Arnfeld, Charlotte

Jun. 7, 2013
Charlotte Arnfeld, born on 20. March 1912 in Berlin; lived with her mother and sister Ruth in the apartment of her Jewish father Fritz Arnfeld; according to her birth certificate she was of Jewish faith, in contrast to her sister and her so-called "Aryan" mother; her father manufactured jewelry in Binzstraße; after the National Socialists seized power, the Pankow pastor Jungklaus baptized her; she was nevertheless obliged to do forced labor as a "half-breed"; in the course of the factory action she was deported on 4. In the course of the factory action, she was deported from Berlin to the Auschwitz extermination camp on March 4, 1943, with the 34th Osttransport.