The German-Jewish Dilemma

Introduction 6 The History of Jewish Life in Lippe 8 The Hochfeld Family in Bega 10 From Bega to Lemgo via Brake 12 The Hochfeld Family Tree 14 Ernst ¬Hochfeld and his ¬Interest in ¬Genealogy 16 Jewish Life in Lemgo (2nd Half of the 19th Century) 18 Isaac Hochfeld (1831-1903) 20 Lippische Thonwarenfabrik: An Earthenware Factory 22 Horse-Dealing in Lemgo 24 Willy and ¬Leopold ¬Hochfeld 26 A Jewish ¬Family in Lemgo 28 Giulio ¬Hochfeld Company, Fruit Importer 30 Ernst Hochfeld, Architect 32 Ernst Hochfeld: Growing up in Lemgo 34 Heinz, Lotte and Ernst Hochfeld 36 Jews in Lippe around 1930 38 The Nazi ¬Seizure of Power in Lippe 40 Anti-Jewish Measures in Lemgo 42 Persecution of Jews in ¬Rural Areas 44 Jewish ¬Emigration from ¬Germany 46 Hamburg - London - USA 48 Heinz ¬Hochfeld and Elisabeth Schleyer 50 From ¬Bösingfeld to Palestine/¬Israel 52 Emigration to South Africa 54 Ernst Hochfeld Prepares for Emigration 56 Letters from Ernst ¬Hochfeld to Sigrid ¬Maybaum 58 Ernst and ¬Sigrid ¬Hochfeld in South Africa 60 Lotte and ¬Arnold ¬Arensberg 62 Rinteln - Ahlem - ¬Warsaw Ghetto 64 Postcards from the ¬Warsaw ¬Ghetto 66 Family ¬Contacts after 1945 68 Commemorative Ceremony in Lemgo, 1948 70 Memorial: Frenkel-Haus in Lemgo 72 Karla Raveh (1927-2017) 74 ¬Hochfeld Family ¬Reunion in Lemgo, 2017 76 »To Stay or to Leave?« ¬Exhibition in Lemgo, 2017 78 Family Heritage: Commentaries 80 The Hochfeld Exhibition 82 Bibliography 86