Hefter Genealogy - Grave Markers of our Past



Bertha (Stern)      
Julius Katzenstein Ruth    
    Jesse  
      Ilana
      Sheera
      Jonathan
    Seth (Shais)  
      Yisroel Meir
      Yonina
      Isaac
      Sara
      Avigayil
      Chaya Bracha
      Hadassah
      Yehudis
    David  
      Stephanie
      Amy
      Rebecca
      Daniel
    Jodi (Shoshana)  
      Alon
      Aiden
      Yasmin
      Keshet
      Akiva
Sara (Rotenberg) Seymour    
Joseph Hefter      


Kvutzat Yavneh, Israel

  • Seymour Hefter
  • Ruth Hefter - Daughter of Julius and Bertha
 

Beth El Cemetery, Paramus, NJ

  • Julius Katzenstein
    • Julius - oldest child, emigrated to America in 1939 from Wehrda via Hamburg by ship
    • Selma - Dies in Auschwitz -She had a family, and a son was in Westerbork with Regina. Because of the false papers, she refused to acknowledge even her sister or her son in the camp. Peretz, Selma's son, survived the war and went to Israel. She knew people who had a bakery in Holland but refused to interact with them to protect her false identity.
    • Meta - Died in Auschwitz - never married, and she thought she could escape, but Nazi soldiers captured her on the train to Switzerland; she was sent to Westerbork and then to Auschwitz
    • Regina - Becomes a Coster by marriage and emigrates to America after the war. Regina, Abraham/Arthur (Betti's Brother, son of Regina Katzenstein Coster), and Betti (daughter of Regina Katzenstein Coster) were in Westerbork, Holland. Regina produced false papers with different names, allowing them to leave the camp. They were hidden in the Dutch underground in Rotterdam and then emigrated to the US from Sweden. Uncle Julius handled all the necessary legal procedures in the US to sponsor the three to come here.
    • Isidor - Dies as a POW in France at age 18
    • Adolf - Accidentally drowned in Germany at a young age
  • Bertha (Stern) Katzenstein
  • Stones cleaned July 2026
 
  • Regina Coster (4/30/1903 - 4/7/1997)
  • Daughter of Julius and Bertha
  • Stone cleaned in 2023
 
Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, NY

  • Joseph Hefter
  • Sarah Hefter
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