75 years ago today, the Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated. Unfortunately, due to the Corona pandemic, the commemorative cact cannot take place. Nevertheless, we would like to use the anniversary to commemorate former Jewish residents of the Altenburg County who were interned in Buchenwald, murdered there or liberated there.
Our honorable remembrance goes to:
- Adler, Joseph (Schmölln, 1892-1956, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Adler, Siegmund (Schmölln, 1891-1944, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)*
- Cohn, Julius (Altenburg, 1896-1943, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)*
- Dannemann, Kurt (Altenburg, 1905-1942, 1942 in Buchenwald concentration camp)*
- Dannemann, Nathan (Altenburg, 1878-1938, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)*
- Dintenfass, Markus (Altenburg, 1901-1992, 1945 in Buchenwald concentration camp)**
- Hittmann, Markus (Altenburg, 1902-1984, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Kohn, Paul (Altenburg, 1888-1942, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)*
- Kornmehl, Max (Altenburg, 1908-1942, 1942 in Buchenwald concentration camp)*
- Kronfeld, Isaac (Altenburg, 1882-1941, 1941 in Buchenwald concentration camp)***
- Leiser, Fritz (Altenburg, 1912-2011, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Levy, Albert (Altenburg, 1886-1943, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)*
- Liebermann, Bernhard (Altenburg, 1897-1974, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Lieblich, Isaak (Meuselwitz, 1907-1971, 1944-45 in Buchenwald concentration camp)**
- Löwenstamm, Kurt (Altenburg, 1893-1942, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)*
- Marienfeld, Fritz (Meuselwitz, 1905-1942, 1938-42 in Buchenwald concentration camp)***
- Pruschansky, Heinrich (Meuselwitz, 1890-1942, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)*
- Rehfeld, Max (Altenburg, 1903-1977, 1938 and 1945 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Rosenberg, Hans (Altenburg, 1898-1942, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)*
- Rubin, Isaak Leib (Meuselwitz, 1882-1965, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Schorr, Karl (Altenburg, 1878-1942, 1942 in Buchenwald concentration camp)***
- Soldin, Leo (Altenburg, 1894-1960, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Soltes, Israel (Altenburg, 1895-194?, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)*
- Stein, Dr. Adalbert (Altenburg, 1893-1980, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Sternberg, Max (Meuselwitz, 1912-1991, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Sternberg, Rolf (Meuselwitz, 1921-1976, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Sternberg, Simon (Meuselwitz, 1880-1940, 1939-40 in Buchenwald concentration camp)***
- Temple, Chaim (Gößnitz, 1884-1949, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Wandstein, Samuel (Altenburg, 1893-1955, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Weinberger, Kurt (Schmölln, 1900-1982, 1944 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Weinzweig, Ernst (Zechau-Leesen/Altenburg, 1905-1975, 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp)
- Wollberg, Arnold (Zechau-Leesen, 1870-1939, 1938-39 in Buchenwald concentration camp)***
The persons marked with * were victims of the Shoah after their release/deportation from Buchenwald. The people marked with ** experienced the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The people marked with *** were murdered in Buchenwald.