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Concentration Camp Auschwitz

Type of arrest: preventive custody prisoner [Vorbeugungshäftling, VH] / asocial Jew [Aso Jude] Prisoner No. 68366 Surname, first name: BLAUSTEIN, MAX , Israel

Born: 5 June 1904 in: Berlin, Alte Schönhauserstr. No. 5

Profession: typesetter Rel.: Mosaic

Nationality: stateless Marital status: divorced

Name of parents: Abraham and Johanna née Michel Race: Jewish

Place of residence; M. Theresienstadt camp F. died in Berlin

Name of wife: Kethe, née Schwand, died Race: Aryan

Place of residence: address c/o cousin, Kuert Blaustein, Berlin, Linienstr. 159

Children: none Sole provider for the family or parents: no

Education; 7th grade, German secondary modern school

Military service: - from – to: ……………-………………..

Wartime service: -- from – to: ……………-………………….

Height: 156 Nose: convex Hair: black Build: slim

Mouth: small Beard: none Face: oval Ears: med. large

Language: Eyes: gray, green Teeth: good, 5 missing

Infectious diseases or ailments: none

Special characteristics: none

Pensioner: no

Arrested: on 13 June 1938 where: Berlin

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First time incarcerated: 15 June 1938 Buchenwald 2nd time incarcerated 19 Oct 42 CC transferred Au

Incarcerating office: Criminal Police Main Office Berlin [typed by office]

Grounds: Jew with previous criminal record [typed by office]

Party membership: none from – to ……………………………………………………………………

What functions: none

Member of sub-organisation: no

Previous criminal convictions: 2 times for fraud, served 9 months in prison

Previous political convictions: reportedly none

I have been informed that I will be punished for intellectual falsification of documents if the above data should prove to be false.

Read, acknowledged and signed [v. g. u.]

Blaustein, Max Camp Commandant CC Auschwitz

5 June 1904 Berlin p.p.

translation by William Templer

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