List of stumbling blocks in Dallgow-Döberitz

The list of stumbling blocks in Dallgow-Döberitz contains the stumbling blocks that have been laid in the Brandenburg municipality of Dallgow-Döberitz . Stumbling blocks remind of the fate of the people who were murdered, deported, expelled or driven to suicide by the National Socialists . The stumbling blocks were designed and laid by Gunter Demnig . As a rule, they are in front of the victim's last self-chosen place of residence. The relocation in Dallgow-Döberitz took place on November 18, 2009.

Stumbling blocks

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	PROF. LIVED HERE DR. MARTIN KARPINSKI JG. 1890 ARRESTED 2/9/1935 FLIGHT HOLLAND ARRESTED 11/17/1939 'VOLKSVERRAT' BRANDENBURG JUDGMENT DEAD 16.4.1943	Mittelstrasse 7	Martin Karpinski was born on April 22nd, 1890 in Frankfurt an der Oder . His father was a doctor. In 1910 he graduated from high school and became a flag boy . After he had to leave the army after six months for health reasons, he studied economics and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg . He received his doctorate on March 14, 1914. He then lived in Leipzig and Berlin, where he worked as a writer. From the beginning of the 1920s he taught as a professor of philosophy at a Washington university. He returned to Germany and in 1926 joined the newly founded Johannische Kirche . From 1931 he lived in Dallgow-Döberitz, became pastor of the Johannische Kirche and moved into a house on Mittelstrasse. Karpinski was arrested on September 2, 1935. The Johannische Kirche had been banned since 1935 and Karpinski was suspected of having contacted former supporters. He was brought before the Potsdam District Court and taken into protective custody, but was acquitted by the special court in Berlin due to a lack of evidence. His partner was arrested with him. They married after their release and first moved to the Netherlands in 1936, then moved to Antwerp in 1938. They lived on the money that Karpinski received for newspaper articles and received financial support from a Catholic aid committee. Three of his articles dealt with Germany's plans for conquest and he criticized the National Socialist cultural policy. Among other things, he wrote: "Science and culture are not free in National Socialist Germany, but are misused to manifest the glory, omnipotence and infallibility of the commander-in-chief (Hitler)". In order to be successful with her divorce suit, which was filed in 1938, his still-wife submitted these three "anti-Germany" articles to the court. Karpinski announced he would emigrate to the USA, but for unknown reasons he returned to Germany in 1939, where he was arrested on November 17, 1939, immediately after his arrival. On July 22, 1940, he was sentenced by the Berlin People's Court for "treason" to ten years in prison and denial of his civil rights for ten years. In September 1940 he was stripped of his academic dignity . From August 1940 he was a prisoner in Brandenburg an der Havel prison . As a result of the poor prison conditions, Martin Karpinski developed bronchitis , an intestinal disease, and there was water retention in both legs. He lost weight and in October 1942 weighed just under 46 kg. His sister Martha Schulte tried to help him, her requests for visits were mostly refused and she was not allowed to send him any medication. The penitentiary's board of directors replied to a letter in November 1942: "That after hearing the local prison doctor there is no cause for concern. The sending of medication is neither permitted nor necessary". On April 10, 1943, she received a telegram "Martin Karpinski's condition is deteriorating, immediate visit desired". Martin Karpinski died just a few days later, on April 16, 1943. The official cause of death was tuberculosis .

Web links

• http://www.stolpersteine.eu Project website of the artist Gunter Demnig
• http://www.stolpersteine-falkensee.de Website of the preparation group Falkensee / Osthavelland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to another source, the church archive, Martin Karpinski has worked on a book with the title "Wahn und Sinn". This was directed against National Socialism. On a drive home he met a neighbor who warned him that the Gestapo would be waiting in his apartment. The manuscript of this book was also located there. Karpinski immediately emigrated to Holland . When the German troops marched in in 1940, Martin Karpinski wanted to flee to Switzerland. In France, on the border with Switzerland, he was arrested by German troops on the train.
2. ^ Preparatory group Falkensee / Osthavelland , accessed on September 16, 2018

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