S-080 · memorial biography

Biography of Benno Nördlinger of Laupheim

Repository
The Jewish Community of Laupheim and its Annihilation
Reference
Book pages 384-390; English translation supervised by Dr. Robynne Flynn-Diez
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People
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Places
Laupheim, Württemberg

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Reliability and limits

Compiled local memorial biography drawing on Laupheim archival and family material. It supplies a plausible identity for S-078's "Mr. B. Nordlinger" and documents his maternal Einstein connection, but it does not identify him as Ludwig Einstein's cousin or connect Pauline Einstein to Emil Einstein.

Supported discoveries

Ludwig Einstein, born 26 July 1880 in Stuttgart, was a son of Emil Einstein and Karoline/Caroline Schweizer and therefore a brother of Auguste Einstein Saalfeld, Melita Einstein Levy, and Josephine Einstein Schwarzschild Stone.

Ludwig's naturalization file and draft card establish the same Stuttgart-born man, with the exact birth date 26 July 1880, at 3897 Clay Street. The 1940 and 1950 censuses directly call him Melita Levy's brother, and the 1950 census also calls Josephine Stone their sister. C-019 independently bridges Melita to Auguste, while C-009 establishes Auguste and Josephine as daughters of Emil Einstein and Karoline/Caroline Schweizer. The California death index matches Ludwig's exact birth date and reports his mother's maiden name as Schweitzer and father's surname as Einstein. Ludwig's 1939 manifests also name cousins in the Laupheim Einstein network and at 3800 Washington Street in San Francisco. Josephine independently named the same San Francisco cousin, Corinne Koshland; Corinne's signed passport uses the maiden name Schweitzer, and the likely Laupheim cousin Benno Nördlinger was a son of Pauline Einstein. This convergence makes the parentage and sibling relationship highly likely.

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