Walter Süskind

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Not to be confused with Walter Susskind.
Walter Süskind
Born(1906-10-29)29 October 1906
Lüdenscheid, Westphalia, Germany
Died28 February 1945(1945-02-28) (aged 38)
NationalityGerman

Walter Süskind (29 October 1906 – 28 February 1945) was a German Jew who helped about 600

Second World War
.

Biography

Süskind was born in Lüdenscheid in Germany as the first child of Hermann Süskind and Frieda Kessler. He had two younger brothers, Karl Süskind (1908) and Alfred Süskind (1911).[2]

Süskind initially worked as a manager of a

Nazis. From 1942 until his deportation to Westerbork, he lived at Nieuwe Prinsengracht 51 in the center of Amsterdam with his wife Johanna Natt (1 November 1906 – 1944) and their daughter Yvonne Süskind.[3]
During the
Holocaust
via the nursery on the Plantage Middenlaan in Amsterdam.

Süskind worked for the

SS officer Ferdinand aus der Fünten, who was then the second man of the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Amsterdam.[5]

Opposite of the Hollandsche Schouwburg on the Plantage Middenlaan, there was a nursery. The Nazis put the young children there instead of in the theater. The Jewish director of the nursery,

Friesland by train and tram, often with help from the Utrechts Kindercomité (Utrecht Children's Committee) of Piet Meerburg [nl
] and the NV, a secret organization that managed to organize many addresses in Limburg. Süskind and Felix Halverstad ensured that these children were not registered and removed their names from the records of the theater. Thanks to this plan, about 600 children were saved.

In 1944, Süskind, his wife and his daughter were sent to the

death marches
.

Movie

On 19 January 2012, the Dutch movie Süskind was released. This movie is based on the life of Walter Süskind.

Book

A book titled "Süskind" written by Dutch author Alex van Galen [nl] described Walter Süskinds life when working for the Hollandsche Schouwburg.

A book titled [The Heart Has Reasons: Dutch Rescuers of Jewish Children during the Holocaust] written by the U.S. author Mark Klempner tells Suskind's story within the chapter about Pieter Meerburg.

References

  1. ^ "The Walter Suskind Story Survivors Stories www.HolocaustResearchProject.org". holocaustresearchproject.org. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  2. ^ Joods Historisch Museum: Walter Süskind
  3. ^ KRO Profiel: Walter Süskind
  4. ^ "Obituary: Johan van Hulst, the teacher who saved Jewish children". BBC News. 30 March 2018.
  5. ^ KRO Profiel: Walter Süskind
  6. ^ Joods Historisch Museum: Walter Süskind
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