Simon Blum was born June 2, 1860 in Herxheim, Landau, Palatinate. His parents were Wolfgang Blum, a merchant in Herxheim, and Auguste Blum, née Groß. He had a brother, Achille, who was born October 4, 1853 in Herxheim and died December 17, 1908 in Munich.
Simon Blum, bachelor, moved to Munich on January 1, 1888, and worked there as a goods agent. In 1899 he founded the company S. Blum, a goods agency for the textile industry. Simon was the owner of the S. Blum company at Herzog-Wilhelm-Strasse 20 until the end of 1937. From 1 January 1912 he lived in Lindwurmstrasse 15, from 8 March 1929 in Josephspitalstrasse 13. On October 15, 1931 he moved into the house where his company was located in Herzog-Wilhelm-Strasse 20.
In 1937 he had to give up his company and suffered the fate of many fellow Jewish citizens: Due to discrimination against Jews and the abolition of tenant protection, he had to give up his apartment on May 1, 1939 and move to Bauerstrasse 22, where the Rapp family’s apartment served as temporary accommodation for many Jewish citizens (see article about Elisabeth Heims). From March 21, 1941 to March 28, 1941 he was admitted to Clarissa Haimann’s apartment in Martiusstrasse 8 and, like the other residents, had to move again just one week later. He lived in Isabellastrasse 13 from March 29, 1941, and then came to the Jewish retirement home in Mathildenstrasse 8/9 on September 15, 1941. Here, the elderly residents had to share a room in twos or threes. In February 1942, about 100 residents lived tightly packed in this home.
In March and April 1942, the remaining residents were transferred to the „Judensiedlung Milbertshofen“ (Jewish settlement) in Knorrstrasse 148, to the „Heimanlage für Juden“ in Berg am Laim, to the Jewish old people’s home in Klenzestrasse or to the „Israelitische Privatklinik“. A short time later, most of them were deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Simon Blum was also taken to the „Jewish settlement“ with the evacuation of the Jewish retirement home on April 14, 1942. On June 10, 1942, Simon Blum was deported from there on Transport II/04 to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where he was murdered on August 11, 1942. Of the 50 people in this deportation, none survived the Shoah.