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Benno Mesritz

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wittingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death: May 14, 1943 (21)
Sobibór, Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland (Died in Holocaust)
Immediate Family:

Son of Arend Albert Mesritz and Pauline Mesritz
Brother of Sitta Mesritz; Erich Mesritz and Heinz Mesritz

Managed by: Bart van der Meijden
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About Benno Mesritz

Benno was living at the S.A. Rudelsheimstichting, a home for mentally handicapped children. On 7 April 1943 all Rudelsheimstichting residents were arrested and deported.

Overledene Benno Mesritz Geboorteplaats Wittingen (Duitsland) Geslacht Man Leeftijd 21 Vader Arend Mesritz Moeder Pauline Weinstein Gebeurtenis Overlijden Datum 14-05-1943 Gebeurtenisplaats Sobibor (Polen)


  • Date/place of birth in Erich Woehlkens, Lisa Kuhlmann and Beate L Weiland, Beiträge zur Geschichte der Juden in Uelzen und in Nordostniedersachsen (1996), p. 211.
  • Identified as son of Arend = Alfred Mesritz and Pauline Mesritz (née Weinstein) in Woelkens et al., Beiträge, p. 201.
  • Gedenkbuch Entry indicates that he lived in Wittingen, Wense and Uelzen. Emigrated to the Netherlands. Was arrested in Westerbork. Deportation to Sobibor May 11, 1943.

Mesritz, Benno

geboren am 28. August 1921 in Wittingen / - / - wohnhaft in Wittingen, Wense und Uelzen

Emigration: Niederlande

Deportation: ab Westerbork 11. Mai 1943, Sobibor, Vernichtungslager

Todesdatum: 14. Mai 1943 Todesort: Sobibor, Vernichtungslager Schicksal: für tot erklärt

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Benno Mesritz's Timeline

1921
August 28, 1921
Wittingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
1943
May 14, 1943
Age 21
Sobibór, Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland