Dina – nicknamed “Dilla” – enriched Fulda with theatre and culture
Born on April 24, 1883 in Fulda.
Dina’s family was deeply rooted in Fulda: her father, Adolf Katzenstein, came from Eschwege, and her mother Dora Spiro’s family had been living in Fulda since the 15th century.
On January 18, 1908, Dina married Jakob Feldheim from Graudenz. The wedding took place in Fulda. The couple had four children: Dora (1909), Sitta (1911), Arno (1913), and Martha (1915).
Security and tradition
Dina grew up in a warm and loving home and lived a close family life with Jakob, deeply rooted in Jewish traditions. The couple initially lived in the rabbi’s villa at Schildeckstraße 12, and later at Bahnhofstraße 21. On February 24, 1939, due to Nazi forced labor laws, they were forced to move to the Jewish old people’s home at Schildeckstraße 10.
Cultural and social engagement
Dina, affectionately known as Dilla, was culturally active. Together with her Jewish friends, she staged plays in Fulda on various occasions. Furthermore, she devoted herself wholeheartedly to the Jewish residents of the St. Lioba retirement home and continued to care for them even after their forced relocation to Schildeckstraße 10.
Dina was murdered in Auschwitz on May 18, 1944.
Addresses in Fulda:
› Until 1908: Mittelstr. 36
› 1908 – 1918: Schildeckstr. 12
› 1918 – February 24, 1939: Bahnhofstr. 21, 2nd floor
› Forced relocation on February 24, 1939 to the Jewish Old People’s Home
(one of the so-called “Jewish houses,” into which Jewish men and women were forced before their deportation)
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