Michelbacher, Siegfried — Oppenheimer Family Archive

Personal Details

Religion

Jewish (father)

Classification

Mischling 1. Grades (Halbjude)

Profession

Cook (trained at Jewish hospital in Mainz)

Address

Hauptstätter Str. 92, Stuttgart (1933-1942)

Address

Hospitalstr. 36, Stuttgart (1942-1943)

Family

Parents

Max Michelbacher, Emilie Michelbacher

Siblings

Gabriele Michelbacher

Location Trail

Born: Mannheim (06.09.1923) → Resided (1933-1942): Hauptstätter Str. 92, Stuttgart (1933) → Family moves to Stuttgart: Hauptstätter Str. 92, Stuttgart (1933) → Transferred to Jewish school: Hospitalstr. 36, Stuttgart (1935) → Trained as cook in Mainz: Mainz (1939) → Resided (1942-1943): Hospitalstr. 36, Stuttgart (1942) → Family moves to Hospitalstr. 36: Hospitalstr. 36, Stuttgart (1942) → Interned: Ghetto Theresienstadt (17.04.1943) → Deported to Theresienstadt (same transport as Margit): Ghetto Theresienstadt (17.04.1943) → Interned: KZ Auschwitz (29.09.1944) → Deported to KZ Auschwitz: KZ Auschwitz (29.09.1944) → Interned: KZ Dachau (10.10.1944) → Sent to KZ Dachau: KZ Dachau (10.10.1944) → Died: KZ Dachau (08.02.1945)

Persecution & Camps

Ghetto Theresienstadt 17.04.1943 – 29.09.1944

KZ Auschwitz 29.09.1944 – 10.10.1944

KZ Dachau 10.10.1944 – 08.02.1945 → died

Timeline Events

06.09.1923
Born in Mannheim
"Mischling 1. Grades" (half-Jewish)
📍 Mannheim
1933
Family moves to Stuttgart
Attends Fangelsbachschule
📍 Hauptstätter Str. 92, Stuttgart
1935
Transferred to Jewish school
From 1935 attended Jewish school at Hospitalstr. 36
📍 Hospitalstr. 36, Stuttgart
1939
Trained as cook in Mainz
Cook training at Jewish hospital kitchen. From 1940: works for Jewish community in Stuttgart.
📍 Mainz
1942
Family moves to Hospitalstr. 36
Judenhaus – same address as Margit
📍 Hospitalstr. 36, Stuttgart
17.04.1943
Deported to Theresienstadt (same transport as Margit)
Transport XIII/2. Met Margit in camp. Spoke of becoming a doctor.
📍 Ghetto Theresienstadt
29.09.1944
Deported to KZ Auschwitz
Margit followed 2 days later (01.10.1944)
📍 KZ Auschwitz
10.10.1944
Sent to KZ Dachau
📍 KZ Dachau
08.02.1945
Died in KZ Dachau
Stolperstein: Hauptstätter Str. 92, Stuttgart
📍 KZ Dachau

Memorials

stolperstein

Hauptstätter Str. 92, Stuttgart — more info

Notes

Attended Fangelsbachschule in Stuttgart from 1933

From 1935 transferred to Jewish school at Hospitalstr. 36

From 1940 worked for Jewish community in Stuttgart

Wanted to become a doctor

Margit followed him to Auschwitz voluntarily

'M. E. Bernstein' (Margit) later testified about him

Sources

Stolpersteine Stuttgart