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Artur Schickler * 1906

Grindelhof 43 (Eimsbüttel, Rotherbaum)

1943 Auschwitz
ermordet Januar 1944

further stumbling stones in Grindelhof 43:
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Artur Schickler, born on 27 Mar. 1906 in Hamburg, flight to the Netherlands, deported on 14 Sept. 1943 via Westerbork to Auschwitz, murdered there on 6 Jan. 1944

Grindelhof 43

Artur Schickler was born in Hamburg as the son of the Jewish couple Caesar Schickler (born on 24 Apr. 1874 in Hamburg) and Fanni, née Meyer (born on 21 May 1885 in Altona). He was the oldest child of the couple, followed by Vera (born on 30 July 1907) and Erwin (born on 12 Dec. 1909). A merchant, Caesar Schickler owned the Harmening & Co. glue wholesaler at Parkallee 8. Initially, the family lived there as well, but moved in 1918 to a seven-room apartment at Schlüterstrasse 64. After his father’s death on 2 July 1919 and the loss of the assets left behind due to inflation, his mother moved to Grindelhof 43. Artur was initially a commercial clerk, according his mother’s recollection, at Lissauer & Co. From 1930 onward, he is said to have continued the business of his late father. However, the company was already deleted from the company register in 1931, as there were no longer any business operations.

From 1931, a community tax file card was kept for Artur Schickler, but he did not pay any contributions. He belonged to the Jewish Community until 17 Feb. 1933. After that, it is noted that he was "travelling.” The addresses noted on the file card for the previous period were Schlüterstrasse 64, Grindelhof 4, "Mönckeberg”[-strasse?], and Grindelhof 43, where his mother also lived.

Artur Schickler apparently emigrated to Amsterdam. There he seems to have gained a foothold as a merchant, because according to witnesses, he was able to support his mother. In Amsterdam, he also met his future wife, the sales assistant Rosette "Setty” Weddige (born on 6 Jan. 1921 in Amsterdam). Her parents were the Amsterdam-born Frederika Weddige-Wurms and the London-born Jacob Louis Weddige. She had a twin sister named Sophia. Setty and Artur got married on 28 May 1942 in Amsterdam, after the invasion of the Netherlands by the German Wehrmacht. The two resided at Stadthouderskade 95. From 1942 to 1943, Artur Schickler is said to have lived in illegality, probably together with his wife. Both were interned on 7 Sept. 1943 in the Westerbork "transit camp.” On 14 September, Artur and Setty Schickler were deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz, where they arrived on 16 Sept. 1943. Setty was murdered on arrival. Artur was given the prisoner number 15,0791. Apparently, he was assigned to the Monowitz camp to work at IG Farben’s Buna plant. Reportedly, he was admitted there several times to the prisoner infirmary, which was completely inadequately equipped.

Artur Schickler’s death on 6 Jan. 1944 is also recorded for that place. Setty Schickler’s parents, Jacob Louis Weddige and Frederika Weddige-Wurms, were also murdered in Auschwitz; Setty Schickler’s twin sister Sophia in the Sobibor concentration camp.

Artur’s mother Fanni and the two siblings Vera and Erwin survived the Shoah.

Translator: Erwin Fink
Kindly supported by the Hermann Reemtsma Stiftung, Hamburg.

© Ulrike Sparr, mit Ergänzungen von Frauke Steinhäuser

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