Ludwig Ebert was a Jewish businessman and civic figure in Osthofen, Germany. Born on 22 June 1867 in Fürth, Bavaria, he moved to Osthofen in 1885 and married Philippine “Lina” Hirsch in 1891. He became a key figure in local industry, working as an authorized officer at a paper and cardboard factory and later running “Papierwerk Ludwig Ebert & Sohn” with his son Arthur. Ebert was also active in public life, serving in the synagogue board, local health insurance leadership, tax committees, and politics.
After the Nazi takeover, he was persecuted as a Jew. In 1934, he was imprisoned in the Osthofen concentration camp, located on the site of his former workplace. He later moved to Worms and Frankfurt, then fled to the Netherlands in 1939. In 1944 he was interned in Westerbork, deported to Auschwitz on 23 March, and murdered there on 26 March 1944.
