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by Jeremy Dronfield


  anti‑Semitism, 85–86 ( see also

  Austrian Legion, 12

  immigration policies)

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  I n d e x 377

  Battle of Britain, 84

  resistance, 123, 133

  Bergen‑Belson liberation, 298–304

  roll call, 47, 75, 126

  bombing Nordhausen, 284

  singing punishment, 89–90

  buildup of war, 60, 61

  Soviet prisoners, 126–128

  child immigration, 33

  SS barracks, 91

  Edith immigration application, 34

  starvation, 55–56

  immigration policies, 32–33, 35

  suicides, 121

  internments, 85–89

  theft, 51–52

  November pogrom/Kristallnacht

  transfer to Auschwitz, 156–157

  reaction, 28, 30

  tricks, 83

  refugees and, 60

  tuberculosis prisoners, 125

  Brostoff family, 59

  Viennese sent to, 29

  Buchenwald concentration camp

  “Buchenwald Song” (song), 89–90,

  4711 detail, 81

  126, 184

  assassination attempt revenge, 52–54 Buna Werke. see also IG Farben block 17, 95–98

  air raids, 249–250, 252

  block 46, 129–130

  blackout policy, 238, 240

  Commando 99, 126–128

  description of, 179, 181, 204–205

  construction work, 91–93, 154–155

  managers’ ignorance at, 201–202

  crematoria, 98

  Rakers at, 244

  description of, 45–48, 49–50

  sabotage, 206, 259

  disabled prisoners, 124–125

  slow construction of, 190–191

  businesses, 19–20, 22, 23

  disease, 51, 125, 129–130

  Dutch prisoners, 116–117

  “Canada,” 236, 246–247, 269

  early years, 61

  categorization of people, 26–27, 28–29

  escape register, 50, 67

  Catholics, 16, 20

  garden work, 75, 80–81

  Chamberlain, Neville, 60–61

  Goethe Oak, 65

  charities, 36

  Hamber murder, 115–116, 117–118

  Chemnitz (SS‑Sergeant), 152

  haulage column work, 81–82, 101,

  children, 33, 36, 105. see also Klein‑

  133, 135–136, 152

  mann, Kurt

  kapos, 49, 64, 66–67

  churches (Christian), 20

  Kleinmanns’ arrival at, 46–49

  Churchill, Winston, 85

  population in March 1942, 135

  citizenship, 19

  population in October 1942, 156

  civilian ignorance, 201–202, 223–224,

  quarantine respite, 64

  302–303, 321. see also Holocaust

  quarry work, 48–51, 64, 65–67, 75

  deniers

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  civilian workers, 181–183, 186, 189,

  Eichmann, Adolf, 30, 234, 236, 323

  203–205, 207, 223–224, 238–

  “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” (song), 80

  239, 245, 251

  Eisele, Hanns, 118, 125

  communists (general), 16, 95–98, 125, Eisler, Erich, 158, 203, 210, 221–222

  134–135, 196, 314, 319. see also

  Ellrich concentration camp, 287–288,

  political prisoners; resistance;

  294

  various communist prisoners

  Elser, Georg, 52

  concentration camps (general), 21–22, emigration. see also immigration policies 238

  domestic servants, 34–35

  condemnations (international), 28, 30,

  Edith, 35–36

  31–32

  Kleinmann family applications, 71,

  crematorias, 98, 127–128, 235–236, 239

  83, 99, 100, 131

  criminal trials, 322–323

  Kurt, 100, 104–105, 106–109

  Cupo (Curt Posener), 221

  prevention of, 30–31, 119–121, 132

  Cyrankiewicz, Jósef, 205, 261

  Erdmann (civilian worker), 241

  Erika (civilian worker), 239

  Dachau concentration camp, 29

  escape

  Danneberg, Robert, 95, 184

  Auschwitz, 251, 252, 253–254

  Danuta (civilian worker), 245

  Auschwitz team, 246–248

  death march, 267–268

  during death march, 268

  death train (from Gleiwitz II), 1–2,

  from death train, 1–2, 268–273,

  269–273, 285–286

  285–286

  deniers, 239

  Fritz into Austria, 269–279

  deportation, 139–141

  Gustav escape from Bergen‑Belson,

  DESt (Deutsche Erd‑ und Steinwerke),

  303–304, 307–308

  281, 292, 304

  Mauthausen‑Gusen, 284

  Deuringer (SS‑Sergeant), 152

  Wocher’s plan, 253–254

  Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke (DAW), 154 Esterwegen, 186

  Diamant, Ephraim “Freddi,” 195

  experiments, 118, 129–130

  Ding, Erwin (Schuler), 129

  disabled prisoners, 124–125

  Federn, Ernst, 96

  disappearances, 21

  fifth columnists, 84–87, 99, 120, 135

  Dumböck (SS‑Lieutenant), 80

  Final Solution, 135, 147–148, 185

  Dunkirk, 63

  Fischmann, Artus, 242

  Dürrfeld, Walther, 251

  Förschner (SS‑Major), 288

  Frankenstein (civilian worker),

  Ecker, Vickerl, 18

  182–183

  Edlinger (civilian worker), 239

  Frankfurter, Arnold, 134, 166–167

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  Frantisek (civilian worker), 240–241

  Hackmann, Hermann “Jonny,” 76

  Friedmann (Gustov’s workmate),

  Halle, Saxony, 314–315

  152–153

  Hamber, Eduard, 117–118, 119

  Hamber, Philipp, 115

  Galicia, 161–162, 164

  Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, 110–112

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 288

  Heller, Paul, 55, 57

  Ganz (civilian worker), 238

  Helmhacker, Wickerl (Ludwig), 38, 139

  Ganzer, Jacob, 152

  Herzog, Gustav

  Gärtner, Reinhold, 323

  as clerk, 192

  gas chambers

  Holocaust awareness, 323

  Hungarians, 234–236, 239

  kindness, 79–80, 116–117, 242

  men’s families, 188

  life in Buchenwald, 78–80

  Moll, 262

  resistance, 172, 196, 203, 210–211,

  as purpose of Auschwitz, 174

  213–214, 251

  work and, 181

  train to Auschwitz, 158

  wisdom, 83

  gas vans, 148–149

  Herzog, Johann, 66–67

  German Jewish Children’s Aid, 105,

  Heydrich, Reinhard, 31

  110

  Heymann, Stefan

  Germanism, 7, 8

  as Arndt’s assistant, 98

  Gestapo, 16, 74, 76–77, 124, 132, 206,

  Holocaust awareness, 323

  207–208, 220–221

  kindess, 79–80, 242

  ghettos, 132

  resistance, 202–203, 210, 212–213,

  Giuditta
(Léhar), 96

  221, 225, 230, 251, 256

  Gleiwitz II concentration camp, 1, 269

  train to Auschwitz, 158

  Goering, Hermann, 91

  Himmler, Heinrich, 18, 124, 132, 190,

  Goethe Oak, 65

  232, 291

  Goslawski, Chaim, 213, 246–248

  Hinkelmann, Eduard, 53–54, 81

  Grabner, Maximilian, 207–208, 211,

  Hirschberg, Jupp, 192

  214–215

  Hitler, Adolf

  Grath, Bernd, 189

  assassination attempt, 52

  green‑triangle men, 49, 67, 79, 98,

  Austria’s independence and, 6, 8, 12

  135, 172, 193, 196, 301

  building projects, 281

  Greuel (SS‑Sergeant), 136

  Jewish hatred, 134

  Grünbaum, Fritz, 95, 97

  Jewish immigration, 32

  Grünberg, Paul, 169

  in Vienna, 16, 17–18, 20

  Grynszpan, Herschel, 23

  Hitler Youth, 21

  guns, prisoners having, 253–256

  Hofer, Josef, 207

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  Holocaust awareness, 201–202,

  JRC (Jewish Refugees Committee), 59,

  223–224, 302–303, 314–315,

  62, 87–88

  321, 322–323

  Judaism

  Holocaust deniers, 239. see also civil‑

  communist link, 125

  ian ignorance

  Gustav, 7, 8, 17

  Hoover, Herbert, 28

  Kurt, 11, 12, 13

  Höss, Rudolf, 175–176, 215, 226,

  loss of badge in Auschwitz, 191–192

  234–235

  ( see also Jewish Aryans)

  Hössler, Franz, 296

  nationalism and, 7–8

  hostages, 164

  in Vienna, 8, 13–14, 319–320 ( see

  Hoven, Waldemar, 129

  also Leopoldstadt district)

  Hubert, Jiri, 251

  Judenstern, 130–132, 191–192

  Hungarian army, 297

  Jurewska, Danuta, 239

  Hungary, 234–236, 239

  Hüttig, Hans, 48

  Kahn, Rudi, 252

  Kaltenbrunner, Ernst, 291

  “I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg” (song), Kapelari, Helene, 228

  96

  Kapelari, Viktor, 74

  identity cards, 22

  kapos

  IG Farben, 129–130, 179, 201–202,

  Auschwitz block 7, 194–196

  204–205, 249, 251. see also Buna

  Bergen‑Belson liberation, 300

  Werke

  bonus coupons, 232–233

  IKG (Israelitische Kultusgemeinde)

  Buchenwald quarry, 64, 66–67

  deportation, 141

  Buna Werke, 204

  emigration, 30

  description of, 49

  Jewish property and, 21

  games of, 66–67

  run by Nazis, 20–21

  Gustav as, 189

  Star of David badges, 130–131

  Jews as, 192

  Vienna deportations, 70

  kindness of, 294

  immigration policies, x, 31–33, 71,

  Moses as, 78

  99–100, 120. see also emigration

  replacing with green‑triangle men, 135

  Itschkerl (Jakob Ihr), 56, 57

  Karl, 259

  Kersten, Peter, 154

  Jellinek, Sepple (Josef), 95

  Kindertransport, 33

  Jewish Aryans, 191–197, 282, 283, 289

  kindess. see also resistance

  “Jewish Song” (song), 90

  Auschwitz, 182–183, 187, 224,

  Jones, Margaret, 99–100

  240–241, 242–243

  Josten, Heinrich, 170

  Brostoff family, 60

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  Buchenwald, 57, 78–80, 116–117

  life after war, 321–322

  from Gustav and Fritz, 57, 241,

  reaction to Holocaust, 320–321

  242–243

  readjustment, 319

  as life‑giving, 199

  Regensburg hospital, 310–311

  Kleinmann, Edith (Gustav’s daughter)

  train to Auschwitz, 158, 168–170

  arrest of Paltenhoffer, 87–88

  Weimar arrival, 44

  birth of, 168

  Wocher reunion, 320

  at Brostoff ’s, 59–60

  Kleinmann, Fritz in Vienna

  emigration, 34–36, 86

  arrested, 24–25, 26, 37–38, 43–44

  family in America, 318

  expelled, 19

  family in London, 309–310

  identity card, 37

  fired, 19

  Kurt and, 218–219

  Judaism, 17

  playing in Leopoldstadt district,

  letters from family, 310

  217–219

  letters to family, 37, 58

  released, 27

  Paltenhoffer and, 61, 63

  return to Vienna, 312–313

  as pianist, 11

  reunited with Gustav, 316

  pregnancy, 87–88

  Kleinmann, Fritz in Buchenwald

  street abuse, 18

  appeal for food, 56

  Kleinmann, Fritz

  arrival, 46–49

  arrested in St. Pölten, 277

  block 17, 95–97

  as author, 323–324

  closeness with Gustav, 119

  closeness with Gustav, ix

  letters to family, 70

  as communist, 319

  Moses and, 78, 182

  death march from Monowitz, 267–268

  news/gifts from family/friends, 102,

  death of, 322

  119, 137–138

  death train, 269–273

  popularity, 57, 78–79, 81, 92, 94

  description of, 9

  preparation for emigration, 75–77

  escape into Austria, 269–279

  running punishment, 82–83

  escape plan, 260

  whipped, 54

  on evil, 202

  work, 48–51, 65–67, 75, 80–81,

  faith in God, 241, 319

  91–92, 93, 154–155

  growing up, 1–2

  Kleinmann, Fritz in Auschwitz

  Gustav reunion in Weimar, 45

  air raids, 257–259

  hating Nazis, 190

  arrival, 170–177

  Holocaust awareness, 323

  beating by green‑triangle, 193

  hospital in St. Pölten, 279

  block 7, 215, 219–220

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  close call, 187–188

  closeness with Fritz, ix

  coat making, 245

  death march from Monowitz,

  demoralized, 212–213

  267–268

  father and son in Auschwitz,

  death of, 322

  192–193, 236

  death train, 269–273, 285

  Gestapo interrogation, 207–211

  diary, x, 43, 89, 116, 308, 324

  Greek prisoners’ intervention, 241

  early years, 5–6

  Gustav on list for Auschwitz, 155–157

  Ellrich concentration camp, 286–288,

  Gustav’s illness, 237

  294–295

  Gustav’s optimism, 184

  freedom, 307–308, 315

  letters to family, 190

  Fritz reunion in Weimar, 45

  news/gifts from family/friends,

  Holocaust awareness, 323

  229–
230

  Judaism, 7, 8, 17

  popularity, 177

  letters to family after war, 302

  recorded as dead, 211–212

  life after war, 321–322

  regaining identity, 215

  marriage, 166–167

  resistance, 202–205, 242, 244–245,

  Mittelbau‑Dora concentration camp,

  246–249, 252, 253–256

  286

  reunited with Gustav after “death,”

  nationalism, 7

  213–214

  optimism of, 8, 17, 94, 184–185, 253,

  Wocher and, 228–229, 232, 237,

  288, 297

  253–256, 259–260

  poems of, 66, 67–68, 288, 324

  work, 174–175, 179–180, 185–187,

  reaction to Holocaust, 320

  188–189, 204–205, 237, 240

  readjustment, 319

  working with Gustav, 236, 237

  returning to Galicia, 161–162, 164

  as worrier, 190, 199–200, 242,

  strength of, 2, 136, 272

  259–260

  train to Auschwitz, 158, 168–170

  Kleinmann, Fritz in Mauthausen‑Gusen

  train to Bergen‑Belson, 295

  arrival, 280–284

  as upholsterer, 5, 154, 185, 189, 308,

  as Aryan, 282, 283, 289

  313

  demoralized, 306–307

  Weimar arrival, 43–44

  liberation, 310–311

  Wocher reunion, 320

  resistance, 289–290

  during WWI, 161–168

  as SS soldier, 289–290

  Kleinmann, Gustav in Vienna

  starving, 289, 291, 306

  arrest of Fritz, 37–39

  work, 290

  arrested, 24–25, 26, 38–39

  Kleinmann, Gustav

  business seized, 19

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  missing, 27

  working with Fritz, 236, 237

  released, 28

  Kleinmann, Gustav in Bergen‑Belson

  return to Vienna, 314–316

  arrival, 295–296

  reunited with Fritz, 316

  escape, 303–304, 307–308

  Kleinmann, Gustav in Buchenwald

  liberation, 301–304

  arrival, 46–49

  starvation, 296

  closeness with Fritz, 119

  Kleinmann, Herta (Gustav’s daughter)

  disease, 55, 57

  arrested in Vienna, 137–139

  Gustav on list for Auschwitz,

  death of, 150–151 ( see also Maly

  155–157

  Trostinets)

  injured, 152–154

  emigration, 100, 131

  letters to family, 70

  fired, 19

  news/gifts from family/friends, 102,

  Kurt and, 11

  119, 138

  leaving Vienna, 139–146

  work, 48–51, 65–67, 75, 81–82, 101,

  Star of David badges, 130–131

  133, 135–136, 152

  street abuse, 19

  Kleinmann, Gustav in Auschwitz

  Kleinmann, Kurt (Gustav’s son)

  air raids, 257–259

  anti‑Semitism, 73–74

  arrival, 170–177

  behavior of, 72–75

  as Aryan, 191–192

  dreams, 102–104

 

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