Ury family photographs

Ludwig Ury (1870-1963) was born on June 12, 1870 in Berlin, Germany to Emil (1835-1920) and Franziska (née Schlesinger, 1847-1940) Ury and had three siblings: Hans (1872-1937), Else (also Johana Else, 1877-1943), and Käthe (1881-1944). Ludwig married Else Friedlander (1883-1932) and had two children: Fritz (later Frederick William, 1906-1975) and Marlene (1909-1932). Ludwig was a lawyer for Etablissement Meyer (ETAM), manufacturer of stockings and ladies’ wear. In 1926, Fritz was sent to England to open an ETAM location. In 1932, Fritz immigrated to South Africa where he met and married Hertha Plaut (Helen, 1910-1993) in 1934. They later moved back to England and had two children: Gillian (b. 1942) and John (b. 1944). In 1939, Fritz was able to assist his father, Ludwig, in leaving Germany for England. During the war, they moved to Nottingham where ETAM’s factory made uniforms for the troops. After the war, they returned to London. Ludwig was the only one of his siblings to survive the war. Hans died by suicide in 1937 after he was forced to stop practicing medicine due to anti-Jewish legislation. Else was deported to Auschwitz where she was killed. Käthe married Hugo Heymann (1873-1944) and had three children: Lisbeth (1903-1944), Ilse (1908-1989), and Klaus (1918-2017). Käthe and Hugo moved to Amsterdam in 1939 to live with her daughter, Lisbeth, and her family. In the fall of 1943, they were deported to Bergen-Belsen, then Theresienstadt, and eventually killed in Auschwitz in the fall of 1944.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of John Ury

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by John Ury, grandson of Ludwig Ury.