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Friedrich Kaiser * 1876

Wilstorfer Straße 86 (Harburg, Harburg)

HIER WOHNTE
FRIEDRICH KAISER
JG. 1876
EINGEWIESEN 1943
HEILANSTALT LANGENHORN
"VERLEGT" 22.10.1943
HEILANSTALT
MESERITZ / OBRAWALDE
ERMORDET 12.11.1943

Friedrich Kaiser, born on 7.8.1876 in Harburg, admitted to the Langenhorn Sanatorium and Nursing Home on 30.8.1943, "transferred" to the Meseritz-Obrawalde State Sanatorium on 23.10.1943, murdered there on 12.11.1943

Wilstorfer Straße 86, Harburg

Little is known about the life of Friedrich Kaiser, who was born in the town Harburg on August 7, 1876. He was a laborer and had not learned a trade. Where, in which enterprise he worked, is not known.

With his wife, who died early, he had three children. Friedrich Kaiser lived at Wilstorfer Straße 86.

As can be seen from his medical history, he had contracted tetanus in 1920. Later he had a stroke, which led to bilateral paralysis. As a result, he had problems walking, but speech difficulties did not occur. Because of these health impairments, he was no longer able to work from 1929 at the latest and received an invalidity pension of 20 Reichsmarks.

In a report from the Harburg Health Office dated August 26, 1943, the public health officer declared that Friedrich Kaiser had to be admitted to the Langenhorn Sanatorium and Nursing Home because of senile dementia, "because the patient is in need of institutional care and is dangerous to himself and his surroundings." This result was communicated to Friedrich Kaiser on August 28, 1943. The letter on the letterhead "Der Polizeipräsident in Hamburg/Polizeiamt Harburg" stated that temporary placement in Langenhorn was necessary. Reference was made to the right of appeal. However, this was then followed by the sentence "However, the filing of the appeal is hereby denied suspensive effect in accordance with § 53 for reasons of public interest." (i.e. a protest would have no chance)

On August 30, 1943, Friedrich Kaiser was admitted to the Langenhorn Sanatorium and Nursing Home. In the nursing report, he was described as a "quiet patient who keeps himself clean" and "continues to be orderly in his outward behavior." Three weeks later he was 'transferred' to the Sanatorium and Nursing Home (Landesheilanstalt) Meseritz-Obrawalde.

At the Meseritz-Obrawalde State Sanatorium, patients were systematically murdered beginning in the summer of 1942. Patients who were not able to work died within a short period of time, those who were able to work survived as long as their working capacity was preserved. The old and sick were killed by Veronal, morphine or air injections.

Friedrich Kaiser was "admitted" to the Landesheilanstalt Meseritz-Obrawalde on October 23, 1943, and died there on November 12, 1943. The cause of death was given as "general loss of strength."

Translation Beate Meyer

Stand: February 2023
© Margrit Rüth

Quellen: Staatsarchiv Hamburg 352-8/7 Abl. 1/1995 Nr. 32146; Adressbuch der Stadt Harburg 1922; Adressbuch Harburg-Wilhelmsburg 1928; Jenner, Wunder: Hamburger Gedenkbuch Euthanasie-DIE TOTEN 1939-1945 S. 287; Thomas Beddies: Die pommersche Landesheilanstalt Obrawalde im brandenburgischen Kreis Meseritz 1939-1945, in: Baltische Studien. Band 84, S. 85–114.