftung, Hamburg.
Stand: October 2016
© Hildegard Thevs
Quellen: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 7; StaH, 522-1, Jüdische Gemeinden, o. Sign. Mitgliederzählung der DIGH 1928; 390 Wählerverzeichnis 1930; 391 Mitgliederliste 1935; 377 a Beitrittserklärungen; 922 e 2 Deportationslisten Bd. 4; BA Bln., Volkszählung 1939.
