Ernst Kreidl

Ernst Kreidl was born on May 11, 1878 in Wittingau/K&nigreich Böhmen. He worked as a bank clerk and was married to Elsa, née Apelt. He was the owner of the house at Caspar-David-Friedrich-Strasse 15b, but in 1940 he was forcibly expropriated and the house was declared a so-called Jewish house. After the Jewish star was introduced on September 19, 1941, Mr. Kreidl no longer left his house. On November 19, 1941, he was ordered to the police station and arrested. On March 24, 1942, he was deported to Buchenwald, where he was allegedly shot while trying to escape on May 21, 1942. The godmother's research revealed that Mr. Kreidl's shooting took place at a quarry and was therefore premeditated murder. He was murdered at the age of 64.
The Dresden Germanist and Romance scholar Victor Klemperer lived in the so-called Jewish house at Caspar-David-Friedrich-Stra&szlig 15b for a total of two and a half years between May 1940 and September 1942. Other residents of the house included Ida Kreidl, the sister-in-law of Ernst Kreidl, who was murdered in Theresienstadt, and Julia Pick, who committed suicide after receiving the deportation order. Klemperer wrote in a diary entry on September 2, 1942: "As for me, the Jewish house Caspar-David-Friedrichstraße 15 b with its many victims should be made famous."

From: https://stolpersteine-guide.de/map/biografie/1189/ernst-kreidl