Leopold Lachmann

Leopold Lachmann was born as the son of Marcus and Ernestine Lachmann on July 8, 1880 in Filehne an der Netze (today Wileń), in what was then the province of Posen, now Poland.
His father ran a country business in Filehne. Leopold learned to be a butcher. He was married to Rosa Lachmann, née Abraham, who came from nearby Parlinek. Their son Manfred James Lachmann was born in Filehne in 1912.
The Lachmann couple took up residence in Schloppe, in the Deutsch Krone district, north of Filehne. A number of Jewish families have lived in Schloppe since the 17th century. In 1892 there were 147 Jews in 30 households. By 1930 the number had fallen to 50. By 1938, most of the Jewish shops had already been “Aryanized,” and the community property (synagogue, community center) became municipal property in October 1938. The remaining Jewish residents were expelled from Schloppe in March 1940 and taken to an internment camp near Scheibemühl. From there they were deported.
It is not known when Leopold Lachmann moved to Berlin with his family. However, some relatives already lived in Berlin, for example Leopold's sisters Anna and Bertha Lachmann.
In Berlin, only Bergengruenstrasse 57 (then: Lagardestrasse) could be identified as Leopold Lachmann's address; it is also confirmed by Berlin's memorial book for the Jewish victims of National Socialism, while the Riga Committee's "Book of Remembrance", which can be viewed in libraries, is different both as the deportation address: Berlin-Mitte: Elsässer Straße 54.
The listed building of the former Israelite hospital is located there. This address was also a deportation site in 1938 and 1942. But it could also have been a location for deck or work addresses. Both Rosa Lachmann and her sister-in-law Bertha Lachmann probably worked there.
The semi-detached house at today's Bergengruenstrasse 57, built in 1924, was probably the “last freely chosen residence” of the Lachmann couple and their son.
Leopold Lachmann was arrested along with his son Manfred on July 27, 1938. He was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp under prisoner number 1-12 162 until November 21, 1938.
Leopold and Rosa Lachmann (from Bergengruenstrasse 57?) were awarded the VI. Transport DA 26 from Berlin deported to Kaunas/Kovno on November 17, 1941. The transport included 1,006 people. The exact deportation lists are not available for this transport. So far, 812 names have been identified for the Book of Remembrance. All people on this transport were murdered in Fort IX on November 25, 1941.
The son Manfred Lachmann was able to flee to the USA after his release from prison.