Location
Linienstraße 64
District
Mitte
Stone was laid
20 September 2019
Born
21 April 1901 in Landshut (Karpatenvorland) / Łańcut
Abgeschoben
28 October 1938
to
Bentschen / Zbąszyń ("Polenaktion")
Deportation
on 13 September 1939
to
Sachsenhausen
Later deported
to
Auschwitz
Murdered
07 January 1943 in Auschwitz
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Stolperstein Eisig Izek Hütter © Initiative Mitte
Eisig Izek Hütter was born on 21 April 1901 in Landshut (Łańcut), Galicia. Little about his family is known other than the fact that he had several brothers. Around 1920, Eisig moved to Berlin, where he worked as a peddler. He was followed by his brother Moses, who was eight years younger than Eisig. In Berlin, Eisig met Sara Engelhardt; they married and had two children, Doris (born 1929) and Herbert (born 1931).
After the National Socialists seized power, Eisig sensed that his family was in danger. In 1936, he travelled to Palestine, where some of his brothers lived, to assess the situation that awaited refugees and their families. He then returned to Berlin. His reasons for remaining in Germany are unknown.
In the early hours of 28 October 1938, the police awakened Eisig at his home. He was forced to dress quickly, pack some belongings, and walk to Alexanderplatz with many of his neighbours, accompanied by a police escort. From there, the Jewish men and young people were taken to the Treptow railway station in open trucks. They then travelled by train to the Polish border, where they disembarked and, after 36 hours of waiting, walked through a no man’s land to Bentschen (Polish: Zbąszyń). There, they lived in catastrophic conditions in and around a stable once used by Polish cavalry. Roughly 8,000 Polish men and young people – and some women and children – from several German cities were swept up in the operation.
As a tradesman, Eisig Hütter was forced to return to Berlin in September 1939 to liquidate his business and hand over the proceeds to the ruling powers. Immediately afterwards, he was taken to Sachsenhausen and remained in the concentration camp until winter 1942–3. When he was murdered in Auschwitz on 7 January 1943, his wife and son were already dead.
Sources:
Bothe/Pickhahn: Ausgewiesen! Berlin, 28 October 1938
After the National Socialists seized power, Eisig sensed that his family was in danger. In 1936, he travelled to Palestine, where some of his brothers lived, to assess the situation that awaited refugees and their families. He then returned to Berlin. His reasons for remaining in Germany are unknown.
In the early hours of 28 October 1938, the police awakened Eisig at his home. He was forced to dress quickly, pack some belongings, and walk to Alexanderplatz with many of his neighbours, accompanied by a police escort. From there, the Jewish men and young people were taken to the Treptow railway station in open trucks. They then travelled by train to the Polish border, where they disembarked and, after 36 hours of waiting, walked through a no man’s land to Bentschen (Polish: Zbąszyń). There, they lived in catastrophic conditions in and around a stable once used by Polish cavalry. Roughly 8,000 Polish men and young people – and some women and children – from several German cities were swept up in the operation.
As a tradesman, Eisig Hütter was forced to return to Berlin in September 1939 to liquidate his business and hand over the proceeds to the ruling powers. Immediately afterwards, he was taken to Sachsenhausen and remained in the concentration camp until winter 1942–3. When he was murdered in Auschwitz on 7 January 1943, his wife and son were already dead.
Sources:
Bothe/Pickhahn: Ausgewiesen! Berlin, 28 October 1938