Menachem Birnbaum was the second son of Nathan Birnbaum and Rosa Korngut. He was a famous artist. He lived until 1933 in Berlin. In that year he emigrated to the Netherlands. See for more information on his life and work the German Wikipedia.
Toen ik in augustus 2012 aanwezig was bij het leggen van Stolpersteine in Gouda, moest ik weer denken aan onze lieve buren, de familie van Menachem Birnbaum, die destijds een paar huizen verderop woonden op de Lage Gouwe 34. Wij woonden op nr. 16. Al was ik nog maar 6 jaar oud, ik herinner mij nog h…
The police commissioner of Gouda requested that Menachem Birnbaum, a painter by trade, his wife Ernestine Birnbaum-Helfmann and their son Rafael and daughter Hanna be located, detained and brought to trial. They resided in Gouda and were suspected of having changed their place of residence without t…