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Hans Delmonte

born Hamburg, March 25, 1895

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Son of Nathan (Peter) Delmonte (1861–) and Olga (née Israel) (1874–) of the Hamburg banking house N. Delmonte & Co, founded 1893; husband of Hedda Glässner, daughter of Theodor Glässner and Frieda (née Schiff), thus niece of Jeanette Schenker (née Schiff) and after 1919 also of Heinrich Schenker. Hedda and Hans had two children, Heinz Georg (1923–1997), and Gert (b. 1925).

Hans Delmonte, presumably working for the family firm, established a fish canning factory in Ústí nad Labem (Aussig an der Elbe) in May 1935. In that year, he and Hedda were living in Berlin, but by April 1938 the family was living in Lisbon, from where they emigrated to Brazil, settling in Rio de Janeiro.

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Correspondence

  • OJ 14/10, [5] Handwritten letter from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated April 19, 1933

    Rosa Weill reports that she has heard nothing of her brother Victor, assuming that he will move to Palestine. —She comments sadly on the death of her sister, Frieda (Glässner), for whose cremation she, Arnold, and Trude travelled to Berlin, and describes in detail Frieda’s deteriorating condition and death. — Lene has moved from Berlin to Prague to continue her medical training — Klara is somewhat improved.

  • OJ 14/10, [21] Handwritten letter with envelope from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated May 27, 1935

    Rosa Weill admits to suffering bouts of mild depression. She regrets being unable to visit Jeanette because committed to taking Arnold away for health reasons. — She asks whether Jeanette had yet made any decisions [on her own future]. Jeanette has evidently told her of the mass of Heinrich’s papers that she will dedicate herself to [organizing and preserving]. — Hedda and Hans [Delmonte] have been staying; he is building a fish canning factory there. — Hella has forwarded a letter from Victor with photographs: he “shuts us out” more and more.

  • OJ 14/10, [34] Handwritten letter with envelope from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated April 2, 1938

    {Rosa Weil replies to a letter from Jeanette in Italy, the content of which cannot be fully understood but must have reflected the German annexation of Austria on March 11–13, and ensuing attacks on Jewish persons.] Rosa (in Czechoslovakia) says only “events of recent times have gripped us.” — Rosa and Arnold have just spent three weeks in Hofgastein taking the cure. She asks Jeanette how long she will stay in Italy and whether she has quit her Vienna apartment and possessions. — Paul Schiff has financial problems. — Hella’s condition is unchanged and her husband has formed another relationship. — Rosa challenges Jeanette’s low opinion of Emma Schiff (Winternitz). — Lene’s husband has been ill. — Hans and Hedl Delmonte have moved to Lisbon.

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