Elias Laub

Elias Laub was a human and a master tailor. Before the demolition of the Scheunenviertel he was registered at Amalienstraße 12.Berliner Address book edition 1903 At the time of his murder in 1908 Hermann Blecher was in training with him and also registered as a resident at Steinstraße 1.Berlin address book edition 1906
In 1907 Laub took care of the young boy from Austria-Hungary, who, however, tended to peddle and ran away several times, sometimes for several weeks, and lived on the streets. Lieber Izig Blecher, Hermann's father, knew Laub from the synagogue they both went to.M.-S. Driving: Pitaval Scheunenviertel. Verlag Neues Leben GmbH, Berlin 1995
Laub stated that he had seen Hermann for the last time in his own apartment on Sunday, April 5, 1908 in the morning hour. After slapping him after an argument, Laub took a bath while his apprentice left the house, which he informed the father about. According to other testimonies, Hermann alleged that Laub had kick him out.
Five days later, on April 10, it was Laub who was to be the first to identify Hermann's dismembered and disfigured corpse and received a material reward for doing so.
In 1914 Laub moved to Dragonerstraße 4aBerlin address book edition 1914, after which he lived in the Weinbersweg 20,Berlin address book edition 1920 from the mid-1930s finally in Lothringer Straße 23. Berlin address book edition 1937 In 1939 he was last listed in the address book at this address.
He is not the publicist of the same name (*1886 in Poland; † 1949 in New York), who meanwhile also lived in the Scheunenviertel.
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