Lawyer and writer, Dr. Heinrich Steinitz (born on August 30, 1897) was a member of the "Vereinigung sozialistischer Schriftsteller" (Association of Socialist Writers), and with great personal courage defended indicted socialists between 1934 and 1938. He was arrested as early as March 14, 1938, and subsequently interned in Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps. Heinrich Steinitz was murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau in October 1942.
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