The Hanauer Family Before, During and After the Holocaust

The Hanauer Family Before, During and After the Holocaust

I was looking at pictures of Auschwitz and when I saw the barracks I lost it! To think that my grandfather spent the last days of his life a prisoner in Auschwitz. What horrors he must have seen! My heart aches for the pain he must have endured under the most inhumane conditions.
We must always REMEMBER and NEVER FORGET the evils man is capable of!
PLEASE REMEMBER MY GRANDFATHER HANS HEINZ HANAUER ON JUNE 19, 2018.
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We should have been celebrating his 100th birthday on this day.

 

What if you learned an incredible true story of heroism? Member's of the Nazi party who used their member status to help Jews survive in Berlin during the Holocaust.

Wouldn't you want to share it with the world? Their heroism deserves to be acknowledged and honored for risking their lives to save lives.

This is where I stand at this moment in time! I want to share this incredible true story of heroism with the world.

I would like to create a documentary honoring the German men and women in Berlin that helped save my family and other Jewish families during the Holocaust. I've got video testimony, names, pictures and documents that tell my family's story.

"I hope you won't have to suffer because of me, I hope all will be good again!" Hans Heinz Hanauer, 3.III.1941

Those were my grandfather Hans Heinz Hanauer's last words to my grandmother Ursula in a note he wrote her as he sat on a train deporting him to Gut Winkel on March 3, 1941.

Hans risked his life everyday helping Jews escape Berlin. He had been warned not to leave his hiding place because an arrest warrant was issued against him. He did not believe he would be caught. Hans was arrested as soon as he left his hiding place in Berlin.

Hans was a member of the Adolph Koch Institute and someone from inside the institute turned him in!

Gertrude "Tutta" Petzow helped save my family in Berlin during the Holocaust. Tutta sent me a copy of her German work permit with my great grandfather Max Hanauer's business as her first employer. She also sent me two pieces of woodwork that my grandfather Hans made and gave to her. Tutta was my great aunt Ilse's best friend and she kept Ilse safe in her home in Berlin throughout the entire Holocaust. Along with Adolph Koch, Lotti Mader, and Max and Alma Schrader. Each played a roll in the protection of my family. 

Ilse Hanauer's testimonial: https://youtu.be/aiMelqhWSy8

Adolph Koch owned a gymnasium in Berlin which was used as a cover for those German's who did not agree with Hitler's political views. Adolph was also engaged to my great aunt Ilse for 5 years (from 1936 to 1941). Ilse was 20 years old and Adolph was 40 years old when they started their relationship.

Adolph Koch's bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Koch

Max Schrader was a Nazi officer that warned people of arrest warrants. He had warned my grandfather Hans but Hans didn't believe he would be caught when he left his hiding place. He was picked up right away on the streets of Berlin and was taken to the train station. My grandmother Ursula and father Uri were both at the train station when my grandfather was loaded onto the train. As he sat on the train Hans wrote a note to Ursula and it was delivered to her by the wife of a Nazi soldier.

Lotti Mader was a member of the Nazi Party and played a huge role in protecting my great grandparents, Max and Frieda Hanauer. Lotti had a small cabin in Grunau, just outside of Berlin, this is where Max and Frieda were hidden for over a year. Lotti made sure there was heat in the cabin.

Thanks to these amazing people for giving my family the chance to survive!

If you would like to help create this documentary please visit my fundraiser page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1241688252628565/?fundraiser_source=external_url

"I hope you won't have to suffer because of me!"

Those were my grandfather Hans Heinz Hanauer's last words to my grandmother Ursula in a note he wrote her as he sat on a train deporting him to Gut Winkel on March 3, 1941.

Hans risked his life everyday helping Jews escape Berlin. He had been warned not to leave his hiding place because an arrest warrant was issued against him. He did not believe he would be caught. Hans was arrested as soon as he left his hiding place in Berlin.

Hans was a member of the Adolph Koch Institute and someone from inside the institute turned him in! 

Gertrude "Tutta" Petzow Helped save my family in Berlin during the Holocaust. Tutta sent me a copy of her German work permit with my great grandfather Max Hanauer's business as her first employer. She also sent me two pieces of woodwork that my grandfather Hans Heinz Hanauer made and gave to her. Hans was murdered in Auschwitz on March 31, 1943.

Tutta was my great aunt Ilse's best friend and she kept Ilse safe in her home in Berlin throughout the entire Holocaust. Along with Adolph Koch, Lotti Mader, and Max and Alma Schrader. Each played a roll in the protection of my family.
Ilse Hanauer's testimonial
https://youtu.be/aiMelqhWSy8

Adolph Koch owned a gymnasium in Berlin which was used as a cover for those German's who did not agree with Hitler's political views. Adolph was also engaged to my great aunt Ilse for 5 years (from 1936 to 1941). Ilse was 20 years old and Adolph was 40 years old when they started their relationship.
Adolph Koch's bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Koch

Max Schrader was a Nazi officer that warned people of arrest warrants. He had warned my grandfather Hans but Hans didn't believe he would be caught when he left his hiding place. He was picked up right away on the streets of Berlin and was taken to the train station. My grandmother Ursula and father Uri were both at the train station when my grandfather was loaded onto the train. As he sat on the train Hans wrote a note to Ursula and it was delivered to her by the wife of a Nazi soldier.

Lotti Mader was a member of the Nazi Party and played a huge role in protecting my great grandparents, Max and Frieda Hanauer. Lotti had a small cabin in Grunau, just outside of Berlin, this is where Max and Frieda were hidden for over a year. Lotti made sure there was heat in the cabin.

Thanks to these amazing people for giving my family the chance to survive!

This is a link to the archive of my book "The Hanauer Family-Before, During and After the Holocaust" at the Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History.
This is the 2nd edition of my family history book that is archived in the Leo Baeck Institute. It is filled with pictures and documents I used to create the 3rd edition.

https://archive.org/stream/thehanauerfamily1386unse#page/n131/mode/1up

Here is the link to the proof for the 3rd edition of The Hanauer Family: Before During and After the Holocaust

C:\Users\Terri Brahm\Desktop\Hanauer Family Book 3rd edition\Kindle Upload\Hanauer family book 04-17-2013 Kindle edition.htm

My Great Aunt Ilse Hanauer's Testimony About Her Life In Berlin During The Holocaust

Terri Hanauer-Brahm