III. Buildings Integral to the Former Life and/or Persecution of Jews in Hamburg - Rotherbaum II/Harvestehude. © Wilhelm Mosel, Deutsch-jüdische Gesellschaft Hamburg. 6. No. 68 Johnsallee. Hamburg University: Seminar für Verwaltungslehre, Seminar für Finanz- und Steuerrecht, Seminar für Handels-, Schiffahrts- und Wirtschaftsrecht. Former Dr. Ascher Adolf Calmann Gynaecological Clinic. Later, former Diakonissenhaus "Siloah" Clinic. Later, former Israelitische Krankenhaus (Israelite Hospital) (section). Simultaneously, former practice of Jewish "Krankenbehandler" (from 1.10.1938 the term for Jewish doctors who had a revocable authorization to exclusively treat Jewish patients). No. 68 Johnsallee, corner of Schlüterstraße, 1983. In 1939, at the outbreak of the Second World War, the Israelitische Krankenhaus (Israelite Hospital), situated in the former Eckernförderstraße (todays Simon-von-Utrechtstraße), in the district of St. Pauli, had to be vacated. The Hamburg Health Authority allocated the clinic at No. 68 Johnsallee, that at that time belonged to the Diakonissenhaus "Siloah". As the building was spacially inadequate the Jüdische Religionsveband (Jewish Religious Federation) made N. 54 Johnallee additionally available. The Jüdische Religionsveband also accommodated a number of nurses in the building at No. 6 Beneckestraße. The transfer took place in mid September 1939. In 1938, Dr. Ascher Adolph Calmann sold a part of No. 64/68 Johnsallee to the Diakonissenhaus "Siloah" Society. Evidently, he sold his gynaecological clinic at No. 68 Johnsallee. The building at No. 68 Johnsallee was built by the architect Erich Elingius in 1916/17. Dr. Fritz Warburg was chairman of the Kuratorium (committee) of the Israelitische Krankenhaus (Israelite Hospital) until his emigration in the spring of 1939. He appointed Felix Epstein as administrator of the hospital. Epstein was incumbent as head of hospital administration from 1939 to his deportation to Theresienstadt on 19.07.1942. Epstein (1882-1982) was one of the few who survived Theresienstadt to return to Hamburg. At the end of the war he was chairman of the hospital committee from 1951-1960, and from 1968 honorary chairman. After Epstein was deported Langstadt took over the administration of the hospital until 1945. Felix Epstein (1882-1982). Dr. Walter Julius Rudolphi was chairman of the hospital committee from 1939 until his deportation to Theresienstadt on 15.07.1942. From Theresienstadt he was taken to Auschwitz where he was gassed. The driving force behind Dr. Rudolphi was Benno Hirschfeld (1879-1945), who became essential after Rudophi's deportation. As head of the Jewish Kleiderkammer (clothing store), situated at No. 2 Beneckestraße, he acquired clothing for the hospital. The hospital buildings in Johnallee kept a list of individuals who were admitted and who died having taken an overdose of sleeping pills in response to the deportations. In July 1942, (the month in which the three major deportation transports from Hamburg took place) there were many more deaths recorded, i.e. 80, than the average of 34 in the months prior to July 1942. The list of individuals who committed suicide as victims of Nazi persecution unequivocally verify that this high death rate was due to "forced" suicide. In Hamburg a total of 319 individuals committed suicide due to the Nazi persecution (1933-1945). The hospital at No. 68 Johnsallee was the last address in Hamburg for at least 3 individuals before being deported to Theresienstadt: Deportation Transport on 15.07.1942 destination Theresienstadt: Name Date of Birth Place of Birth Occupation Address Rosenbaum, Hans 1901 Hamburg Paediarician No. 68 Johnsallee Deportation Transport on 19.07.1942 destination Theresienstadt: Name Date of Birth Place of Birth Occupation Address Noafeldt, Amalie 1881 Neumark, Westpreußen Nurse No. 68 Johnsallee Voss, Henriette 1883 Küstringen Manageress No. 68 Johnsallee Hospital patients who were deported in July 1942 are not identifiable through the deportation transport lists as the No. 68 Johnsallee address no longer appears. In July 1942, the days on which catering was offered in the hospital was reduced to 1,736, in August, to 1,422, and in September to 906 days. On 15.09.1942, the hospital, which in the meantime only existed in the building at No. 29 Schäferkampsallee, in the district of Eimsbüttel, as the building at No. 68 Johnsallee was required for other purposes. At this time there were 4 doctors, from the group of "Mischehe" ("mixed-marriages"), who were authorized as "Krankenbehandler" to exclusively treat Jewish patients. These doctors had their practice at No. 68 Johnsallee. These doctors were: Dr. Berthold Hannes, Dr Friedrich Glaser, Hans Rosenbaum and Dr. Martin Heinrich Corten. Dr. Berthold Hannes initially had his practice at No. 17 Mittelweg. Following the bombing raids in July 1943 he and his family lived illegally in the house of the teacher Elisabeth Flüggein at No. 140 Erickastraße, in the district of Eppendorf. After the war, until his death in 1955, he rendered the Jewish community great service by devoting himself to rebuilding the Israelitische Krankenhaus (Israelite Hospital). He became its medical director in 1946 (internist). Dr. Berthold Hannes (1882-1955). Dr Friedrich Glaser was deported to Theresienstadt on 15.07.1942 and died in 1944. His last address in Hamburg was No. 56 Großneumarkt, in a "Judenhaus" ("Jewish Building"), in the Neustadt district. The paediatrician Hans Rosenbaum was also deported to Theresienstadt on 15.07.1942 and died there. Dr. Martin Heinrich Corten later became senior consultant at the Israelitische Krankenhaus (Israelite Hospital) from 1943-1946. In 1945, the clinic at No. 68 Johnsallee belonged to the Albertinenhaus. No. 68 Johnsallee exists today and accommodates the Seminar für Verwaltungslehre, the Seminar für Finanz- und Steuerrecht, and the Seminar für Handels-, Schiffahrts- und Wirtschaftsrecht of the University of Hamburg. A memorial plaque has be erected on the facade of the building. It reads: Ehemalige Calmannsche Frauenklinik. Dieses Gebäude ließ sich 1916/17 der Arzt Dr. Ascher Adolph Calmann nach Plänen von Erich Elingius als Privatklinik erbauen. Da Dr. Calmann 1938 wie allen jüdischen Ärzten die Approbation entzogen wurde, mußte er das Haus aufgeben. Er verkaufte es 1938 den Verein Diakonissenhaus Siloah e.V. Dr. Calmann konnte 1940 emigrieren. Nachdem das traditionsreiche Israelitische Krankenhaus in St. Pauli 1939 auf Druck der Hansestadt in städtischen Besitz gekommen war, wiesen die Behörden Personal und Patienten in die Klinik Johnsallee 68 ein. Das Haus diente 1939 bis 1942 unter Leitung von Dr. Ernst Wolffson als Kranknhaus für die noch nicht deportierten Juden. German text: Dipl.-Pol. Wilhelm Mosel, Deutsch-Jüdische Gesellschaft, Hamburg.