Leopold Colman
* 1944
LEOPOLD COLMAN
GEB. 4.11.1944
ERMORDET 2.2.1945
Essener Straße 54
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Essener Straße 54
Leopold Colman, born on 4.11.1944 in Hamburg, died on 2.2.1945
Essener Straße 54 (formerly camp Tannenkoppel, Weg 4, also called "Tarpenbek = Forced labor camp of the armaments industry in Hamburg Langenhorn)
Leopold Colman was born in Hamburg on November 4, 1944. His parents, Jeanne Marie, née Ketels, born on April 17, 1922 in Antwerp, and Aloysius Alphonsus Colman, born on November 14, 1925 in Sint-Niklaas, were of the Catholic faith. Deported from their home in East Flanders/Belgium, they had to perform forced labor in Hamburg-Langenhorn for the Hanseatische Kettenwerk GmbH (HAK), Jeanne Colman since November 10, 1942, Aloysius Colman as a tool grinder. Both were housed in the "Tarpenbeck camp", Weg 4, separately in the women's and men's camps. During this time Jeanne Marie Ketels was pregnant. One month before she gave birth, the couple was able to marry in a civil ceremony in Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel on September 30, 1944.
One day before the birth of her child, Jeanne Marie Colman was admitted to the women’s hospital (Frauenklinik Finkenau, Hamburg-Uhlenhorst). Nine days after giving birth, on November 12, 1944, she returned to the "Tarpenbeck camp" with her son Leopold.
He was given his first name after his Belgian grandfather Leopold Colman.
Leopold had to spend the short time of his life in the forced labor camp Tannenkoppel. The nutritional and living conditions were completely inadequate for him.
He died there on February 2, 1945 at 6:00 a.m. The death certificate states the cause of death as "death by thymus" (sudden infant death syndrome), probably cardiac and circulatory failure."
Leopold was 2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day old.
Eleven days after his death his burial took place on February 13, 1945 in the Ohlsdorf cemetery, grave location: Q 39, row 10, no. 14. 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.
Registered on June 22, 1945, Aloysius Alphonsus Colman, presumably with his wife Jeane Marie, was now housed in the camp Bismarckkaserne/Wentorf, Krs. Storman. After the war, this camp was established with the help of UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) for "Displaced Persons".
Translation by Beate Meyer