Bernhard Oster
Bernhard Oster was born on 3 January 1871 in Löf, Germany, into a Jewish family. He was the son of David Oster and Babetta Oster, née Forst. Around 1905 he was documented as a trader or shopkeeper in Löf, and later moved to Hatzenport, where he worked as a cattle dealer and eventually ran a small guesthouse. He was married to Paula Gottlieb from Ebernburg, and they had one daughter, Erna Elvira Oster, born in Hatzenport in 1906. On 27 July 1942, Bernhard was deported from Hatzenport to the Theresienstadt ghetto. On 19 September 1942 he was deported onward to the Treblinka extermination camp, where he was probably murdered shortly after arrival on 21 or 22 September 1942. His daughter Erna survived by emigrating to the United States with her husband in 1939.
Paula Oster, née Gottlieb
Paula Oster was born on 31 August 1881 in Ebernburg, Germany. She was the daughter of the Jewish couple Emanuel Gottlieb and Wilhelmina Gottlieb, née Gans. Paula married Bernhard Oster, a cattle dealer, and lived with him in Hatzenport; their last recorded address before deportation was Moselstraße 3. On 27 July 1942, she was deported with Bernhard to the Theresienstadt ghetto. Less than two months later, on 19 September 1942, she was deported to the Treblinka extermination camp, where she was probably murdered soon after arrival on 21 or 22 September 1942.
