Paul Steinitz

PAUL STEINITZ was born on March 25, 1869 in Rosenberg/Upper Silesia. He was one of nine siblings. His parents were Rosalie Steinitz (born Boehm) and the notary Israel Steinitz. PAUL STEINITZ lived there as a respected lawyer until 1935.
In 1933, he was dismissed as a judicial councilor under the so-called „Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service“. This law, passed by the Nazis, served exclusively to dismiss all Jewish civil servants and self-employed persons in their professions. This affected doctors, lawyers, lecturers, professors and other employees and civil servants of Jewish religion. After his dismissal from the civil service, PAUL STEINITZ worked as a self-employed lawyer and notary.
With his sister DR. FRANZISKA STEINITZ he fled to Freiburg in 1937. But here, too, he suffered humiliation at the hands of the National Socialists. He was arrested in Freiburg on October 22, 1940 and deported to Camp Gurs together with his sister and more than 350 other Freiburg residents. PAUL STEINITZ was able to withstand the terrible camp conditions for just over two years. Like all the other prisoners, he suffered from constant hunger and the absolutely unhygienic conditions in the Gurs camp. PAUL STEINITZ was murdered there on January 9, 1942, only one week after his sister, at the age of 72. His grave in the Gurs camp cemetery is number 963.

PAUL STEINITZ is on 25 Mars 1869 in Rosenberg/Haute-Silésie. This is one of the new brothers and sisters. Her parents were Rosalie Steinitz called Boehm and the notary Israel Steinitz. PAUL STEINITZ has a record of respect for the jusqu’en 1935.
In 1933, it was the demis of these functions of legal advice in the vertu de la loi dite „loi pour la restauration de la fonction publique professionnelle“. This loi, adopted by les Nazis, serves exclusivement à licencier tous les fonctionnaires and indépendants juifs dans leurs professions. Cela concernait les médecins, les avocats, les professors and other employés and fonctionnaires de religion juive. PAUL STEINITZ – après son licenciement de la fonction publique – a travaillé comme avocat et notaire indépendant.
With the words of Dr. FRANZISKA STEINITZ, he was repatriated to Freiburg in 1937. This also means that the humiliation of the national-socialists was subsumed. It arrives at Freiburg on October 22, 1940 and is deported from the camp of Gurs with a sour et plus de 350 other residents of Freiburg. PAUL STEINITZ a pu supporter les terribles conditions du camp pendant un peu plus deux ans. Comme tous les other prisoners, il a souffert de la faim constante et des conditions absolutely insalubres du camp de Gurs.
PAUL STEINITZ y for assassiné le January 9, 1942, a week after the sun, at the age of 72. It was in the cemetery of the Gurs camp and had the number 963.