Armin's sister
Frida (Frieda Alma) Gutmann née Gerechter
Groß Räschen, 17 June 1898 – Auschwitz, 1943
aged 44 when deported
Frieda Alma Gerechter, called Frida, was born in Groß Räschen on 17 June 1898.
She married Erich Gutmann in 1925, and their daughter Eva was born two years later. The family made their home in Hoyerswerda.
By 1943 they were living in Berlin, in the same house as her sister Edith. On 19 February 1943 Frida, Erich and Eva were deported together to Auschwitz and murdered. Frida was forty-four. Eva was fifteen.
“Here lived Frieda Alma Gerechter. Born 1898. Fate unknown. Declared dead.”
The Stolperstein in the pavement opposite Freienhufener Straße 2, Großräschen, laid on 22 March 2011. All nine stones
Before 1933
Early in 1925 Frida became engaged to Erich Gutmann, who was born in Guben and was then living in Greiffenberg in Silesia. Their daughter Eva was born in Großräschen on 29 June 1927. They lived in Hoyerswerda, in Lusatia.
1938 – 1945
In May 1939 the three of them were still in Hoyerswerda, at Mittelstraße 1. Later they moved to Berlin, to a flat on the second floor of Choriner Straße 53, where Edith, Ilse, Margarete and Siegfried also lived.
On 13 February 1943 they were made to sign declarations of everything they owned, and their flat was emptied that day. They were held at the collection camp on Große Hamburger Straße. On 19 February they were deported to Auschwitz together, with the rest of the household.
After
In 2011 a Stolperstein was laid for Frida in Großräschen.
Close family
- FatherWilhelm Gerechter 1860 – 1926
- MotherCäcilie Gerechter, née Schiller 1862 – 1918
- HusbandErich Gutmann 1896 – 1943
- DaughterEva Gutmann 1927 – 1943
- BrotherDr. Erich Gerechter 1885 – 1949
- SisterMargarete Lewinsky, née Gerechter 1887 – 1943
- SisterElse Meyer, née Gerechter 1888 – 1941/42
- BrotherGeorg Gerechter 1892 – 1915
- SisterHedwig Gerechter b. 1894
- BrotherRobert Gerechter 1896 – 1936
- BrotherArmin Josef Gerechter 1899 – 1955
- SisterEdith Bernhard, née Gerechter 1901 – 1943
- SisterIrma Kassel, née Gerechter 1904 – 1943
In Armin's films
- Film 5, überlebt in KanadaWith them go his sister Margarete and her husband Siegfried, and his sister Frida, her husband Erich and their daughter Eva.
In Erich's films
- Film 4, Schicksal unbekannt19 February 1943. From Berlin his sisters Edith, Margarete and Frida are deported to Auschwitz, with their families. They are murdered.
What we don't know
We don't know when the family moved from Hoyerswerda to Berlin, or who in the family claimed for them after the war. We don't know the day they died.
The recordsthe archive's notes, dates and sources
Life events
| Date | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Jan-Feb 1925 | Groß Räschen / Greiffenberg | Engaged to Erich Gutmann BT |
| 1920s-30s | Hoyerswerda | Family home GENI |
| 17 May 1939 | Hoyerswerda, Mittelstr. 1 | Census address with Erich and Eva MTL |
| by 1943 | Berlin N 58, Choriner Str. 53, 2nd floor | Own flat, same house as Edith; landlords Ernst and Gertrud Richau BLHA-13184 |
| 13 Feb 1943 | Berlin | All three sign asset declarations; flat vacated that day BLHA-13184 |
| 17 Feb 1943 | Große Hamburger Str. 26 | Confiscation orders served BLHA-13184 |
| 19 Feb 1943 | Berlin → Auschwitz | Deported on the 29th Osttransport with husband and daughter (list nos. 727-729; all listed as workers except Eva) STAT, GB |
| 27 Sep 1943 | Berlin | Flat cleared; furniture valued at RM 770 BLHA-13184 |
| 1965-76 | Berlin | Restitution cases 23 WGA 318-321/65; 141 WGK 634-640/65; 146 WGK 126/70 BLHA-13184, WGA |
| 22 Mar 2011 | Großräschen | Stolperstein: "Frieda Alma Gerechter, JG. 1898, Schicksal unbekannt, für tot erklärt" (her fate is in fact documented) STOL |
Sources
- Gedenkbuch de1064618 (Frida), de1064553 (Erich), de1064770 (Eva)
- BLHA Rep. 36A (II) 13184 (transcribed)
- 29th Osttransport list, p. 87
- Mapping the Lives
- Berliner Tageblatt 1 Feb 1925
The small letters after an entry name its source: GB the German Memorial Book, JM the Joods Monument, AROL the Arolsen Archives, GENI the family tree on Geni, STOL the stones.