Miersch, Richard

Born July 15, 1891, in Küstrin-Neustadt; laborer; lived in Mainzer Strasse as subtenant since 1935; arrested because of his homosexual contacts in the fall of 1936 and sentenced to 18 months in prison for "seduction of minors"; released in March 1938; denounced in 1942 by a hustler from the pool hall in Kinzingstrasse and arrested again in August 1942; sentenced by the Regional Court in November 1942 to 2 years and 6 months; died on July 26. July 1943 in custody in Tegel penitentiary;