Curt Weissenberg

Curt Weissenberg was born in Berlin on 25 April 1892. His parents were Amalie Weissenberg (née Weissenberg) (1867–1929) and Hirschel Weissenberg (1851–1924), both originally from Katowice.

Curt Weissenberg studied law in Greifswald and Berlin and became a barrister at the Berlin Chamber Court (Kammergericht) and a notary. His practice was located at Nettelbeckstraße 7/8. He himself was living at Rosenheimer Straße 29a in Berlin-Schöneberg from 1910 onwards. On 13 August 1931, he married Ruth Henriette Weissenberg in Beuthen; she had been born there on 9 June 1909. The couple had one daughter, Steffi Amalie Weissenberg, who was born in Berlin on 8 May 1934.

In Nazi Germany, the Weissenberg family was persecuted as Jewish. In 1935, Dr. jur. Curt Weissenberg had his notarial licence revoked; in 1938, he was subject to the blanket occupational ban on Jewish lawyers. Ruth Weissenberg was a forced labourer at Zeiss Ikon AG in Berlin-Friedenau. At the end of October 1941, Curt Weissenberg, Ruth Henriette Weissenberg and Steffi Amalie Weissenberg were taken to the collection point Levetzowstraße in Berlin-Moabit. On 14 November 1941, the family was deported to the Minsk ghetto and murdered there. The exact dates of their deaths are unknown.

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