Holocaust Remembrance
Adolf was born in 1901. He was from Alflen, Rhineland, Germany. Elsa, his wife, was from Ulmen, Rhineland, Germany (neighboring towns). Elsa’s family owned the Inn that Elsa and Adolf lived in.
Elsa had 2 siblings and Adolf came from a family of 9 Siblings. They along with one of Elsa’s brothers were the only survivors. Adolf was a short but mighty man who rode a motorcycle around the Rhineland towns, and was well known. They were (along with their family) one of the only Jewish families in the town.
Elsa and Adolf Schmitz
Helga Schmitz Luden with her mother, Elsa Schmitz in Germany before the war.
