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The Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin presents the year 1938 through the eyes of Jews, whose personal documents detail their experiences and the hardships they suffered as well as the growing tensions in Europe and diminishing hope for Jews in Germany and Austria.

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WEDNESDAY

Gestapo warrant for protective custody

Painter Lea Grundig at Dresden Court Jail

Berlin/Dresden

The Gestapo warrant for protective custody dated June 29, 1939 confirmed the hitherto merely formal arrest of the Jewish and communist painter Lina (Lea) Grundig (also see June 1). After her conviction of high treason, she was held at the Dresden Court Jail.


TAGS: ARTISTS, BERLIN, COMMUNISTS, DOCUMENT, DRESDEN, IMPRISONMENT, JUNE 29, NAZI POLICIES, PERSECUTION, PROMINENT PEOPLE

SOURCE

Institution:

Deutsches Historisches Museum

Original:

Protective custody order for Lea Grundig, issued by the Gestapo headquarters in Berlin; Inv.No. Do 62/1126.4

 

on the days before

June 28
A professional farewell letter
June 27
Deportation within 24 hours
June 26
Shattered existence

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