“We will be traveling soon” was Regina’s last sign of life.
Geboren am 4. November 1885 in Frankfurt am Main.
Since 1910, Regina Eschwege lived in Fulda with her husband Gabriel and their six children. Together they shaped the Jewish life of the city.
Addresses in Fulda:
› Buseckstr. 5
› Buseckstr. 3
› Brauhausstr. 26
› Mittelstr. 25
Parting words
Regina’s last sign of life, sent via the Red Cross, read: “We will be leaving soon.” These words announced her impending deportation—a message filled with hopelessness and grave concern. On May 30, 1942, Regina, Gabriel, and two of their children were deported from Fulda to Sobibor, where their lives were violently extinguished.
Fulda experienced three major deportations:
› December 8, 1941: Deportation of 149 people to the Riga Ghetto.
› May 30, 1942: Deportation of 43 people to the Sobibor extermination camp, including Regina and her family.
› September 5, 1942: Forced deportation of 79 people to the Theresienstadt Ghetto.
Of the 271 Jews from Fulda who were deported between 1941 and 1942, only twelve survived.
Deportations from Fulda
All of Fulda’s Jewish residents—children, women, and men—were forced to spend their last night in Fulda in a sports hall (Rabanusstrasse 14). The following morning, the Gestapo and police escorted them to the train station.
At platform 1, they boarded passenger trains to Kassel. In Kassel, they also had to spend a night in a gymnasium before being transported to an unknown destination the next day.
Based on the original photograph shown, all depictions have been reconstructed using artificial intelligence.