? date of death – Werner HERTOG – dutch

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Document from the Arolsen Archives with the ID: 6092272
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Werner HERTOG – #dutch - #jew

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A date of death is often recorded as shown here: handwritten day/month next to a stamp.
Since it is the date of a person’s death, I always enter the handwritten date in the first field „verstorben“ (here: „29.03.1945“) and the stamped date in a (+) field „verstorben“ (the day a prisoner is abgesetzt - here: „30.03.1945“). – Is this correct?
(I check this sporadically, and so far it has always been as described above (for Mr. Hertog, see here and here)
@mareike.hennies

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probably did it wrong, but I entered both dates as „verstorben“ (died), there were one or two cases where the „wrong“ date („abgesetzt“ date) was published in the memorial book (Buchenwald), wil share the card, if i find it again.

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Hi @mally, thanks for this hint!
Now to me it seems I was doing it „wrong“ too (=entering both dates in „verstorben“)
Maybe we should enter the earlier date in „verstorben“ and the later one in „abgesetzt“? (This didn’t come to my mind as there is no explicit note „abgesetzt“ in these cards)
It would make sense after all…
@mareike.hennies

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Thank you for raising this topic.
I can understand that you are unsure, because I am too. In many cases, it is not explicitly mentioned whether it is the date of death or the date of „abgesetzt“.
To stay true to our golden rule, I would record both dates as deceased. If the second date was used for „abgesetzt“, it would be an interpretation, as the stamp says otherwise.
Research in the archives is always helpful, no question, but we should not use the information obtained for interpretation.
We have all noticed that different documents often contain different information and even contradict each other. We must therefore consider each document as an individual object.
I hope you can understand my concerns.
Best,
Elke

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So we did everything right, instinctively following the golden rule!
Thanks for the clarification, @elke.helmentag - :sunflower:

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