Leo Kreindler

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Stolperstein , Pfalzburger Strasse 10A, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf

Leo Kreindler (born September 23, 1886 in Kolomea , † November 19, 1942 in Berlin ) was an Austro-German editor and Jewish association functionary.

Life

From 1907 Kreindler was employed by the Jewish Community in Berlin, initially as an office assistant. Later he worked as an editor for the Berlin region for the Israelitisches Familienblatt (Hamburg / Berlin) and also for the newsletter of the Jewish community in Berlin . From November 1938 he was editor-in-chief at the Jüdischer Nachrichtenblatt .

In January 1942 Kreindler was appointed to the executive committee of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany . Soon afterwards he headed the welfare department at the Reichsvereinigung. On November 19, 1942, the employees of the welfare department had to assemble in their offices by order of the Eichmann department . SS-Obersturmbannführer Alois Brunner informed those present that the welfare department with 132 people would have to be reduced by about half the number of employees. Hannah Karminski was among the people assigned for deportation . Following this instruction, Kreindler suffered a fatal heart attack. Brunner commented on Kreindler's death with the words: "Take the Jews away so they won't lie so cold".

On June 8, 2013 , a stumbling block was laid in front of his former home , Pfalzburger Strasse 10A, Berlin-Wilmersdorf .

Kreindler was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Berlin-Weißensee . His sister, an opera singer Klara Haya Kreindler committed the following day suicide , his brother Pinkus Kreindler ( stumbling block ) was a victim of the Holocaust .

literature

  • Gudrun Maierhof: Assertion in Chaos: Women in Jewish Self-Help 1933–1943 . Campus Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-593-37042-5 .

Web links

Commons : Leo Kreindler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ernst G. Lowenthal: Probation in the downfall . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1966, p. 108.
  2. ↑ Monika Richarz: Jewish life in Germany: Self-testimonials to social history . Volume 3. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1976, p. 411
  3. ^ Esriel Hildesheimer: Jewish self-government under the Nazi regime . Tübingen 1994, p. 125
  4. ^ Gudrun Maierhof: Self-Assertion in Chaos: Women in Jewish Self-Help 1933–1943 . Campus Verlag, 2002, p. 176
  5. ↑ Quoted in: Claudia Brunner, Uwe von Seltmann: If the perpetrators are silent, the grandchildren talk . Edition Book Guild, 2004, p. 24
  6. ↑ Hartmut Jäckel, Hermann Simon: Berlin Jews 1941, Names and Fates: the last official telephone book of the Reichspostdirektion Berlin . Volume 4 of the Centrum Judaicum series of publications. Hentrich & Hentrich, 2007, p. 72
personal data
SURNAME Kreindler, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-German editor and association official
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Kolomea
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1942
Place of death Berlin