Moser, Gunther

Günther Moser was born on June 13, 1899 in Kolberg/Pomerania as the son of the grain merchant Albert Moses and his wife Julie née Lubszynski under the family name "Moses". He had 5 brothers: Arthur, Georg, Ernst, Fritz and Kurt. Like his brothers, he attended the Kolberg Cathedral and Realgymnasium and did not receive a Jewish education because his father was estranged from the rabbi. He served in World War I from 1917 to 1918 on the Western Front and suffered an injury to the cornea, which later also led to almost total blindness due to inadequate treatment. Because of his bravery he was decorated. After the end of the war he studied law and received his doctorate. In 1922, like all his brothers, he changed his family name to "Moser". From 1930 he, who remained unmarried, lived alone at Rosenheimer Strasse 30; he was in close contact with his brothers, the gynecologist Kurt Moser, the dentist Ernst Moser and Fritz Moser. In 1933 he was dismissed from the civil service; his brother Kurt supported him financially. Günther Moser refused medical treatment at the Jewish Hospital because this hospital had a reputation of collaborating with the Nazis. His eye injury led to almost total blindness, which hit him particularly hard because Jews were no longer allowed to own radio sets from 1939 and were not allowed to have a telephone connection from 1940; he was also not allowed to wear an armband as a visually impaired person. When his brothers Ernst, Kurt and Fritz went underground in 1942/1943, he was left to fend for himself. On February 20, 1943, Günther Moser was arrested and taken to the collection center on Große Hamburger Straße. Here he refused to sign the so-called declaration of assets. On February 26, 1943, he was deported to Auschwitz on the 30th Osttransport. His date of death is not known.