Gretchen Steiner

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Gretchen Steiner (Kirchhausen)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death: March 1943 (39)
KZ Auschwitz, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (Holocaust: deported to Auschwitz on March 13, 1943)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sigmund Kirchhausen and Emma Kirchhausen
Wife of Julius Steiner

Managed by: Thomas Föhl (c)
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About Gretchen Steiner

Eintrag im »Gedenkbuch« des Bundesarchivs:

Steiner, Gretchen geborene Kirchhausen geboren am 25. April 1903 in Göppingen / - / Württemberg wohnhaft in Oettingen i. Bayern und Augsburg

Deportationsziel: ab München 13. März 1943, Auschwitz, Vernichtungslager

cf.: http://www.stolpersteine-gp.de/?page_id=1083



Julius was brought to Dachau on 12 Nov 1938, where he was imprisoned for 10 days. In 1939, Julius and Gretchen attempted to flee the Third Reich. They were unable to escape despite the fact that Julius’s sister Sidonie in Jerusalem had vouched for them. On 05 Aug 1939, the Nazis transferred Julius and Gretchen to Augsburg. In Augsburg, they were subjected to forced labor until their deportation in 1943 to Auschwitz, where they were exterminated.

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Gretchen Steiner's Timeline

1903
April 25, 1903
Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1943
March 1943
Age 39
KZ Auschwitz, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland