Siegmund Simon

Siegmund Simon’s record traces the life of a Jewish businessman connected with Heddernheim, Frankfurt, and Kölschhausen. He was born in Kölschhausen and later built his life in Frankfurt. With his wife Johanna, Simon owned a department store inside their residential and commercial building in Heddernheim. The store sold haberdashery, bicycles, sewing machines, and accessories. Johanna, born in Camberg, shared the family’s life and business in Frankfurt with their daughter Adele. Boycotts against Jewish businesses damaged the store’s sales and placed the family under persecution. The couple eventually had to sell their business and property through forced transactions. Their final Frankfurt address was on Hanauer Landstrasse before Siegmund’s deportation to Theresienstadt. He died there during the Holocaust, while Johanna survived the camp and its persecution. After her liberation, Johanna joined Adele in New York, where she later died. The record connects Siegmund Simon with Frankfurt’s history of antisemitic persecution and dispossession. This spot is recorded as wheelchair accessible for visitors.