Breslauer, Helen

Eva Heilberg was born on May 14, 1891 as the daughter of the renowned lawyer Adolf Heilberg (born 1858) and his wife Rosa, née Frankenstein (born 1866), in Breslau (today Wrocław). Eva had one younger sister, Frieda (born 1894). Eva studied history and sociology in Breslau, Freiburg im Breisgau and Berlin. She got married to Hans Schäffer on December 21, 1913.

Hans Schäffer was born on April 11, 1886 in Breslau. His parents were the factory owner Julius Schäffer and his wife Charlotte Schäfer. Hans had three brothers, Ernst, Moritz Friedrich and Rudolf. Hans studied law and obtained his doctorate in 1908. He and all his brothers were drafted to fight in World War I. Moritz fell in 1917.

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