Fritz Friedlaender

Fritz Friedlaender was born on February 3, 1920 in Stade.

His father Gotthelf Friedlaender, together with Moritz Wertheim was the owner of the Friedlaender & Wertheim banking house.

In 1933, he celebrated his bar mitzvah (religious observance) in Stade.

Fritz attended the Athenaeum until 1935, which he had to leave as the only pupil of the Jewish community in Stade due to increasing discrimination. In the following years, he prepared for emigration to Palestine.

In 1938, he emigrated to Holland. He was arrested there in 1941 and deported to Mauthausen 

On September 11, 1941, Fritz Friedlaender was murdered in Mauthausen.

From: http://www.stolpersteine-stade.de/?p=biografien&bioid=8