Berlin stumbling stone memorial has expanded text about Kurt Paechter's fate
The stumbling stones (Stolpersteine) laid at Nassauische Str. 61 in Berlin in 2010 used the research and biographical information developed earlier for the Landau family memorial in Halle.
However, the biography has been updated concerning the last months of Kurt Paechter's life. Here is the new information.
The son-in-law Kurt Paechter died on October 30, 1942 The Gestapo picked them up from the apartment at Nassauische Straße 61 and deported them to Theresienstadt in a transport of only 100 people. From there he was deported to Auschwitz in a “transport” of 1,600 people on October 9, 1944 and murdered. His sister-in-law Anneliese had a different memory of his fate. According to their statements, he was further deported to Bergen-Belsen (presumably from Auschwitz). In April 1945, when Bergen-Belsen was liberated by British troops, he was one of the terminally ill prisoners for whom all help came too late. He died at the age of 52 on December 31, 1945.
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