233:. At around the time of their marriage Heinz and Marianne Joachim became members of what came to be known as the Baum group, a circle of forced labourers living in Berlin. Sources comment on how young most of the group members were. Most were Jewish and politically inclined towards leftwing politics. Some members were living "underground" - unregistered with any town hall - in order to make it harder for the authorities to track them. The Joachims shared a small apartment beside the
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quarter, which was frequently used for meetings by the "Prenzlauer Berg
Antifascist Group" ("Antifaschistischen Gruppe im Prenzlauer Berg Berlin" / AGiP) - a name by which Baum's group identified itself. Although discussion topics ranged widely, one of the things that the friends discussed with
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Marianne's parents had been classified by the authorities as Jewish. Her newly acquired father in law was also identified as Jewish although her new mother in law was not. Nevertheless, at the time of their marriage
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174:. Georg Prager, her father, was a building worker. After successfully completing her schooling she trained as a child carer at the Jewish orphanage in the city centre (
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were arrested at work on 22 May 1942. Further arrests followed. Just over two weeks later
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301:"Meinen Nachlass habe ich an Deine Adresse gehen lassen, liebe Mama, weil ich doch nicht weiss, wie lange meine lieben Eltern noch hier sind. "
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Accession Number: 2006.504.1 - Gift of the Estate of Ilse
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parents. In it she described the discovery that Heinz had already been executed - on 18 August 1942 - as the "cruelest blow of fate" (
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384:. Landesinstitut für Schule und Medien Berlin-Brandenburg (LISUM), Ludwigsfelde-Struveshof (Bildungsserver Berlin-Brandenburg)
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681:"Farewell letter, ink on paper"
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410:"Marianne Joachim (née Prager)"
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144:Nazi years
45:1921-11-05
328:Auschwitz
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336:Heinz's
320:England
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172:Berlin
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