Agnes Bach

• Dates/places of birth/death identified in German National Archives, Memorial Book
• Identified as wife of Julius Bach in Siegfried Wolf. Juden in Thüringen 1933-1945: Biographische Daten. (2000), vol. 1, p. 16
• Identified as mother of Arthur and Else Bach, see Wolf.
• Agnes Bach became a widow upon the death of her husband, Julius Bach, in 1920.
• On 9 May 1942, Agnes Bach's daughter, Else, was transported from Nordhausen to Weimar, and on 10th May 1942 deported to Belzyce Ghetto in District Lublin, Occupied Poland.
• On 9 September 1942, Agnes Bach, née Hahn, signed a contract with the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (RV)(The National Association of German Jews) whereby she assigned all his remaining assets to the RJD. The contract was called a "Heimeinkaufsvertrag" or "Home Purchase Contract" and was supposed to provide Agnes with room & board and medical attention and other care in the Theresienstadt Ghetto. The money paid to the RV went directly into Nazi coffers, and Agnes did not receive any of the promised care. The contract and bank documents related to this contract can be found in the Arolsen Archives digital database at: https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search/person/128469378...
• Agnes Bach, née Hahn, was deported from Nordhausen/Thüringen on 19/20 September 1942 to Ghetto Theresienstadt.
• Date/place of death, see entry in German National Archives, Memorial Book.
• A Stolperstein was laid for Agnes Bach in 2006 in Nordhausen; see "Messing in Stein," nnz-online http://www.nnz-online.de/news/news_lang.php?ArtNr=34531

Entry in German National Archives, Memorial Book':
Bach, Agnes
née Hahn
born on 16th December 1854 in Andersleben / Oschersleben (Bode) / Provinz Sachsen
resident of Nordhausen
Deportation:
from Weimar-Halle-Leipzig
20th September 1942, Theresienstadt, ghetto
Date of death: 03rd May 1943
Place of death: Theresienstadt, ghetto