People

Betty Dublon née Löwenstein came from Reichensachsen, a small town in northern Hesse with a comparatively large and active Jewish community. Her ancestors had been residents there since the 18th century.

In Lüneburg on July 16, 1891, she married cattle dealer Bermann Dublon, who had come to Lüneburg from Wittlich shortly before. The couple had a daughter, Henny, and a son, Daniel. The family lived and worked first at Grapengießerstraße 35, then, from 1910 onwards, at their own house in Wilschenbrucher Weg 20. At the time, it was still situated on the outskirts of the town.

After her husband"s death in 1913, Betty Dublon lived for a long time as a widow in Lüneburg, together with her children and grandchildren.

Increasing anti-Semitism and the economic crisis drove her son Daniel and family to Hamburg in the early 1930s. Betty remained in Lüneburg, along with her unmarried daughter Henny Dublon, even after the National Socialists came to power in 1933.

In 1938, the two of them experienced the November pogroms in Lüneburg. Around Nov 9/10, the last remaining shops with Jewish owners and also parts of the Jewish cemetery were destroyed. However, when Betty Dublon died in September 1939, she could still be buried there.

She was the last person to be buried in the Lüneburg Jewish cemetery. In the 1940s, the Lüneburg town authorities ordered the whole cemetery to be "cleaned up". All headstones, whether already destroyed or still intact, were removed - among them also Betty Dublon"s stone.

Sources and Info:

On the Jewish community of Reichensachsen: https://www.alemannia-judaica.de/reichensachsen_synagoge.htm

Name variants: Peschen