Otto Jaffe

1889 - 1960  (70 years)

• Name	Otto Jaffe
  Born	27 Oct 1889	Hamburg, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Biography	Born in the Eichenallee which later became the Heinrich Barthstr. In Germany had a business, Was an artist in Israel. Returned to Germany ion July 18 1955. His Bar Mitzvah schooling was by Rabbi Dr. Rieger of the Temple, prayer house of the Liberal Jewish community of Hamburg. Most of the chronicle is written by him in May 1936 in Haifa to document the past family life in Germany He was an apprentice for 1 year with Gebrüder Robinsohn, an export wholesale metal business Then he was a clerk for a year with the company Alexander Rosenau in Berlin, Germany, a wholesale silk business. He then entered his father's business of Seligsohn & Mendelson successors, and was made a partner on 1 January 1920. He was a soldier for 3 years during World War I. As from Feb 1915 he was in the 31st regiment in Altona, working in the complaints department. A year later he was promoted to Corporal, then Acting Warrant Officer. He then worked for a year in a steel foundry, making hand grenades, parts for bombs etc. He spent the last 6 months of the war as part of the rail staff in Neumünster. I n 1930 the business of Seligsohn & Mendelson successors failed, but was carried on under another name “Hatrik”. He was later also with the company H. Heyman. As a child he was interested in music and played the cello. He was a member of the Altona orchestral club. He was also interested in antiques, art, handicrafts, North German faience, fine and decorative arts - furniture, embroidery - but also modern art. He started collecting at a young age. He was a member of a reading club, and liked riding. He didn't enjoy dancing. He drove an Essex car. They had musical and lecture evenings at home in the Obere Str. with 50 - 70 guests. At the time of the engagement 18 September 1918 he was living at Hartungstr. 12 in Hamburg. The honeymoon started from the Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg and went on via Hannover, Darmstadt and Frankfurt to Heidelberg. Because of lack of coal, the trains stopped and they returned from Heidelberg/Neckargemünd to their flat in Hamburg - Abendsrothweg 36 on the ground floor. In 1922 they moved to the Oberstr. 2 ground floor, and in 1926 they had a house built as a summer residence in Volksdorf. Due to financial constraints in 1931 they had to move from the Obere Str. to Fühlsbütteler Str. 677. Around the same time the house in Volksdorf was sold on the advice of the Minden family, which Otto always regretted apparently. An article by him called “Gründe des Antisemitismus” (causes of anti-semitism) was published in a book called “Gedanken” (thoughts) In July 1940 he experienced the Italian Air Force attack on Haifa.  [1, 2]
  Hebrew Birth	2 Che 5650
  Immigration	8 Apr 1936	Haifa, Israel
  Hebrew Death	23 Shv 5720
  Occupation	Seligsohn & Mendelson
  Residence	Hamburg, Germany
  Residence	Haifa, Israel
  Residence	Hamburg, Germany
  Died	21 Feb 1960	Hamburg, Germany
  Person ID	I4326	Blank Family
  Last Modified	23 May 2010

  
  

  Father	Carl Jaffe,   b. 10 Oct 1851, Parchim, Germany ,   d. 11 Dec 1925, Hamburg, Germany  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mathilde Tilli Bauer,   b. 30 Apr 1864, Parchim, Germany ,   d. 25 May 1915, Hamburg, Germany  (Age 51 years)
  Married	18 Aug 1888	Hamburg, Germany
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Franziska Franze Minden,   b. 21 Apr 1898, Hamburg, Germany ,   d. 17 Dec 1956, Haifa, Israel  (Age 58 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1919	Hamburg, Germany
  Divorced	Yes - date unknown
  Divorced	Unknown
  	Divorced
  Children	1. Walter Jaffe,   b. 13 Sep 1920, Hamburg, Germany ,   d. 16 Mar 1984, Hamburg, Germany  (Age 63 years)   2. Herbert Jaffe,   b. 3 Oct 1922, Hamburg, Germany ,   d. 19 Aug 1966, Haifa, Israel  (Age 43 years)   3. Living
  Family ID	F1543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Oct 1889 - Hamburg, Germany Married - 26 Oct 1919 - Hamburg, Germany Immigration - 8 Apr 1936 - Haifa, Israel Residence - - Hamburg, Germany Residence - - Haifa, Israel Residence - - Hamburg, Germany Died - 21 Feb 1960 - Hamburg, Germany  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S215] Chronik Familie Jaffe, Otto Jaffe. [S101] Interview with, Shoshana Baruch.