34. Osttransport

During a visit to Berlin I found these memorial tiles on Oranienstrasse in Kreuzberg.

The five tiles read as follows (from top, left to right):

Here lived
Dieter Hohenstein
Born 1934
Deported
34th Eastern transport

[died in Auschwitz on April 20, 1943, at the age of 9]

Here lived
Alfred Hohenstein
Born 1898
Deported
34th Eastern transport

[died in Auschwitz on April 20, 1943, at the age of 45]

Here lived
Erna Hohenstein
Born 1905
Deported
34th Eastern transport

[died in Auschwitz on April 20, 1943, at the age of 38]

Here lived
Elsa Goldenthal
Born 1889
Deported
34th Eastern transport

[died in Auschwitz, date of death unknown]

Here lived
Walter Lustig
Born 1903
Deported
31st Eastern transport

[died in Mauthausen, May 12, 1945, at the age of 42]

This site lists the houses on the street and their residents. The Hohensteins, Elsa Goldenthal and Walter Lustigs resided in 206/207 Oranienstrasse. Dr. Alfred Hohenstein apparently also had a medical practice in the building. Three more of the building's residents, Channe Schnurmacher and Albert and Martha Sorauer, were also deported. I was unable to locate any information about Frida Lessmann, another listed resident of the building. Also appearing on that website is a list of the remaining Jewish homes on the street, the current occupants of the buildings (whether original or rebuilt), and the location of other tiles, which I'll have to look for next time I'm there.

Posted by raptorgirl at June 26, 2008 10:07 PM