Geicke, Horst

Plot Location2C17
SurnameGeicke
Given Name(s)Horst Karl Rudolf
Place of Birth 
Date of Birth (Eng)June 26, 1919
Date of Birth (Heb) 
Date of Death (Eng)February 6, 1987
Date of Death (Heb)7 Shevat 5747
Age at Death67
Hebrew Name 
Spouse’s Name 
Father’s NameRichard Geicke
Mother’s NameGolda Schmidt-Joselevicius
Other Surnames 
SexM
Marital StatusM
Maiden Name 
Title (e.g., Dr) 
Religious Status (כ/ל/י) 
Cause of DeathHeart attack
Other Family DataHad at least two sons
Inscription (Eng)HORST GEICKE
26-6-1919 – 6-2-1987
MY DEAR BELOVED HUSBAND AND OUR LOVING FATHER
WE CHERISH YOUR MEMORY WITH
FEELINGS OF GRATITUDE
AND ADORE YOU FOR THE DEVOTION
YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US
WE WILL ALWAYS TREASURE YOU IN OUR HEARTS
FOREVER WITH US
YOUR BELOVED WIFE AND LOVING SONS
Inscription (Heb)פ׳ נ׳ המ׳ הרסט גײקע נלב״ע יום ז׳ שבט התשמ״ז והיו ימיו ס״ז שנה ת׳נ׳צ׳ב׳ה׳
Inscription (Other)IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEARLY BELOVED MOTHER
GOLDA SCHMIDT-JOSELEVICIUS
BORN 10-12-1901 – PERISHED IN C.C. [Concentration Camp] AUSCHWITZ 1944-45

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HistoricalAccording to blogsite Geicke Leaks, Geicke joined the German Army (Wehrmacht) in August 1939 as a 20-year-old volunteer three days after the German invasion of Poland, although conscription was introduced in 1935. He was quickly transferred to the Luftwaffe (Air Force) and spent the war as a gunner in anti-aircraft battery’s protection of aircraft and airfields.

His father, Richard Geicke, was also a card-carrying Nazi. In 1939, he gained control of a canning business through the office of the Economic Advisers office of the NSDAP, Hamburg’s Nazi Town Hall known as GAD. Through GAD, he had access to a labour force from the local concentration camps.

His mother, Golda Schmidt-Joselevicius, was born in Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg), Russia. Her father was Franz A. Schmidt. It’s highly likely that Richard and Golda had divorced because she was Jewish.

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