Edwin Brandes

For the story of Edwin Brandes's life, see (in German) text accompanying the laying of a Stolperstein for his sister Margarete Brandes at https://www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/ueber-den-bezir..., as well as the laying of a Stolperstein for him in 2011; see https://www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/ueber-den-bezir...

• Date/place of birth in German National Archives, Memorial Book'
• Edwin Brandes was the son of Heinrich Brandes and his first wife, Agnes Sommerfeld.
• Margarete Brandes moved with his father and his stepmother, Gertrud (née Cerf) Brandes to Friedrichroda in 1928 and lived there until 1938, when he returned to live in Berlin. The story of his life between 1938 and 1944 is told in the Stolpersteine texts cited above.
• A Stolperstein was laid for Edwin Brandes in Berlin in 2011.

Entry in German National Archives, Memorial Book':
Brandes, Edwin
born on 14th May 1912 in Berlin / - / Stadt Berlin
resident of Berlin (Charlottenburg)
Deportation:
from Berlin
20th January 1944, Auschwitz, extermination camp
Date of death: 29th January 1944
Place of death: Auschwitz, extermination camp