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Manfred Laser * 1935
Kreuzbrook 17 (Hamburg-Mitte, Hamm)
1941 Riga
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Manfred Laser, born 14 June 1935, deported 6 Dec. 1941 to Riga
Kreuzbrook 17
In the census of May 1939, Manfred Laser was listed as the only Jew at the address Kreuzbrook 17. He was four years old and living with his maternal grandmother.
His mother, Ilse Laser, née Schnell, was born on 19 Nov. 1913 in Hamburg. She was Protestant and apparently "Aryan.” She converted to Judaism on 20 May 1935.
Manfred’s father was Martin Laser (*26 May 1908 in Wongrowitz). He belonged to a large family that had moved to Hamburg. He became a member of the German-Israelitic Community in 1921. He worked first as an independent travelling salesman, then for the Alfred Cibulski company in Altona. He moved several times, living sometimes at prestigious addresses lie Leinpfad and Bellevue, then on Sorbenstraße and Vierländerstraße. Manfred was probably born when the family was living on Leinpfad. Martin Laser’s income was very low in the years from 1934 to 1938. His situation improved in 1937, but in late October of that year he was accused of racial defilement and sentenced to seven years in prison. Ilse Laser annulled her conversion to Judaism on 21 September 1939. Nothing more is known about her.
Although Manfred was a "half-Jew,” he was considered Jewish because both of his parents were Jewish when he was born, and he was thus subject to the Nazis’ anti-Semitic measures. The Jewish Community found a place for him in the "Jews’ house” at Kielortallee 22, where some of his Jewish relatives, who had not been able to leave the country in time, also lived.
On 6 December 1941, Manfred, his aunt Felicia Laser (*7 Dec. 1918 in Hamburg), his great-uncle Simon Laser (*18 Oct. 1882 in Wongrowitz) and Simon’s wife Paula (née Schleimer, *8 Jan. 1881 in Kahlbude) were deported to Riga.
His paternal grandparents Max (Mannheim) Laser (*3 Oct. 1874, a tailor from Wongrowitz) and Johanna Laser (née Rosenberg, *1 Apr. 1881 in Obersitzko) were deported to Theresienstadt on 19 July 1942. Both died there.
Translator: Amy Lee
Kindly supported by the Hermann Reemtsma Stiftung, Hamburg.
Stand: March 2017
© Hildegard Thevs
Quellen: 1; 4; 5; StaH 552-1 Jüdische Gemeinden, 992 e 2 Deportationslisten Bd. 3 u. 5; BA Bln., Volkszählung 1939.
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