Apartment of the family Max and Margarete Dietsch / Dietzsch

In 1929/30 Margarete Dietzsch (née Friedenstein, *13 November 1888) lived at Oststraße 27. She originally came from Berlin and met Max Dietzsch during her studies. In 1920, the two married and moved to Greiz. Max Dietzsch, a merchant, took over the painting business of his late father.
On February 02, 1945 Margarete Dietzsch was deported to Theresienstadt via Leipzig. The transport carried the number XVI / 5 and Mrs. Spaleck was assigned the identification number 168. In the last days of the war, Max Dietzsch was deported to the Wei&szligfels prison camp to work there. Like many Jewish or half-Jewish relatives, he was to be physically humiliated there after verbal hostility and belittling. After the liberation of Theresienstadt, Margarete Dietzsch returned to her former home in Greiz in June 1945. She died on July 19, 1953 in Jena.