Bar-Mitzvah for boyhood, youth, and manhood [Book]

Fred Lindheim was born on July 3, 1932 to Berthold Lindheim (1895-1973) and Hertha (née Frankel, 1897-1992) Lindheim in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Berthold Lindheim earned a doctorate in chemistry and worked as a manufacturer's representative for various chemical companies. With the implementation of anti-Semitic measures in Germany, Fred was denied schooling. Neighbors helped the family enroll Fred in a Catholic school so that he could continue his education. After Kristallnacht, Berthold was arrested and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp. The family was also forced to leave their apartment in Frankfurt. Fred was sent on a Kindertransport to Belgium where he lived with his aunt and uncle, Mathilde and Hugo Lindheim in Malines (now Mechelen, Belgium). Berthold Lindheim was released from Buchenwald concentration camp. In the spring of 1939, Berthold and Hertha Lindheim immigrated to Great Britain. Fred joined his parents and they lived in London for a year before immigrating to the United States in 1940. They initially lived in New York City but moved to Syracuse, New York after Berthold secured a job as a pharmaceutical chemist. They returned to New York City in 1943. Fred Lindheim graduated high school in 1949. Hugo Lindheim (1892-1943) was born on July 8, 1892 to Siegfried and Ida Lindheim in Rennertehausen, Frankenberg, Germany. His wife, Mathilde Lindheim (née Bachenheimer, 1892-1943) was born to David and Auguste Bachenheimer on February 14, 1892 in Roeddenau, Frankenberg, Germany. Their daughter Lore Lindheim (1921-1943) was born on November 19, 1921 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Hugo worked as a furniture factory owner and during the war, they lived in Belgium. On January 15, 1943, the Lindheims were deported from the Mechelen transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp on transport XVIII. They all perished at Auschwitz.

The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Fred Lindheim.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fred Lindheim