Walter Oettinger

1905 - 1943  (38 years)

• Name	Walter Oettinger
  Born	23 May 1905	Hamburg, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Biography	Walter Oettingen, born on 23 May 1905 in Hamburg, came to the Netherlands in the Summer of 1939. At the age of 17, he was hit by polio and was therefore handicapped. He went to live with his cousin Johann Oettinger, who lived at the Stadionkade in Amsterdam. Johann Oettinger ran the N.V. Oriëntaalse Tabakshandel, established at the Oudezijds Voorburgwal. Johann and his wife took their own lives on 16 May 1940. Walter Oettinger subsequently went to live with Hans Oettinger in the Schubertstraat and later with Herbert Oettinger in the Michelangelostraat. He found a hiding place in the Beethovenstraat 146 in Amsterdam. After five days in his shelter, his host, the later film maker Louis van Gasteren, shattered his skull. The body was dumped in a crate in a ditch. Louis van Gasteren was located and condemned in June 1944 for manslaughter. After the war, he claimed it had been a resistance act: Walter Oettinger had threatened to betray the business, which posed a danger for the resistance. In consultation with resistance activists, it had been decided to eliminate Walter Oettinger. Early 1990, the reporter Bart Middelburg wrote a few articles on this subject in Het Parool. In his view, it could not have been a resistance act, but rather a simple robbery with murder. A legal trial ensued, which was won by Van Gasteren. Het Parool was forced to pay him compensation. In 2003, it was the subject of another trial due to a publication by Pamela Hemelrijk. According to the court there was no convincing proof that it had been a resistance act "while various circumstances may point in a different direction, or are at least difficult to reconcile therewith". Because the available evidence did not univocally point at a resistance act, Hemelrijk could not be denied the right to express her doubts. M. van der Valk, 'Wordt vervolgd', in: Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad, 1 August 2003 Walter Oettinger had two sisters and a brother.
  Hebrew Birth	18 Iya 5665
  Holocaust Victim	Y
  Immigration	1939	Amsterdam, Netherlands
  Hebrew Death	19 Iya 5703
  Residence	Hamburg, Germany
  Residence	Amsterdam, Netherlands
  	Koninginneweg 140 huis
  Died	24 May 1943	Amsterdam, Netherlands
  Person ID	I15076	Blank Family
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2010

  
  

  Father	Ernest Oettinger,   b. 2 Jun 1867, Hamburg, Germany ,   d. Yes - date unknown
  Mother	Erna Levy,   b. 13 Sep 1880, Hamburg, Germany ,   d. Yes - date unknown
  Family ID	F10800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 May 1905 - Hamburg, Germany Immigration - 1939 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Residence - - Hamburg, Germany Residence - - Amsterdam, Netherlands Died - 24 May 1943 - Amsterdam, Netherlands  = Link to Google Earth
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• Holocaust Records » Slide Show		Pages of Testimony of Walter Oettinger
  		Pages of Testimony of Walter Oettinger 2
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