Rechtschaffen, Schulim, born 02/14/1902 in Perechinsko

Scope and content

Gestapo file for Schulim Rechtschaffen (Jewish, Polish), attempted illegal border crossing to Holland on 10/13/1939 (with persons mentioned below), protective custody, CC Sachsenhausen, deceased on 02/14/1940 in CC Sachsenhausen.

The file also contains information on the following three persons who were arrested with Schulim Rechtschaffen:
1. Lea Rechtschaffen (born 11/07/1898, Perechinsko (Poland), Jewish, Polish), see above, protective custody, CC Ravensbrück, deceased on 03/28/1942 in CC Ravensbrück.
2. Jakob Zwick (born 11/19/1889, Bircza (Poland), Jewish, Polish), see above, protective custody, CC Sachsenhausen, deceased on 07/11/1940 in CC Sachsenhausen.
3. Gedale Friedler (born 10/01/1889, Strutin (Poland), Jewish, stateless), see above, protective custody, release from protective custody for the purpose of emigration to Palestine.

Contains among other things:
- Personal sheet of the Gestapo for Schulim Rechtschaffen, with 3 photographs (taken on 10/21/1939).
- 4 Letter from the border police Kleve to Gestapo Düsseldorf requesting protective custody for Schulim Rechtschaffen, Lea Rechtschaffen, Jakob Zwick and Gedale Friedler, 10/23/1939.
- So-called "Merkblatt zum Schutzhaftvorgang" for Schulim Rechtschaffen, Lea Rechtschaffen, Jakob Zwick and Gedale Friedler (except for the paper pertaining to Lea Rechtschaffen, each document contains 3 photographs of the person concerned).
- 3 interrogation protocols (statements by Lea Rechtschaffen, Jakob Zwick and Gedale Nuchim Friedler), in each case with preface to personal status data (form Staatspolizeileitstelle Düsseldorf - Grenzpolizeikommissariat Kleve) and corresponding report of the criminal officer in Kleve, 10/16-17/1939. The individual statements contain partly detailed biographical information.
- Correspondence, e.g. from the Gestapo Duisburg Office concerning the emigration of Gedale Friedler. Also included is a handwritten letter from his son Samuel Friedler to the Gestapo Düsseldorf (11/05/1939) and a letter from "Alg. Reis- und Passagebureau" in Amsterdam concerning a boat ticket to Chile (10/24/1939).
- Application for transfer to a concentration camp for Schulim Rechtschaffen, Jakob Zwick, Gedale Friedler, 11/20/1939.
- Correspondence concerning Schulim Rechtschaffen.
- Various correspondence, among others, from the RSHA and the Düsseldorf State Police Headquarters on the protective custody of Lea Rechtschaffen and Jakob Zwick.