Geicke, Horst Karl Rudolf

Plot Location	2C17
Surname	Geicke
Given Name(s)	Horst Karl Rudolf
Date of Birth (Eng)	June 26, 1919
Date of Death (Eng)	February 6, 1987
Date of Death (Heb)	7 Shevat 5747
Age at Death	67
Father's Name	Richard Geicke
Mother's Name	Golda Schmidt-Joselevicius
Sex	M
Marital Status	M
Cause of Death	Heart attack
Other Family Data	Had 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 J.G.D.
Historical	According 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.