Walter Singer

Walter Singer was a member of the patriotic Vaterländische Studentenbewegung, which fought in Vienna against Austria’s annexation by Nazi Germany. In the wake of the Anschluss on 13 March 1938, he was pursued by the Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS). Walter fled to Brussels, where he enrolled at the Université Libre ; a student there when the occupation began in May 1940. He travelled to France in 1942 and was arrested and interned at Les Milles. Walter Singer (23) was deported via Transport 21 from Drancy to Auschwitz-Birkenau on 19 August 1942. He was selected for forced labour on arrival and the number 60551 was tattooed on his arm. There was a typhoid epidemic at the camp at the time, to which he may have fallen victim. Walter was admitted to the camp hospital on 4 September 1942. According to the Auschwitz Sterbebücher (death books), he died five weeks later.