Armin's brother; Ruth's father
Robert Gerechter
Großräschen, 3 March 1896 – Berlin, 10 October 1936
aged 40
Robert Gerechter was born in Groß Räschen on 3 March 1896, one of Wilhelm and Cäcilie's sons. His Hebrew name was Reuven.
He became a dentist in Berlin. He married Erna Lauer, and they had two daughters, Ruth and Vera. For ten years the family lived at Frankfurter Allee 17, where Robert also had his practice.
He died in Berlin on 10 October 1936, after a severe illness. He was forty. He did not live to see his wife and his younger daughter taken. In Großräschen, a stone in the pavement remembers him with his brothers and sisters.
“Here lived Robert Gerechter. Born 1896. Persecuted. Left his home town. Died 10.10.1936.”
The Stolperstein in the pavement opposite Freienhufener Straße 2, Großräschen, laid on 22 March 2011. All nine stones
Before 1933
In November 1922, while he was still living in Groß Räschen, his engagement to Erna Lauer was announced by both their fathers. Their daughter Ruth was born in Berlin at the end of December 1923, and Vera in July 1926. From 1926 Robert's practice and the family home were at Frankfurter Allee 17, in the east of Berlin.
1933 – 1938
Robert went on working as a dentist into the Nazi years. He died in October 1936. The death notice was signed by "Erna Gerechter, née Lauer, with the children."
After
Six years later Erna and Vera were deported and murdered. Ruth survived. Years later she claimed in Berlin for what had been taken from the family home, down to parts of her father's dental surgery.
Close family
- FatherWilhelm Gerechter 1860 – 1926
- MotherCäcilie Gerechter, née Schiller 1862 – 1918
- WifeErna Esther Gerechter, née Lauer 1896 – 1942
- DaughterRuth Brigher, née Gerechter 1923 – 2002
- DaughterVera Gerechter 1926 – 1942
- 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
- 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 2, verhaftet 1938Her father Robert, Armin's brother, died two years ago. She lives with her mother Erna and her sister Vera, who is twelve.
In Erich's films
- Film 3, Hier wohnte10 October 1936. His brother Robert, the dentist, dies in Berlin. He is forty.
In Ruth's films
- Film 1, Erna-Esther, née LauerNovember 1922. In the Jewish papers: Erna Lauer of Berlin is engaged to Robert Gerechter of Groß Räschen.
What we don't know
We do not know what illness took him, or where he is buried.
The recordsthe archive's notes, dates and sources
Notes
- Hebrew name: Reuven (Ruth's Page of Testimony)
Life events
| Date | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 1922 | Groß-Räschen / Berlin | Engaged to Erna Lauer; notice by J. Lauer (Kölln. Fischmarkt 1) and Wilhelm Gerechter. Robert is still "Robert Gerechter, Groß-Räschen" BT, IFB |
| Dec 1922-Dec 1923 | (Berlin?) | Married [inference] |
| Dec 1923 | Berlin | Daughter Ruth born ("Berlin: Robert Gerechter u. Erna, geb. Lauer") IFB |
| 1920-1936 | Berlin | A firm "Robert Gerechter" (HRA 54432) is in the Berlin commercial register, deleted Mar 1936. Identity probable WGA, RA |
| 1926-1937 | Berlin O 34, Frankfurter Allee 17 | Dentist ("Dentist") with his own practice; the Jewish address book of 1929/30 has the same entry ADR-B, GBL |
| 10 Oct 1936 | Berlin | Died aged 40. Death notice by "Erna Gerechter geb. Lauer nebst Kindern", Frankfurter Allee 17 GBL |
| 1959, 1965 | Berlin (WGA) | Ruth claims for the household goods and "parts of a dental-practice installation" (44 WGA 9949-9951/59; 45 WGA 89-90/65); Robert's last address Frankfurter Allee 17 WGA |
| 22 Mar 2011 | Großräschen | Stolperstein: "verfolgt, Heimatort verlassen, tot 101.10.1936" (sic, for 10.10.1936) STOL |
Not him: the "Robert Gerechter, Kaufm., SO 36, Lausitzer Str. 1" listed from 1922 to 1938 (still there after 1936), and a cigar maker at Reichenberger Str. 29.
Sources
- Gemeindeblatt der Jüdischen Gemeinde zu Berlin 18 Oct 1936 (death notice)
- Berliner Tageblatt 22 Nov 1922; Israelitisches Familienblatt 30 Nov 1922, 10 Jan 1924
- Berlin address books; Jüdisches Adressbuch 1929/30
- Landesarchiv Berlin catalogue
- 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.