A Joyful Occasion
for the Lustig Family

Paula Lustig’s place card
"Whom Cupid’s bound,
Her luck has found."
The bride, Paula Lustig née Futter, met her future husband at her parent’s store in Munich.

Bernhard Lustig's place card (1884–1969)
"Cupid's dart has pierced his heart;
Love’s sweet knot now binds his lot."
Bernhard Lustig was a businessman, originally from Fechenbach am Main.

Regina Futter's place card
"Cleanliness is her delight,
Let no dust dare in her house take flight."
Regina Futter née Schlesinger was the mother of the bride.

Salo Futter's place card
"Now my daughter’s made her nest,
This armchair knows my heart doth rest.".
Salo (short for Samuel) Futter was the father of the bride, a businessman. The family lived at Pettenbeckstrasse 6 in Munich.

Bertha Lustig's place card (1859–1929)
"In Fechenbach you live like a king,
Bertha Lustig geb. Selig was the mother of the groom. She had been married to Isaak Lustig, who had died in 1906 at age 49. She lived in Fechenbach, in Lower Franconia.

Else Lustig's place card (1895–1976)
"Incomparable at making lace,
Is common sense yet her greatest grace."
Else Lustig, the younger sister of Bernhard Lustig, emigrated to Palestine in the 1930s.

Frieda Gusstein's place card (1890–1941)
"Today a wedding our hearts will gladden,
Frieda Gusstein née Lustig was the groom’s younger sister. She was married to Hermann Gusstein (1881–1941), who came from Fürth. The couple lived in Nuremberg, where Hermann ran a store selling iron goods.

Hermann Gusstein's place card (1881–1941)
"An iron will builds lasting stock.
None would in Nurnberg this motto mock."
Hermann Gusstein and his wife Frieda were deported to the Riga-Jungferndorf concentration camp on 29 November 1941, where they were murdered.

Adolf Lustig's place card (1892–1962)
"Wisdom interpreted by the book
Error for judgment ne’er once mistook."
Bernhard Lustig’s brother Adolf, a lawyer, emigrated to Australia in June 1938. Before that, he (and many other Jews) earned his doctorate, from the University of Würzburg.

Berthold Lustig's place card (1886–1931)
"Ever elegant, chic, contemporary
His way with the fair sex is legendary."
Berthold Lustig, the groom’s younger brother, was a businessmen. He died young in 1931.

Herbert Futter's place card (1889–1966)
"A philatelist leads a life of Sisyphos,
Thus our Bert remains, though handsome, Mrs.-less."
Herbert Futter, the bride’s older brother, emigrated to Shanghai in 1938 with his wife, and then moved onward to the United States in 1947. Because Shanghai was the only place in the world that did not require a visa, many German Jews took this route. But for most emigrants, Shanghai was only a stopover point.

Ernst Futter's place card (born 1900)
"Earnest though he be, his life is gay,
Floating on music, he’d dance it away."
Ernst Futter was one of the bride’s brothers. He emigrated to Palestine in 1934 with his wife and daughter.

Hanni Futter's place card (born 1904)
"There’s the last of Ma’s and Pa’s,
Hear the thunderous applause."
The bride’s youngest sister, Johanna Futter, went by the nickname Hanni. She was very musical and performed a drinking song at the wedding party. She likewise escaped to Palestine shortly after the Nazis took power.

Jenny Baerwald's place card (1886–1949)
"The bridesmaid shouts as she steps aside:
'Long live the groom, long live the bride!'”
Jenny Baerwald née Blumenthal was a friend of the bride and the wife of the city rabbi of Munich. Rabbiners.

Rabbi Dr. Leo Baerwald's place card (1883–1970)
"Here we see how the bride’s dear friend,
Has the pair swear fidelity unto the end."
Until he emigrated from Germany, Leo Baerwald was the rabbi of the main synagogue in Munich. During the November Pogrom, he was arrested and detained at Dachau Concentration Camp. In 1940, he managed to escape to the US. Until 1955, he served as the rabbi of the Beth Hillel Congregation in New York, which included many German-Jewish immigrants as members.