The sisters Charlotte and Lina Thannhauser lived with their families at Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 8 (formerly number 6). Charlotte Thannhauser initially lived there with her husband Josef, and later on her own as a widow. During the Nazi regime, her son, the doctor Siegfried Thannhauser, lost his post at the University of Freiburg because of his Jewish heritage. He managed to flee to the USA. His mother, Charlotte Thannhauser, died in November 1933.
After the death of her husband Alfred, Lina Thannhauser lived in the house on Prinz-Ludwig-Straße with her two daughters. Her daughter Bella was able to emigrate to Palestine. Her daughter Josefa Thannhauser was no longer allowed to perform as a violinist under Nazi rule. She was deported to Piaski in April 1942. A few days after her daughter’s deportation, Lina Thannhauser took her own life.
Emma Kitzinger also lived as a widow at 8 Prinz-Ludwig-Straße following the death of her husband Leo. Her son Fritz managed to flee to the USA, from where he tried in vain to help his mother escape as well. In July 1942, the Gestapo deported Emma Kitzinger to the Theresienstadt ghetto, where she died just a few months after her arrival due to the appalling living conditions.
Johanna Maurus, a Jewish woman, lived at Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 6a (formerly number 12) with her husband Wilhelm and her son Kurt. Under the Nazi regime, her marriage was regarded as a ‘mixed marriage’. Shortly before the first deportation of Munich’s Jewish men and women, Johanna Maurus took her own life. Her son Kurt survived the Nazi regime.
Elsa Mendle lived with her husband Theodor and her daughter Gerda at 8–10 Prinz-Ludwig-Straße (formerly number 14). After the estate agent Theodor Mendle stopped receiving any business during the Nazi era, he was forced under pressure to sell his property, including some to the City of Munich. In April 1942, the Gestapo deported Theodor and Elsa Mendle to the Piaski ghetto. Their trail ends there. Their daughter Gerda had managed to flee to Palestine in 1937.
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