Anatoli Slusar
* 1944

Anatol Slusar, born on 1.1.1944 in Hamburg, died on 23.3.1944

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

Anatol Slusar was born in Hamburg on January 1, 1944. His mother Natascha Slusar, born on October 28, 1925 in Dnepropetrowsk, was of Roman Catholic faith and, according to the alien registration card index, "married." The name and fate of her husband are not known. Deported from her native Ukraine, she had to perform forced labor for the Navy's clothing office in Hamburg-Kleiner Grasbrook. She was housed there in Shed 55 (today Afrikakai - Afrikahöft), in the small camp for prisoners of war.

On October 24, 1943, in the seventh month of her pregnancy, she was transferred to the forced labor camp Schuppen 77 and assigned to forced labor for Gesamthafenbetriebsgesellschaft mbH, Buchheisterstraße 5, and Gesamthafenbetriebsgesellschaft mbH, Hohe Brücke 4, Freihof.

On November 24, 1943, 18-year-old Natascha Slusar went into labor at the Finkenau Women's Clinic, Hamburg-Uhlenhorst, but was released back to the forced labor camp Schuppen 77 after two days.

On December 17, 1943, she was again admitted to the women's clinic with contractions and after thirteen days, on December 30, 1944, she was again transferred back to her forced labor camp. Two days later, on New Year's Day 1944, Natasha Slusar gave birth to her son Anatol at the Finkenau Women's Clinic.

Ten days after the delivery, on January 10, 1944, she and her son were transferred to the Wintermoor hospital in Hamburg. It is not known when both went to Hamburg-Langenhorn to the Tannenkoppel camp, Weg 4. Anatol had to spend the short time of his life in this forced labor camp. The nutritional and living conditions there were completely inadequate for him.

On March 20, 1944, he was admitted to the Langenhorn Hospital with the diagnosis of diarrhea. Anatol died there after three days, on March 23, 1944, at 4:00 p.m. In the hospital's obituary, the cause of death is listed as "pedatrophy" (emaciation - most severe degree of nutritional disturbance) and Blumenthal as the signing physician.

Anatol was 2 months, 3 weeks and 1 day old.

His burial took place seven days after his death on March 30, 1944 in the Ohlsdorf cemetery, grave location: Q 39, row 2, no. 6. At the end of 1959, the grave was levelled together with at least 146 graves of children of forced laborers in area Q 39. Only eight of the graves had their remains moved to Area Z 35, and four others to Area Bp 74. On July 7, 1959, Anatol's remains were moved to the collective grave Z 35, Row 8, No. 37, together with those of three unknown deceased. A gravestone with his name carved on it and the dates of his birth and death still commemorate him there.

Translation by Beate Meyer