Bertha Eldodt Oppenheimer

Körbecke, Germany

1875 - 1969

Biography

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Personal & Family

Name in US
Bertha “Bee” Eldodt Oppenheimer

Name at Birth
Berta Eldodth

Married Name
Bertha Eldodt Oppenheimer

Date of Birth

01/10/1875

Country of Birth
Germany

City of Birth

Körbecke

Parents

Goldine Kugelman

Joseph Eldoth

Sibling(s)

Moritz (Morris) Eldodth (Eldodt) (Spouse: Amelia (Emelie) Goldwein)
(11/04/1876 Körbecke, Germany – 11/28/1951 Selma, AL)

Spouse(s)

Mejer (Meier) Fritz Oppenheimer
(02/23/1869 Essen, Germany – 12/21/1921 Oberhausen, Germany)
Married January 10, 1897 in Essen, Germany

Children

Isidor Heinz (Henry) Oppenheimer
(12/06/1897 Essen, Germany – 11/24/1988 Athens, GA)

Kurt Oppenheimer (Spouse: Ilse Engel)
(01/23/1899 Essen, Germany – 09/30/1944 Auschwitz)

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Jewish

Religious Identity (Postwar)
Jewish

Dates Lived in Alabama

1947-1969

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Selma

Date and City of Death
10/16/1969 Selma, AL

City of Burial / Cemetery
Selma, AL / Live Oak Cemetery

Holocaust

Hiding or Living under False Identity (Location / Year)

When the Nazis began roudning up Jews for deportation to concentration camps, the Oppenheimers found themselves on the run for five years, staying alive through the good graces of their Christian friends

Immigration & Postwar

US Sponsor for Immigration

Max Hagedorn of Selma, AL
(First Cousin to Emilie Goldwein Eldodt, Bertha’s sister-in-law)

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
December 2, 1947 / SS Nieuw Amsterdam / New York, NY

Dates Lived in Alabama

1947-1969

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Selma

Date and City of Death
10/16/1969 Selma, AL

City of Burial / Cemetery
Selma, AL / Live Oak Cemetery

Additional Resources

Eldodt-Oppenheimer Family Tree