Armin's brother
Georg Gerechter
Berlin, 1 March 1892 – missing since 9 May 1915 at Nieuport, Flanders
Georg Gerechter was born in Berlin on 1 March 1892, a son of Wilhelm and Cäcilie. He grew up in Groß Räschen, where his father had the store.
At twenty he invented something. In 1912 he registered his own design for a lighter with a flashlight built in.
When the First World War came he volunteered. On 9 May 1915, at Nieuport in Flanders, he went missing. He was twenty-three. He never came home.
Before 1933
Georg served as a volunteer with a reserve infantry regiment on the Yser front in Flanders. After he went missing, the first lists reported him badly wounded; months later he was listed as missing. The family counted him among the fallen. In 1919 his brother Erich had a tree planted in the Land of Israel "for his fallen brother Georg."
Close family
- FatherWilhelm Gerechter 1860 – 1926
- MotherCäcilie Gerechter, née Schiller 1862 – 1918
- BrotherDr. Erich Gerechter 1885 – 1949
- SisterMargarete Lewinsky, née Gerechter 1887 – 1943
- SisterElse Meyer, née Gerechter 1888 – 1941/42
- SisterHedwig Gerechter b. 1894
- BrotherRobert Gerechter 1896 – 1936
- SisterFrida Gutmann, née Gerechter 1898 – 1943
- BrotherArmin Josef Gerechter 1899 – 1955
- SisterEdith Bernhard, née Gerechter 1901 – 1943
- SisterIrma Kassel, née Gerechter 1904 – 1943
In Armin's films
- Film 1, Hier wohnte9 May 1915. Armin's brother Georg, twenty-three, a war volunteer, goes missing at Nieuport in Flanders. He never comes home.
In Erich's films
- Film 1, Jg. 18869 May 1915. His brother Georg, twenty-three, goes missing at Nieuport, in Flanders. The family will count him among the fallen.
What we don't know
We do not know how Georg died or where he lies. A man listed as missing usually has no grave, though one family record says he was buried in Cottbus.
The recordsthe archive's notes, dates and sources
Life events
| Date | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 1912 | Großräschen | Registers a utility model, no. 515557: "Feuerzeug mit Taschenlampe" (a lighter combined with a flashlight) RA |
| 1914-15 | Flanders | War volunteer (Kriegsfreiwilliger), Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 208, 12th company (43rd Reserve Division, Yser front) VL |
| 9 May 1915 | Nieuport | Missing in action VL |
| 10 Jun 1915 | — | Casualty list: "Krgsfr. Georg Gerechter, Berlin, schwer verwundet" VL |
| 6 Apr 1916 | — | Correction: "bisher schwer verw., vermißt". Regimental missing list: "verm. 9.5.15 Nieuport. Ausk. an: C. Gerechter, Cottbus, Burgstr. 28" VL |
| 16 May 1919 | Cottbus | His brother Erich plants a JNF tree "for his fallen brother Georg" JPER |
Sources
- Deutsche Verlustlisten (Preußen 245 p. 6855; 499 p. 11920) and RIR 208 Vermisstenliste no. 140
- Reichsanzeiger 15 Jul 1912
- Jüdische Rundschau 16 May 1919
- Geni
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.