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Adler Gustav

Source: Národní archiv Praha, Policejní ředitelství v Praze – všeobecná spisovna, 1941-1950, sign. A 175/3

* 29. 7. 1877
X 956 – 12. 2. 1942, Terezín (Theresienstadt)
Ab 426 – 17. 3. 1942, Izbica

Born in Plzeň (Pilsen), Gustav Adler was the son of Samuel Adler and Theresie, née Kleinová. In August 1911 he married Elsa Mannová (* 1887) in Chomutov (Komotau), and the couple settled in Cheb (Eger), where Gustav Adler owned a trading business. They had a daughter, Markéta.

Public displays of anti-Semitic sentiment became increasingly common and intense in the western border areas of Czechoslovakia during the period before the Munich Agreement, and in September 1938 the Adlers decided to leave Cheb and move to Prague. After a hasty relocation, they initially lived in a rented apartment in the city’s Letná district, but after less than a year there they acquired their own apartment. In 1940 they were forced to vacate their home, and they lived in a shared apartment in the Vršovice district of Prague until their deportation on the transport.

The Adlers’ daughter Markéta managed to flee Prague and settle in Britain. Gustav and Elsa Adler also attempted to emigrate after moving to Prague. In December 1938 they made an attempt to join their daughter in Britain, but in the spring of 1939 they changed their plans and focused their efforts on obtaining a Uruguayan visa – though without success.
Eventually they were deported (together) to Terezín. After a month there, they were both transported to the East, to Izbica. Neither of them survived.

A painted cupboard in the folk art style, loaned from Sychrov to the mill at Ratibořice, was marked with Adler’s transport number.

Source: Národní archiv Praha, Policejní ředitelství v Praze – všeobecná spisovna, 1941-1950, sign. A 175/3