Berthold Lehmann

Berthold Lehmann, born on December 22, 1878 in Berlin, was in the civil service from 1901 after studying law. Since 1909, he was a district judge in Berlin-Tempelhof, and was married to Margarete, née Hamburger, born in 1888 in Posen (today: Poznań / Poland). The couple lived at Beerenstrasse 41 in Zehlendorf for many years. Berthold Lehmann had been a chamber judge since February 1920. As part of the law to restore the professional civil service, Lehmann was initially granted leave of absence in April 1933 because of his Jewish origins, but was able to remain at the Chamber Court because he had worked in the civil service for 25 years. In 1935 he was banned from working due to the Nuremberg Race Laws (Reich Citizenship Act). By then, at the latest, the Lehmanns had to move to Wielandstrasse 17, Garden House, 2nd floor in Charlottenburg. At the beginning of January 1943, the couple had to fill out a statement of assets. A few days later, 65-year-old Berthold Lehmann and his 55-year-old wife were picked up and arrived with 1,194 Jews Moabit freight station (Putlitzbrücke) on January 12, 1943 in the “26. Osttransport” to Auschwitz. It can be assumed that they were selected for the gas chamber when they arrived on January 13th. On March 6th, 2009, in conjunction with a speech by Monika Nöhre, the President of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce, Berthold Lehmann and three other Jewish judges were sent to the gas chamber Stolpersteine were laid at the Chamber Court, who were deported and murdered.