The German-Jewish Dilemma

Jürgen Scheffler. Geboren 1954 in Hemer. Studium: Geschichtswissenschaft und Germanistik in Göttingen, Marburg und Bielefeld. Leiter des Städtischen Museums in Lemgo. Forschungsschwerpunkte: Stadt- und Regionalgeschichte, Museumskunde, Geschichte der Heimatbewegung.

Introduction • 6
The History of Jewish Life in Lippe • 8
The Hochfeld Family in Bega • 10
From Bega to Lemgo via Brake • 12
The Hochfeld Family Tree • 14
Ernst ¬Hochfeld and his ¬Interest in ¬Genealogy • 16
Jewish Life in Lemgo (2nd Half of the 19th Century) • 18
Isaac Hochfeld (1831-1903) • 20
Lippische Thonwarenfabrik: An Earthenware Factory • 22
Horse-Dealing in Lemgo • 24
Willy and ¬Leopold ¬Hochfeld • 26
A Jewish ¬Family in Lemgo • 28
Giulio ¬Hochfeld Company, Fruit Importer • 30
Ernst Hochfeld, Architect • 32
Ernst Hochfeld: Growing up in Lemgo • 34
Heinz, Lotte and Ernst Hochfeld • 36
Jews in Lippe around 1930 • 38
The Nazi ¬Seizure of Power in Lippe • 40
Anti-Jewish Measures in Lemgo • 42
Persecution of Jews in ¬Rural Areas • 44
Jewish ¬Emigration from ¬Germany • 46
Hamburg – London – USA • 48
Heinz ¬Hochfeld and Elisabeth Schleyer • 50
From ¬Bösingfeld to Palestine/¬Israel • 52
Emigration to South Africa • 54
Ernst Hochfeld Prepares for Emigration • 56
Letters from Ernst ¬Hochfeld to Sigrid ¬Maybaum • 58
Ernst and ¬Sigrid ¬Hochfeld in South Africa • 60
Lotte and ¬Arnold ¬Arensberg • 62
Rinteln – Ahlem – ¬Warsaw Ghetto • 64
Postcards from the ¬Warsaw ¬Ghetto • 66
Family ¬Contacts after 1945 • 68
Commemorative Ceremony in Lemgo, 1948 • 70
Memorial: Frenkel-Haus in Lemgo • 72
Karla Raveh (1927-2017) • 74
¬Hochfeld Family ¬Reunion in Lemgo, 2017 • 76
»To Stay or to Leave?« ¬Exhibition in Lemgo, 2017 • 78
Family Heritage: Commentaries • 80
The Hochfeld Exhibition • 82
Bibliography • 86