List z Dachau

 WERSJA POLSKA ZA CHWILE. NIESTETY ANDRE NIE ZNALAZL NIC DOTYCZACEGO OJCA, ALE WYJASNIL KILKA SPRAW ZWIAZANYCH Z ADMINISTRACJA, SPOSOBEM DEPORTACJI ITP.

Dear Aleksandra,

i couldn’t find any additional information in our files. The date of birth of the pre-liberation documents is a different one from the one after. I cannot say if it’s the same person, the fact that he was on the same lists with Benjamin in Hessenthal and Allach is supporting the assumption that it is your father. Also all documents from ITS (post-liberation) and Gärtnerplatztheater München have the same dob. No doubt, this is the same person (postliberation ITS & Gärtnerplatztheater)

Some of the documents after liberation come from the Jewish Community in Munich. Maybe, they have more information. At least it’s worth a try:

http://www.ikg-m.de/ikg/kontakt/

What we can say from the ITS documents is that he was in Hessenthal (Schwäbisch Hall). The camp existed from October 1944. Mostly polish jews were imprisoned and had to work there. Most of them came from the forced labour camps around Radom (branches of KZ Lublin/Majdanek) and were moved away from there to Auschwitz, beacause of the approaching Red Army. The “arbeitsfähig” (“fit for work”) prisoners were transported from there to the camp Vaihingen an der Enz, a subcamp of Natzweiler (The main camp Natzweiler by that time was already liberated by the allied forces. Nevertheless the subcamps of Natzweiler east of the Rhine river existed on. The administration in October was moved to Vaihingen). From Vaihingen, they were transferred to Hessenthal.

On April 5^th 1945 the prisoners were moved on a train to be “evacuated”/moved away from the approaching allied forces (US Army). Only after a couple of kilometers the train had to stop because it was bombed by the American Airforce (it certainly wasn’t recognized as a prisoner transport). The prisoners were from there forced on a death-march and reached the Dachau subcamp Allach on April 14^th 1945. He was assigned to Barrack Nr. 27 in Allach. 293 Prisoners coming from Hessenthal had been noted, which means that at least 120 prisoners died on that death-march.  We cannot say if from there he was again forced on a death-march in the direction of the alps or if he was liberated in Allach by the US Army. Both is possible.

I know this doesn’t give the big picture that you as his daughter would like to have but I think you already found a lot more than people would normally find out. I would like to stay in touch with you, in case you find out more about him. Also if you have any questions or help with interpretation, I will be happy to assist you!