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Gefreiter Fritz Hellauer.

Gefreiter Fritz Hellauer was a weaver by profession and came from Hartmannsreuth. He was born on November 11, 1908. He served in an infantry regiment. According to the memorial card, he died on January 21, 1945, in Dordrecht. However, he is not registered in the Volksbund Für Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (German War Graves Commission). This is not uncommon, though. He is also not mentioned in the casualty lists of the Museum 1940-1945 in Dordrecht. What is noteworthy is that his date of death is one day before the January bombing of Dordrecht. Since the recording of German military casualties was particularly chaotic in the last months of the war, it is possible that Gefreiter Hellauer perished in that bombing, and the date on his memorial card may be incorrect. This is a theory. It is also possible that Gefreiter Hellauer died in one of the hospitals in Dordrecht. It is unknown where Fritz Hellauer was buried, and whether he ever received a grave. The memorial card is shrouded in mystery.