Armin's Jewish neighbour in Großräschen, who survived
Paul Sachs
1887 – after 1949
Paul Sachs lived in Bückgen, a village that is now part of Großräschen. He was not a shopkeeper like Armin. He worked in the offices of the Ilse mine, the big lignite mine near the town, where he was an authorised signatory: a trusted man who could sign for the company.
In February 1937 the police counted the Jews of the district and found five. Paul was one of them, with Armin, Herbert, Kurt Mannheim and the dentist Gerhard Hurwitz.
Paul's wife was not Jewish, and that protected him. He was humiliated, but he survived. His sister Meta did not. After the war he searched for her in Berlin.
Before 1933
Paul was born in 1887. His mother was very probably Cäcilia Sachs, born Klebamsky, who died in 1933. He had two sisters, Elisabeth and Meta, and a brother, Theodor.
1938 – 1945
His marriage kept him from deportation. His sister Elisabeth, who was married to a druggist in Senftenberg, survived in the same way. Meta, who lived in Senftenberg, was deported from Berlin to Auschwitz on 19 April 1943 and murdered.
After
In 1949 Paul was still in Berlin, still looking for Meta. In 2011 a Stolperstein was laid for him in Großräschen, beside stones for his mother and both his sisters.
What we don't know
We don't know his wife's name, whether they had children, or when he died.
The recordsthe archive's notes, dates and sources
Family and connections
- Mother probably Cäcilia Sachs née Klebamsky (b. 1856, d. 1933; Stolperstein)
- Sisters Meta Sachs (b. 16 Mar 1880 Coswig; murdered Auschwitz 1943) and Elisabeth Olga Ketschau née Sachs (b. 1877; married to the Senftenberg druggist Walter Ketschau; survived); brother Theodor (b. 1875 Berlin)
Life events
| Date | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Feb 1937 | Räschen | Listed as one of 5 Jews in the district: authorised signatory (Prokurist) in the administration of the Ilse lignite mine AROL-1937 |
| 1930s | Bückgen (part of Großräschen) | Lived there ("IN BÜCKGEN WOHNTE") STOL |
| 1933-45 | — | In a mixed marriage, so he survived: "gedemütigt, überlebt" STOL, LR |
| 19 Apr 1943 | Berlin → Auschwitz | His sister Meta, of Taubenstr. 4, Senftenberg, deported STOL |
| 1949 | Berlin | Still searching for Meta LR |
| 22 Mar 2011 | Großräschen | Stolperstein (planned for the Bückgen information board on the IBA terraces) STOL |
There is no Paul Sachs in the Gedenkbuch, which fits his survival.
Sources
- Arolsen 11208450
- AG Stolpersteine Senftenberg biographies (gerd-ruediger-hoffmann.de)
- Wikipedia list of Stolpersteine in Großräschen
- See also The other Jews of Großräschen (Stolpersteine 2011)
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.