Paula Jordan

Paula Frank was born in Steinach an der Saale as daughter of the Jewish merchant Lazarus Frank. During World War I she served as a nurse. On 16 December 1921 she married Siegfried Jordan (born on 18 July 1889), the son of a Munich cattle trader. On 5 October 1923 Peter, the only son of the couple, was born. For two decades, the couple owned an art gallery in Prinzregentenstraße 2, across the street from the Haus der Kunst. They exhibited and sold works of arts across Germany, mainly in spas like Bad Kissingen or beach resorts like Norderney.^[1] In 1925, the family moved into their apartment in Mauerkircherstraße 13 (Herzogpark). The so-called Reichskristallnacht changed their life fundamentally. Siegfried Jordan was arrested and kept interned for some days in the Dachau concentration camp, the furniture from their apartment was confiscated, the cultural climate became very hostile for all Jews. In May 1939, their son Peter successfully emigrated to England. Siegfried was a dyed-in-the-wool Bavarian and could not imagine leaving his homeland. He cycled through the landscapes and love to go skiing in Lenggries.^[1] "My father was very attached to Bavaria," his son later-on remembered. "That's why he did not want to know what actually happened." The couple lost their gallery and their apartment. On 20 November 1941, Siegfried and Paula Jordan were deported to Lithuania, together with thousand Jews from Munich. The train was originally bound to Riga, but never arrived there. The Jordans and all other passengers were shot immediately after arrival in Kaunas, on 25 November 1941.^[2]

His son Peter Jordan survived the Shoah in England and remained there after the fall of the Nazi regime. He lives^{[as of?]} in Manchester, together with his wife.^{[citation needed]}