Anatoli Kobilko
* 1944

Anatoli Kobilko, born on 9.10.1944 in Schramberg, died on 18.2.1945

Essener Straße 54 (formerly camp Tannenkoppel, Weg 4, also called "Tarpenbek = Forced labor camp of the armaments industry in Hamburg Langenhorn)

Anatoli Kobilko was born in Schramberg on October 9, 1944. His parents were Varvara Kobilko, born on July 17, 1926 in Petropol, of Greek Catholic faith, and Ivan Kobilko, born on January 17, 1922 in Boschedarovka/Petropol, presumably of Russian Orthodox faith, registered as "Orthodox." Deported from their native Ukraine, they had to perform forced labor for the watch factory Junghans A. G. in Schramberg, Warwara Kobilko as an "unskilled worker" since September 22, 1944. Surveillance was carried out by the Gestapo headquarters in Stuttgart, Gestapo field office Oberndorf am Neckar.

On October 9, 1944, 18-year-old Varvara Kobilko gave birth to her son Anatoly at 3:45 a.m. in the Junghans A. G. forced labor camp, the "Gemeinschaftslager Maierhof," with the help of midwife Johanna Diebhold from Lauterbach.

Forced laborers from Junghans A.G. were also employed at Deutsche Meßapparate GmbH (Messap) in Hamburg-Langenhorn; Warwara and Iwan Kobilko also arrived there with their son Anatoli on December 13, 1944, registered in the alien registration (Ausländermeldekartei) file on January 24, 1945. They were housed separately in the women's and men's camps at Tannenkoppel, Weg No. 4. In this forced labor camp Anatoli had to spend the short time of his life. The nutritional and living conditions were completely inadequate for him.

Anatoli died there at 3:00 a.m. on February 18, 1945. The accountant Johannes Heller reported the death verbally to the registry office. In the death notice of the police chief, according to "official investigations", without indication of a doctor, the cause of death is given as "internal cause".
Anatoly was 4 months and 9 days old.

Eighteen days after his death, on March 7, 1945, his burial took place in the Ohlsdorf cemetery, grave location: Q 39, row 9, no. 15. His grave is no longer preserved. At the end of 1959 it was levelled together with at least 146 graves of children of forced laborers on area Q 39.

Anatoli's father Iwan Kobilko is listed twice in the Hamburg house registration file under the address "Weg Nr. 4", once as "l" (single), moved "28.11.1943 Alsace" and once (see above) with his family. According to this, he was a forced laborer at Deutsche Meßapparate GmbH (Messap) as early as 1943, then came to Junghans A. G. in Schramberg and was transferred back to Hamburg-Langenhorn a year later together with his wife Warwara and son Anatoli.
In the civil registers of Schramberg there is no record of a marriage of Kobilko in 1943 and 1944.

Translation by Beate Meyer