Gerda Moos

Story MAY 15, 2020
A failed flight to Switzerland
Through: Ruth Fivaz-Silbermann
Kurt Moos, his wife Gerda and their little daughter Yvonne (born May 22, 1939) tried in July/August 1942 to flee to Switzerland through occupied France. They made it till Morteau (Dept. Doubs), close to the Swiss border. They may have been turned back, though we have no nominal evidence of this. They were arrested in Morteau on August 16, sent to jail in Pontarlier, transferred to the German sector of the Besançon prison on August 28, before being sent to camp Pithiviers, and then to Drancy. Kurt and Gerda Moos were deported to Auschwitz on September 18, 1942 (convoy No. 34).

Little Yvonne was separated from her parents either in Pithiviers or in Drancy, probably entrusted to the UGIF, and survived the war.

Source: Archives départementales du Doubs, 1409 W 40

Story JUNE 9, 2011
About Gerda Moos-Stern
Through:
Gerda was married on 24-12-1936 in Rotterdam to Kurt Moos (1900-1942) and they had one child together. In 1942 the Moos family tried to escape to Switzerland. They were arrested in northern France and deported from Drancy with convoy 34 to Auschwitz on 18 September 1942. Gerda was killed immediately upon arrival in Auschwitz on September 21. Her husband Kurt lost his life in the last days of December 1942. Their child was handed over to a helper and survived the war.

Rotterdam City Archives, family card; Mémorial de la Shoah, transports Drancy-Auschwitz and an addition by the editors and a visitor to the website

https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/106069/gerda-moos-stern

Eintrag im »Gedenkbuch« des Bundesarchivs:

Moos, Gerda

geborene Stern geboren am 13. Februar 1913 in Deggendorf / - / Bayern wohnhaft in Deggendorf

Deportationsziel: 1942, Auschwitz, Vernichtungslager

Todesdatum/-ort: 21. September 1942, Auschwitz, Vernichtungslager für tot erklärt

Overledene: Gerda Stern Relatiesoort: Overledene Geboorteplaats: Deggendorf (D) Vader: Max Stern Relatiesoort: Vader Moeder: Martha Bernheim Relatiesoort: Moeder Relatie: Kurt Moos Relatiesoort: Echtgenoot/echtgenote Gebeurtenis: Overlijden Datum: maandag 21 september 1942 akte nr. 1077; overleden in de omgeving van Auschwitz (Polen); geb: 13-02-1913