Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany — Central Europe

Theodor Dannecker: Täter des Holocaust / Perpetrator of the Holocaust

Bursagasse 18

— Geschichtspfad zum Nationalsozialismus —

Theodor Dannecker: Täter des Holocaust / Perpetrator of the Holocaust Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 3, 2022

1. Theodor Dannecker: Täter des Holocaust / Perpetrator of the Holocaust Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Theodor Dannecker (1913-1945) war einer der wichtigsten Organisatoren der planmäßigen Ermordung der Juden in Europa. Als “Judenreferent” von Adolf Eichmann war er maßgeblich an der Deportation der Juden aus Frankreich, Bulgarien, Italien und Ungarn beteiligt.

Theodor Dannecker wurde 1913 im Haus Bursagasse 18 (das Haus hinter Ihnen) geboren, in dem seine Eltern ein Herren- bekleidungsgeschäft besaßen. Im Sommer 1932 trat er in die NSDAP und in deren paramilitärischen Eliteverband SS ein. Schon vorher hatte sich der gelernte Kaufmann an Aktionen gegen Läden jüdischer Inhaber beteiligt. Seit März 1936 arbeitete er als hauptamtlicher Judenreferent” bei der SS in Stuttgart. In sein Aufgabengebiet fielen die Überwachung jüdischer Organisationen und die karteimäßige Erfassung aller Juden in Württemberg. 1937 holte ihn der Leiter des ,,Judenreferats" im Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Adolf Eichmann, nach Berlin. Dort wurde er bald zu einem seiner wichtigsten Mitarbeiter. Dannecker organisierte hauptverantwortlich die Deportation von etwa 476.000 Juden aus mehreren Ländern Europas in die Vernichtungslager

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im Osten. 1945 beging er in amerikanischer Haft Selbstmord.

Auch zahlreiche andere nationalsozialistische Täter haben einen biografischen Bezug zu Tübingen. Zumeist hatten sie sich während ihres Studiums im hiesigen akademisch-völkischen Milieu radikalisiert. Rechtsgerichtete Verbände, nationalistische Studentenverbindungen und der NS-Studentenbund prägten sie politisch. Aus diesen Netzwerken heraus begannen sie eine Karriere in der SS oder der Gestapo, der politischen Polizei der Nationalsozialisten.

(English translation:)

Theodor Dannecker (1913-1945) was one of the most important organizers of the planned murder of Jews in Europe. As Adolf Eichmann's "Judenreferent" (Advisor on the Jews) he was instrumental in the deportation of Jews from France, Bulgaria, Italy and Hungary.

Theodor Dannecker was born in 1913 at Bursagasse 18 (the house behind you), in which his parents ran a store selling gentlemen's clothing. In the summer of 1932 he joined the NSDAP, and became a member of its elite paramilitary association, the SS. The trained businessman had already beforehand taken part in campaigns against shops owned by Jews. From March 1936 he worked as a full-time "Jewish officer” at the SS in Stuttgart. His area of responsibility included the surveillance of Jewish organizations and the registration

Theodor Dannecker: Täter des Holocaust / Perpetrator of the Holocaust Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 3, 2022

2. Theodor Dannecker: Täter des Holocaust / Perpetrator of the Holocaust Marker - wide view

of all Jews in Wuerttemberg. In 1937 the head of the "Jewish Department", Adolf Eichman, summoned him to the Reich Security Main Office in Berlin. There he soon became one of its most important employees. Dannecker was primarily responsible for organizing the deportation of about 476,000 Jews from several European countries to the extermination camps in the east. In 1945 he committed suicide in American detention.

Numerous other National Socialist perpetrators also have a personal connection to Tübingen. Most of them were radicalized during their studies in the local academic-völkisch (i.e. ethnic supremacy) milieu. Right-wing associations, Nationalist Student associations and the NS student union shaped their political views. From these networks they started their careers in the SS or the Gestapo, the political police the National Socialists.

Erected 2016 by Universitätstadt Tübingen. (Marker Number 3.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list.

Location. 48° 31.189′ N, 9° 3.401′ E. Marker is in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg. Marker is on Bursagasse, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tübingen BW 72070, Germany. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other

Marker inset: Theodor Dannecker image. Click for full size.

courtesy of the Federal Archives Berlin

3. Marker inset: Theodor Dannecker

markers are within walking distance of this marker. Nikodemus Frischlin (within shouting distance of this marker); University of Tübingen Holocaust Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Tübingen Roma and Sinti Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); An Example of "Aryanization": The Oppenheim and Schäfer Families Clothing Store (within shouting distance of this marker); Alte Aula (within shouting distance of this marker); Bebenhäuser Pfleghof (within shouting distance of this marker); Buchhandlung Gastl / Gastl Bookstore (within shouting distance of this marker); Polizei und Verfolgung unter Nationalsozialismus / Police and Persecution under National Socialism (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tübingen.

Also see . . . Organizing Genocide: Theodor Dannecker, Eichmann's Deportation Specialist (National WWII Museum). (Submitted on September 17, 2022.)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 17, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 17, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 101 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 17, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.