Farewell

I learned with great regret that Vera Kaufmann, nee Morgenroth, died on September 5th. She was the younger daughter of the lawyer and Jewish community secretary, later president, Martin Morgenroth.

She was a very pretty girl, much older than I, but as a 14 year old, I adored her, understandably not the only Jewish male in Bamberg.

Some years ago, I visited her on her 80th birthday in Weybridge, South of London. On that occasion, I met her daughters. The one who lived in Canada brought her husband, a physicist with her.

I had not seen Vera since Bamberg, i.e. since about 1937. She seemed unchan- ged in appearance, but the beginning of her disease was already evident.

 

 

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