Biograohical Notes
Creizenach family
Theodor Creizenach
Born 1896 in Frankfurt am Main
Historian; could not complete his dissertation after 1933
Earned his living as a private tutor
Lived on Austraße, Oberursel
Arrested in June 1939; police report states suicide in his prison cell
Father:
Ferdinand Creizenach
Jewish background; belonged to the congregation of Christuskirche
Died in 1928
Mother:
Gertrud Creizenach, née Meißner
Denunciated in 1944 for “defeatist” remarks and sentenced to a prison sentence, which she did not have to serve
Died in 1953
Sister:
Elisabeth Wolfskehl, née Creizenach
Married to Henry Wolfskehl
Henry Wolfskehl arrested during November Pogroms; transferred from Buchenwald to Jena, where he died on November 29, 1939
Lived on Kurhessenstraße in Frankfurt
In 1939 Elisabeth emigrated to England with her children Dieter and Eva