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Glauber Viktor

Source: Národní archiv Praha, Policejní ředitelství v Praze – všeobecná spisovna, 1931-1940, sign. G 516/5

* 29. 9. 1876
D 316 – 31. 10. 1941, Łódź
▼ 28. 6. 1942, Łódź

Viktor Glauber was born in Prague, the youngest of six children born to the merchant David Glauber and his wife Paulína, née Plohnová. In 1906 he married Paula Ornsteinová (* 1883). The marriage was childless.

From 1914 to their deportation in 1941, the couple lived in Prague’s Vinohrady district, near the Vinohrady Theatre.

Viktor Glauber was a merchant and a partner in the company Firma elektrotechnickými potřebami Dr. Glauber (specializing in electrical items). He often travelled abroad on business, and was issued with a number of passports for this purpose. His most frequent destinations were Austria and Germany, though he also travelled to Italy.

In October 1941 Viktor Glauber was deported on the fourth transport to Łódź, where he died less than a year later. His wife Paula likewise died in Łódź. Two years after Glauber’s deportation, the Prague Police Directorate was contacted by the Landesbank für Böhmen – Zentralbank der Sparkassen in Böhmen und Mähren, which needed to collect information on the Glaubers. This request was most probably connected with the transfer of the Glaubers’ bank accounts to the Reich authorities. The bank’s decision to contact the police was understandable, as various documents give two different dates of birth for Glauber (28 and 29 September).

One ivory miniature marked with Vikor Glauber’s transport number has been identified at Sychrov.

Source: Národní archiv Praha, Policejní ředitelství v Praze – všeobecná spisovna, 1931-1940, sign. G 516/5