# Leopold KAHLKOPF #Austria **URL:** \ **Category:** Schreibstubenkarten aus Buchenwald\ **Created:** [7. August 2025 um 20:39 UTC](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/leopold-kahlkopf-austria/30953 "2025-08-07T20:39:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GHA](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/talk.arolsen-archives.org/gha/32/519_2.png) [@GHA](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/u/GHA)\ **Post date:** [7. August 2025 um 20:39 UTC](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/leopold-kahlkopf-austria/30953/1 "2025-08-07T20:39:26Z")
![Document from the Arolsen Archives with the ID: 6216756](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/arolsen_archives/original/3X/2/7/27a005a9ad6d59f957bb16baf06e1a61a852bd36.jpeg) - **Document ID:** 6216756 - **Document Collection:** 1-1-5-3\_Buchenwald\_Schreibstubenkarten - **Link to Online Archive:** [https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/document/6216756](https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/document/6216756) ? # Discussion Question Leopold KAHLKOPF #Austria Asked by @GHA **Leopold KAHLKOPF, b. 24.12.1907 in Vienna, Austria** The son of Franz and Anna née KOTHMAYER (?) - POR Bahngasse 9, St. Andrä-Wördern, N.D. Arrested 03.08.1939 (§175) In Buchenwald from 09.10.1939 with prisoner nr 7498 (commando: _Steinburg_???) In Mauthausen from 15.04.1940 He perished there, 29.04.1940 See: - Buchenwald files: [https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search/person/130523265?s=Leopold%20Kahlkopf&t=2731231&p=0](https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search/person/130523265?s=Leopold%20Kahlkopf&t=2731231&p=0) - death record: [https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/131532514](https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/131532514) ---
**Author:** ![routebleue](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/talk.arolsen-archives.org/routebleue/32/53115_2.png) [@routebleue](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/u/routebleue)\ **Post date:** [8. August 2025 um 00:38 UTC](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/leopold-kahlkopf-austria/30953/2 "2025-08-08T00:38:40Z")
Hallo GHA, he had to work in _Arbeitskommando_ „Steinbruch“ (quarry) ![grafik](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/arolsen_archives/original/3X/a/f/afba3dd2284732e742efde3022152b93f566f7d3.png) [raumdernamen.mauthausen-memorial](https://raumdernamen.mauthausen-memorial.org/?id=4&p=2053) [DOEW](https://www.doew.at/personensuche?gestapo=on&findall=&lang=de&suchen=Alle+finden&shoah=on&politisch=on&firstname=&lastname=kahlkopf&birthdate=&birthdate_to=&birthplace=&residence=&newsearch=10&iSortCol_0=1&sSortDir_0=asc&lang=de) ![grafik](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/arolsen_archives/original/3X/a/2/a2d33aedc994ed3cb55700fd33cedc07bdbf485d.png) ---
**Author:** ![GHA](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/talk.arolsen-archives.org/gha/32/519_2.png) [@GHA](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/u/GHA)\ **Post date:** [9. August 2025 um 16:41 UTC](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/leopold-kahlkopf-austria/30953/3 "2025-08-09T16:41:01Z")
So many thanks for correcting me, routebleue, and for the two links you shared ; they bring some light on the sad story of the man behind these documents. It makes much more sense once I realize the actual commando reads Steinbruch/quarry. I spent quite some time checking subcamps’ and villages’ names related to Buchenwald without finding any Steinburg… so I wasn’t really happy with what I indexed in the system. As least I can say I added a word to my german vocabulary… but I’m sorry for recording an entry erroneously. Enjoy your weekend! ---
**Author:** ![routebleue](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/talk.arolsen-archives.org/routebleue/32/53115_2.png) [@routebleue](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/u/routebleue)\ **Post date:** [9. August 2025 um 18:18 UTC](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/leopold-kahlkopf-austria/30953/4 "2025-08-09T18:18:55Z")
Hello Gha, I actually didn’t mean to „correct“ you! I just noticed the question mark about the _Arbeitskommando_ in your comment above. For me, deciphering this old handwriting isn’t that difficult. As a pupil I had to study Sütterlin (reading and writing!) for a few weeks at school. And recording the Buchenwald Häftlingsbögen (registration forms) on zooniverse ENC was good practice too. Many of them were written in Suetterlin and barely legible. And the trace of a victim won’t get lost just because of a _Kommando_ which is recorded half correctly or marked as „unclear“. The ENC „six-eyes principle“ (and most likely programs in the background) will surely compensate for something like this. Kind regards to France! [edit: I have added „Steinbruch“ [here](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/buchenwald-schreibstubenkarten-verschiedenes-miscellaneous-faq/30209/15). (I hope you don’t mind!) ---
**Author:** ![GHA](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/talk.arolsen-archives.org/gha/32/519_2.png) [@GHA](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/u/GHA)\ **Post date:** [9. August 2025 um 18:52 UTC](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/leopold-kahlkopf-austria/30953/5 "2025-08-09T18:52:53Z")
Thanks for the feedback 🙂 My question marks actually invited anyone at ease with the writing to rectify what I wrote, so I’m glad you did (and when I used the word ‚correcting‘ it was positively meant, no worry)! I realized in-between that the [e-guide of the Archives](https://eguide.arolsen-archives.org/fileadmin/eguide-website/downloads/Glossary_ITS.pdf) includes helpful Sütterlin elements (such as below) so future similar cases might be easier to deal with for me, who never studied Sütterlin at school (I’m probably too young for that, although not that young anymore 😃 ). ![help](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/arolsen_archives/original/3X/1/f/1fff608ac7cfd807564a755eaa7ca43c7acd32d1.jpeg)