Contents

Acknowledgments ix District 153 Annaberg-Buchholz Branch 156 Introduction 1 Chemnitz Center Branch 165 Chemnitz Schloss Branch 184 gedenkbuch (memorial book) 15 Döbeln Branch 190 Hohenstein-Ernstthal Branch 193 Major Events of World War II 17 Branch 199

East German Mission 23 danzig District 203 Danzig Branch 205 Berlin District 39 Elbing Branch 217 Berlin Center Branch 42 Wobesde Branch 220 Berlin East Branch 47 Berlin Moabit Branch 63 District 225 Berlin Neukölln Branch 75 Branch 227 Berlin Schöneberg Branch 86 Bischofswerda Branch 229 Brandenburg-Potsdam Branch 93 Dresden Altstadt Branch 231 Eberswalde Branch 94 Dresden Neustadt Branch 242 Leest Group 98 Branch 250 Rathenow Branch 100 Görlitz Branch 258 Spandau Branch 103 Nössige Branch 268

Breslau District 113 hindenburg District 275 Breslau Center Branch 116 Deutsch Rasselwitz Group 276 Breslau South Branch 121 Gleiwitz Branch 277 Breslau West Branch 136 Hindenburg Branch 279 Liegnitz Branch 142 Ratibor Branch 280 Schlegel Branch 144 Schweidnitz Branch 145 Königsberg District 283 Waldenburg Group 151 Insterburg Branch 288 In Harm’s Way

Königsberg Branch 294 District 479 Memel Branch 309 Auerbach Branch 481 Pillau Branch 309 Beutha Group 482 Selbongen Branch 310 Branch 483 Tilsit Branch 320 Planitz Branch 485 Branch 488 District 335 Schwarzenberg Branch 493 Aschersleben Branch 336 Branch 494 Dessau Branch 339 Wilkau-Hasslau Branch 497 Halberstadt Group 342 Zwickau Branch 501 Halle Branch 345 Leipzig Center Branch 346 Conclusion 515 Leipzig West Branch 350 Magdeburg Branch 351 Glossary 529 Naumburg Branch 352 Index 533 rostock District 355 Barth-Stralsund Branch 356 Demmin Branch 358 Neubrandenburg Branch 360 Rostock Branch 372 Wolgast Group 375

Schneidemühl District 379 Driesen Branch 382 Flatow Branch 387 Kreuz Branch 387 Landsberg Branch 392 Schneidemühl Branch 397 Schönlanke Branch 411

spreewald District 417 Cottbus Branch 419 Forst Branch 425 Frankfurt/Oder Branch 434 Guben Branch 440

Stettin District 447 Kolberg Branch 450 Prenzlau Branch 452 Stargard Branch 453 Stettin Branch 459