Revision as of 21:06, 2 September 2020 edit Pjirving (talk \| contribs) 90 edits m Changed "father Richard Friedländer" to "stepfather Richard Friedländer", in the interest of accuracy. ← Previous edit		Revision as of 21:08, 2 September 2020 edit undo Pjirving (talk \| contribs) 90 edits m Reverted previous erroneous change. He was her biological father. Doh! Tag: Manual revert Next edit →
Line 9: In 1920, while returning to school on a train, Magda met [[Günther Quandt]], a rich German industrialist twice her age, who courted her.{{sfn\|Longerich\|2015\|p=152}} He demanded that she change her surname back to Ritschel (having borne the name of her mother and stepfather, Friedländer, for many years) while converting from Ritschel's nominal [[Catholicism]] to [[Protestantism]].{{sfn\|Meissner\|1980\|p=31}} She and Quandt were married on 4 January 1921, and her first child, [[Harald Quandt\|Harald]], was born on 1 November 1921.{{sfn\|Thacker\|2010\|p=149}} The couple divorced in 1929. In December 1931, Magda married the Berlin [[Nazi Party]] ''[[Gauleiter]]'' (and later leader of the [[Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda]]) [[Joseph Goebbels]].{{sfn\|Longerich\|2015\|pp=152,167}} Following her marriage to Quandt, Magda avoided any contact with her ~~stepfather~~father Richard Friedländer. He was now impoverished and had to earn his living with menial jobs (e.g. as a waiter). On June 15, 1938, he was deported as persecuted Jew to Buchenwald concentration camp as part of the so-called [[:de:Juni-Aktion\|June action]] "[[:de:Aktion_„Arbeitsscheu_Reich“\|Arbeitsscheu Reich]]". Already injured, he had to do hard work in the quarry, which in connection with the catastrophic living conditions, led to his death. The death certificate of the camp doctor noted as the cause of death, a frequently used, vague diagnosis - "heart muscle deterioration in pneumonia".<ref>Christian Faludi: Die „Juni-Aktion“ 1938. Eine Dokumentation zur Radikalisierung der Judenverfolgung, Frankfurt am Main/New York 2013,S.92. [https://books.google books id=Rofk6Za152EC &printsec=frontcover&dq=Christian+Faludi:+Die+%E2%80%9EJuni-Aktion%E2%80%9C+1938&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgmMish7jfAhUHalAKHT 9GDm4Q6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=Christian%20Faludi%3A%20Die%20%E2%80%9EJuni-Aktion%E2%80%9C%201938&f=false]</ref> Friedlander's urn was delivered to his relatives in Berlin, against payment of 93 [[Reichsmark]]s, and he was eventually buried in the [[Weißensee cemetery\|Weissensee Jewish Cemetery]]. == References ==

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