Rosa Goldmann, née Müngelgrün, was born on July 8, 1887.

Around 1900, she moved into her older brother’s household in Offenbach am Main.

She completed a four-year training program at the Frankfurt Jewish Housekeeping School (Theobaldstraße), which was directed by Bertha Pappenheim. Her brother had arranged for her to attend the school.

In 1907, Bertha Pappenheim hired her as housekeeper in her private household (Feldbergstraße, Frankfurt am Main). She called her 'Resi'.

That same year, Rosa met Max Goldmann, who was in the midst of his master’s examination to become a shoemaker and orthopedic shoemaker. 

While Bertha Pappenheim was traveling in 1908, she left the house entirely in Rosa’s care. Bertha Pappenheim brought Rosa gifts from her travels. Among other things, Rosa also helped out at the Jewish Women’s Association’s home in Neu-Isenburg.

In 1910, Rosa and Max became engaged.

They were married in London on November 28, 1911. The trip to London was a wedding gift from Bertha Pappenheim, who also organized it.

On December 8, 1912, at Bertha Pappenheim’s insistence—and following lengthy arguments about it—the couple moved from Offenbach am Main to Neu-Isenburg, to Frankfurterstr. 26.

On September 14, 1912, their son Willi Goldmann was born.

He spent his school years and completed a two-year program at the commercial school in Neu-Isenburg. Afterward, he completed another training program in Frankfurt am Main.

At Bertha Pappenheim’s suggestion, he began learning the shoemaking trade in preparation for emigration.

On October 1, 1914, the family moved into a three-room apartment with a small retail store at Frankfurterstrasse 19 in Neu-Isenburg.

On March 13, 1915, their daughter Johanna was born. Bertha Pappenheim made sure that Johanna took part in the needlework classes at the “Isenburg” home.

Until 1933, the Goldmann family was well integrated into the community of Neu-Isenburg.

In early 1933, Willi Goldmann lost his job.

In July, through the Jewish Gymnastics Association and with a recommendation from the chairman of the Palestine Office, Willi received an immigration certificate for Palestine.

He emigrated at the end of August.

In 1935, Willi brought his parents and his sister over.

His sister Johanna, however, was too old to qualify for the family visa. Through the mediation of Bertha Pappendem, the British Consul General in Frankfurt simply added Johanna’s name to his parents’ visa. The British immigration officials in Palestine discovered the forgery but allowed Johanna to enter the country.

In 1943, Max Goldmann died in Palestine.

In 1974, Rosa Goldmann died in Israel.

Sources: Stadtarchiv Neu-Isenburg

Last update: July 6, 2026 (EEP)