Karl Ludwig Spier

Eintrag im »Gedenkbuch« des Bundesarchivs:

• Spier, Karl Carl Ludwig geboren am 15. Dezember 1900 in Köln / - / Rheinprovinz wohnhaft in Erfurt
• Inhaftierungsort: 11. Mai 1940, Brüssel, Gefängnis St. Gilles Saint Cyprien, Internierungslager
• Emigration: 19. November 1935, Belgien
• Deportationsziel: ab Drancy 02. September 1942, Auschwitz, Vernichtungslager
• Todesdatum/-ort: 01. Februar 1945, Todesmarsch

Karl Carl Ludwig SPIER: b. 15 Dec 1900, Köln/Cologne - d. 1 Feb 1945, "Todesmarsch von Auschwitz2, HOLOCAUST

Details of deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

Karl & Hilde SPIER were in the region of Nice, Côte d'Azur, where they were rounded up in the notorious "Rafles d'août" in August 1942. The arrested Jewish citizens were incarcerated in the Caserne Auvare for a while before being put on a goods train, in locked-up wagons, and transferred to Drancy.

cf. Archives Départémentales des Alpes Maritimes:

http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/os-html/adam/home.html

SPIER "Charles": Infirmerie Hommes, Voiture 8

SPIER Hilde: Infirmerie Femmes, Voiture 9

i.e. it appears both were unwell - whether possibly self-inflicted state because of fear of arrest is not known.

Also cf. listing thanks to:

http://niceoccupation.free.fr/rafle-daout-1942.html

Details of further deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

Mémorial de la Shoah
http://ressources.memorialdelashoah.org/notice.php?q=noms_tous%3A%2...

On Hilde's page many further details are given.

- the family had first fled to Belgium.

- she was a "journalist"

- together with their two children the couple lived at Cap d'Ail before capture and deportation.

Features family group photo plus actual list of deportation (shown here under "Media")

Convoi # 27

cf.: http://hoerstolpersteine.net/dr-hilde-spier-und-carl-ludwig-spier-e...

&: http://juedisches-leben.erfurt.de/jl/de/heute/erfurter_gedenken/ort...